10.05.2005, 21:31
GB hat eine Verbesserte EMBRAER EMB-312 Tucano.
Zitat:The RAF's basic flying trainer is the Tucano T1, which is powered by a Garrett TPE331 turbo-prop engine. The Tucano replaced the venerable Jet Provost in RAF service, the turbo-prop design being chosen for its greater fuel efficiency and lower operating costs. The handling of the Tucano is very jet-like, and its tandem cockpit layout prepares the student pilot for progression to the Hawk T1 advanced flying trainer and thence to fast-jet aircraft on the front line. Like all RAF training aircraft, Tucanos have recently been painted in an all black colour scheme. This high-visibility scheme has been selected as it has been demonstrated that the human eye can pick out black against a background more readily than any other colour.http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/w...emb312.htm