Mon, Sep 08, 2003
Trainer For The 21st Century
Raytheon Aircraft
employees, along with the representatives from the US Navy, US Air
Force and the Hellenic Air Force of Greece celebrated the 200th
delivery of the T-6A training aircraft last week. This is the
aircraft in which all US Navy and US Air Force pilots -- and a
growing number of international pilots -- will learn to fly well
into the 21st century.
Accepting the aircraft for the Navy was Captain David Wooten and
Captain Chaunce Mitchell. Raytheon Aircraft employee Bill Parker, a
flight mechanic who’s been with the T-6A program since its
inception in 1991, handed over the keys. Also attending was Brig.
Gen. Ted Bowlds, who heads the USAF Program Executive Office of
Airlift, Trainers and Modeling and Simulation, and Maj. Panos
Kalotychos of the Hellenic Air Force.
The US Navy received the 200th T-6A, its 21st. The US Air Force
has taken delivery of 108 T-6As, the Hellenic Air Force 45, and the
NATO Flying Training in Canada program 26.
Sherry Grady, Vice
President – Trainer Systems Division, introduced Raytheon
Aircraft Chairman and CEO Jim Schuster. He thanked employees for
their hard work in meeting customer commitments and for producing
an aircraft that has safely accumulated more than 130,000 flight
hours.
Raytheon Aircraft was awarded the contract for the Joint Primary
Aircraft Training System in 1995. The program calls for the company
to build nearly 800 of the primary trainers through the year 2017.
The company also expects substantial international sales during
that time.
Raytheon Aircraft designs, manufactures, markets and supports
Beechcraft and Hawker aircraft for the world’s commercial,
military and regional airline markets.
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