The French Hawks would be built with airframe jigs and tools purchased by the French. |
He said the flight crew didn't ask that the aircraft be de-iced, and that the last time he saw the airplane, there still was ice on the airframe. |
He said the design is basically a 9,000-lb-thrust engine, heavily derated to specific airframe power requirements. |
Well, the landing gear came through just fine but the airframe was badly bent! |
The airframe has been in service all over the world in a number of the Navy's front-line squadrons. |
I decided to leave the engines on the plane and if a buyer was interested, we would sell the engines and dispose of the airframe. |