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The Grubby Truth, Issue #26 January 2013
January 23, 2013
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THE GRUBBY TRUTH

Issue Number 26
January 2013

Welcome

Hi Guys,
Welcome to the re-animated Grubby Truth newsletter

The Grubby Truth is Back!

There was a bit of a surge in subscriptions after I decided to cease producing The Grubby Truth last year and before I took down all the subscription panels, so I've decided to keep on with it.

It won't be as ambitious as when I first started, it'll now basically be an update of new releases. But it will be more frequent!

Thanks for sticking around and don't forget, Grubby Fingers is now on FaceBook.

Graeme

New Releases

CT-4 Airtrainers

I've just finished a series of PAC CT-4A, B, E and F model Airtrainers.

PAC CT-4 Airtrainer Drawings

The CT/4 prototype ZK-DGY first flew on February 23, 1972. Two prototypes were built, at which point AESL became New Zealand Aerospace Industries Ltd. Production was launched against an order for 24 from the Royal Thai Air Force. The type was then selected as the primary trainer for the Royal Australian Air Force.

The 62nd machine was the first CT/4B, with detail improvements, mostly in instrumentation. The CT/4B was ordered by the Royal New Zealand Air Force (19) and the Royal Rhodesian Air Force (14). The Rhodesian aircraft were embargoed by the New Zealand government after being built and spent 6 years in storage before being sold to the Royal Australian Air Force. This caused financial difficulties for the manufacturer, which lead to the firm re-emerging as the Pacific Aerospace Corporation (PAC).

The CT/4 has proved to be an agile and capable military training aircraft. It is currently in use with the RNZAF and the RTAF and was formerly used by the RAAF (until primary training was sub contracted to BAE Systems). In Australia the type is commonly known as the plastic parrot, (a reference to its gaudy RAAF colour scheme—the aircraft is, in fact, of all-aluminium construction). Many former RAAF and RNZAF aircraft are owned by private pilots and by companies contracted to provide training for airforces or airlines. Some new-build CT/4s have also been produced for such private owners. airplane drawings

All these airplane drawing profile prints are available at the Grubby Fingers webshop.

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PAC CT-4A ZK-DGY
Buy this print 		PAC CT-4A A19-027
Buy this print 		PAC CT-4A A19-49 VH-PTM
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PAC CT-4A A19-061 VH-MQA
Buy this print 		PAC CT-4A A19-077
Buy this print 		PAC CT-4A First and Last
PAC CT-4B BAE Systems
Buy this print 		PAC CT-4B VH-YCD
BAE Systems
Buy this print 		PAC CT-4E NZ1992 RNZAF
Red Checkers
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PAC CT-4E NZ1994
RNZAF 75th Anniversary
Buy this print 		PAC CT-4F VH-XFR
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Pilatus PC-12

I've got a couple of Royal Flying Doctor Service Pilatus PC-12 prints available now, too:

Pilatus PC-12 Drawings

The Pilatus PC-12 achieved Swiss certification on 30 March 1994, and U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approval on 15 July 1994.

As with many other Pilatus aircraft, the PC-12 is powered by a single Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 turboprop engine (the PT6A-67B). It is certified for single-pilot IFR operations, though operators may choose to utilize a second flight crew member. Pilatus offers the PC-12 in a standard nine-seat airliner form, in a four-passenger seat/freight Combi version, and as a six-seat corporate transport with an option for a seven-seat variation.

Pilatus announced the PC-12NG (Next Generation) in 2006, and officially launched it in 2007. The NG features a more powerful Pratt & Whitney PT6A-67P engine with better climb performance and an increase in maximum cruise speed to 280 kts TAS. The NG also features a Honeywell APEX glass cockpit. The revised cockpit includes automatic pressurization control as well as cursor controlled inputs to the navigation system. The PC-12 NG winglets have also been modified from the original version.

Most PC-12s are used as corporate transports, but regulatory changes in Australia, Brazil, Canada, and the United States have cleared single engine turboprops such as the PC-12 for regional passenger transport operations in those countries. This opens a new market for the PC-12 as a regional airliner that would replace older twin piston-engined aircraft.

In 1994, the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia was the launch customer of the PC-12 and now operates more than 36 PC-12 aircraft across Australia. airplane drawings

All these airplane drawing profile prints are available at the Grubby Fingers webshop.

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Pilatus PC-12 RFDS
Buy this print 		Pilatus PC-12 VH-FVB RFDS
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In the Pipeline

Next on the drawing board are some Cessna 172s and then the Hawker Hurricane!

Print Sales

Prints are available for purchase directly from the Grubby Fingers webshop.

That's it for this edition. Thanks for your attention

Graeme
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