AVweb Podcast: Friday, September 15, 2006

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • The U.S. Air Force is destroying 110 T3 Slingsby Firefly training aircraft, citing no further use for them.
  • Local pilots and critics contend this decision is a waste of $33 million in taxpayer money, as the planes were left to deteriorate for nine years at Hondo Airport.
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Why would the Air Force smash 110 piston singles to bits? That’s the question being raised by pilots in the San Antonio area this week. The Air Force says it has no use for the T3s, known by their civilian name as Slingsby Fireflys, but the folks who have watched them wither at Hondo Airport for the last nine years say they deserved a better fate and that $33 million of taxpayers’ money has been wasted.

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