Brazil-Chile plan to build military cargo planes to replace ageing Hercules C-130

Thursday, August 26th 2010 - 02:59 UTC

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Brazil and Chile announced they will jointly manufacture military cargo airplanes as a first step towards closer long term cooperation in military hardware. The announcement was done by Brazilian Defense minister Nelson Jobim during a visit to Santiago. Read full article

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Rufus
The trick will be to make something as reliable as the C-130 (it averages 1 loss per 250,000 flight hours, behind only the VC-10 and the L-1011), which will be no mean feat.
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