Pilatus on a roll. (Digest).April 30 2002 was celebrated quite handsomely at Pilatus headquarters, where a rollout ceremony of the PC-21 dedicated flight trainer aircraft took place. The PC-21 is designed solely for training, yet sports hardpoints for an external load of up to 1150 kg. No actual arming has been planned, and that issue is sitting on the back burner Noun 1. back burner - reduced priority; "dozens of cases were put on the back burner" precedence, precedency, priority - status established in order of importance or urgency; "... for the moment unless, a customer mentions said requirement and is approved by the Swiss government. The PC-21 was designed and developed with consideration for and advice from the Australian, British, South African and Swiss air forces The Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe, Forces aériennes suisses, Forze Aeree Svizzere) is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces. It was established on July 31, 1914 but did not become a separate service until 1936. (Pilatus' CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. was seen sporting a tie with kangaroo kangaroo, name for a variety of hopping marsupials, or pouched mammals, of the family Macropodidae, found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. The term is applied especially to the large kangaroos of the genus Macropus. motif motif, in literature motif (mōtēf`), in literature, term that denotes the recurrent presence of certain character types, objects, settings, or situations in diverse genres and periods of folklore and literature. , and asked whether this might be a first-client indication he replied, "This would make me very happy"). The Swiss company sees a total worldwide market requirement for around 1000 aircraft of this type over the next 20 years and has targeted its piece of that pie at about 500, not so incredible since, to date, over 29 air forces are Pilatus training aircraft customers. |
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