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  • French Air Force Takes Delivery of First Two New CN235s

    • Location:Creil-Senlis, Seville, France, Spain
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The first two of eight new CN235-300s ordered by the French Air Force were delivered on January 6.

Dave Allport - 6-Jan-2012

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One of the first two new CN235-300s, from a batch of eight on order, taxies in at Creil-Senlis on the afternoon of January 6 following its delivery flight from Spain. Arme de l'Air

DELIVERY OF the first two Airbus Military CN235-300 transport aircraft to the Arme de l'Air (French Air Force) took place on the afternoon of January 6, when they arrived at Base Arienne 110 Creil-Senlis, France, from the factory at Seville-San Pablo Airport, Spain. They had been due for delivery the previous day, however, bad weather delayed their departure.

They will join Escadron de Transport 3/62 'Ventoux,' whose pilots undertook the ferry flight from Seville to Creil. The Arme de l'Air already has a fleet of older CN-235-200 variants, 20 of which were delivered from February 1991, although one has since been lost, on December 17, 2003.

Due to delays in A400M deliveries, France announced on April 12, 2010, that it had ordered eight new CN235-300s to act as a stop-gap. The first aircraft was officially handed-over to France's military procurement agency, the Direction Gnrale de l'Armement (DGA), on November 17, 2011. All eight aircraft are scheduled to enter service by the end of April 2013.

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