The Ottawa Citizen newspaper is reporting that the Royal Canadian Air Force turned to an unusual source for parts to repair a search-and-rescue plane. In the article, journalist Lee Berthiaume reports that in July 2012, air force technicians raided an old Hercules C-130 airplane on display at the National Air Force Museum of Canada because they needed navigational equipment for a similar aircraft still in use.
The museum plane had entered service in 1965 and retired in 2010 and given to the museum the following year.
Berthiaume points out this incident highlights “the difficulties military personnel have increasingly faced in keeping Canada’s ancient search-and-rescue planes flying after more than a decade of government promises to buy replacements — with no end in sight.”
More information:
Ottawa Citizen/Lee Berthiaume – Royal Canadian Air Force raided museum for search-and-rescue airplane parts – here
National Air Force Museum website – airforcemuseum.ca
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