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The Ecuadorian Air Force officially presented its new aircraft, the helicopters Airbus H145 and Grob G-120TP training aircraft in Guayaquil.
The FAE advances with the modernization of its air fleet, within the framework of his recent anniversary 100 as an institution dedicated to national defense, but also to social support in various sectors of Ecuadorian society.
In this frame, from the 2019 is that the Government of Ecuador through the Ministry of Defence they have advanced in the acquisition of new aircraft to maintain the operability and different missions that the Ecuadorian Air Force fulfills at a social level, so the past 18 May 2021 I was invited to participate in the official reception ceremony for these teams.
So it was that I traveled to the José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport in the city of Guayaquil to see these brand new acquisitions at the Simón Bolívar Base..
First I share a video report of this experience:
The official ceremony was held with the participation of government authorities, as well as Ambassadors of France and Germany, along with special guests from the Airbus and Grob companies who were also part of this important milestone for the Air Force.
As part of the ceremony activities, among which were the official delivery and start of operation of the Airbus H145, decoration to Brigadier General Gustavo Agama Pérez, Two low passes were also made by the new equipment of the Ecuadorian Air Force:
Grob G-120TP
Let's start by getting to know the Grob more, that we must first indicate are in operation in the country since September-October of 2020, having served more than 6000 training flight hours, training and improvement of capacities of the officers of the Ecuadorian Air Force.
Grob Aircraft is an aerospace company founded in 1971 and Interhausen, Germany, specialized in the development of light aircraft and basic training, having delivered in its history more than 4.500 aircraft to customers around the world.
With operation in Argentina, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Mexico, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States and others, it has quickly become a benchmark aircraft by offering efficient training according to the needs of each operator.
- A basic training aircraft
- Full aerobatic and military training capability (+6 / -4g)
- Proven reliability and backup of the Rolls-Royce M250B17F engine
- Appropriate power availability for each training phase:
- Power can physically be limited to 312 SHP for the initial phase of training (Flex Power)
- 456 SHP for takeoff and 380SHP for maximum cruise speed provide an excellent power-to-weight ratio., with instant excess power during normal operations.
- MT propellers (MT Propeller) from 5 blades with constant speed
- Only aircraft in its class certified in the latest FAR requirements 23 shock resistance
- The most spacious side-by-side seats in its class.
- State-of-the-art avionics (analog/digital) allowing a seamless transition to modern training platforms.
- Primary Flight Display (PFD – Primary Flight Display) in digital in the flight deck, with videotape or rotary dial display variants, being unique for this class of trainer aircraft.
- Visual Flight Rules (VFR for its acronym in English) Day / Night and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR for its acronym in English) operational in non-icing conditions.
- Available security systems include the Traffic Advisory System (THAT), digital flight information and cockpit voice recorder. Black box or flight recorder & cockpit voice recorder ( FDR & CVR for its acronym in English) y Mission reporting system (MDS for its acronym in English)
- composite fuselage: light structure, corrosion and fatigue free, easy to repair.
- Unbeatable low life cycle cost due to its structure composed of plastics reinforced with carbon fibers, thus requiring less maintenance work.
- Long airframe service life of a minimum of 15,000 flight hours (acrobatic)
Airbus H145
factory new, just like the Grobs, They only have a few hours and have just started their operation in Ecuador for search and rescue missions., cargo transport, troop transfer, medical use with a Covid isolation capsule and can even be armed with machine guns for defense and attack tasks.
With the confidence of the great European manufacturer, Airbus Helicopters has quickly become a worldwide benchmark in the development of proposals that seek to meet each of the needs of civil and military operators.. From 1992 and with more than 15.600 employees have managed to occupy over the 30% of the global helicopter market, which makes it one of the best options on the market for technology, reliability and safety.
fast and reliable, the helicopter can quickly transport a pilot and up to 11 officers or two pilots and even 10 officers to any mission at sea level or at altitude. More than 1.500 H145 have been delivered to operators around the world, having completed more than 5.5 million flight with 270 clients in 60 countries.
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Excellent, However, it is still necessary to renew, probably the most expensive, which are the old Israeli and French Kffir and Mirage fighters respectively, and other obsolete ones..
Dassault aviation offers very good fighters and when the FAE has a better budget they can gradually be renewed or looking at other options that are better suited to our conditions 👍🏻🇪🇨
Rather, now we have to renew the Cheetah, which were the replacements for the Mirage and Kfir. Regrettably, They are millionaire investments and at this moment the country has other priorities.
Yes exactly 😅 it was outdated I thought that the South African Cheetahs complemented and not that they were a replacement for the Mirage and Kffir. We know that they were a lousy investment of correismo for the agreement and support for the BRICS, it was bought good and lousy. To Brazil the Super Tucano, excellent but to India and South Africa the already old helicopters and fighters respectively were a disaster.