The 'Frankenplane'
The Finnish Air Force intends to create the world's only aircraft of its kind by producing an F-18D from parts of a C-model and an earlier-generation B-model Hornet.
The "Frankenplane," or more officially HN-413 will be put together by Finnish aerospace company Patria at less than half of the aircraft's original price.
HN-413 was formely a F-18C that suffered severe damage to the airframe and engines during a mid-air collision with another Finnish F-18C.
The FiAF decided to salvage the aircraft by turning it into a D-model using spare parts and fuselage section from an older B-model aircraft purchased from the Canadian air force.
| | |
|
|
