Air Force to use two aircraft assembled in DR to patrol border with Haiti

[Dolores]

President Luis Abinader delivered two Dulus TP-75 to the Dominican Air Force to reinforce the patrolling of the Haitian-Dominican border. The aircraft was assembled in the Dominican Republic and each cost US$325,000 or about RD$18 million. The aircraft will operate from the Barahona Air Force Base at the Maria Montez Airport.

The Dulus TP-75 is the experimental military version of the Tucano-R sports aircraft of the Italian company Flying Legend.

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11 December 2023

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[windeguy]

Drones would probably be better options.

 

[Manuel01]

Great ! Why spend only a few thousand $ on Drones and have hardly any operating costs when you can spend hundreds of thousands or milions on real airplanes and pilots that can't even hover above the same spot. Al;so if you need to use a airplane for survailance, at least use a High wing (mounted on the upper fuselage) and not a Low wing: (mounted near or below the bottom of the fuselage) where the pilot doesn't see sh.. from his cockpit.

 

[PJT]

They really are not needed. The country has drones, helicopters, Super Tucanos, and 11,000 military on the border. The people who pushed for these TP-75 aircraft should be questioned... why?

Regards,

PJT

 

[JD Jones]

It's a heck of a lot cheaper than the Tucanos. Dual purpose possible.

 

[Gadfly]

Aircraft assembled in DR? Nope, I don’t like it

 

[Manuel01]

Aircraft assembled in DR? Nope, I don’t like it

I think the mount maybe the wheels and that's it.

 

[USA DOC]

I can fly a single engine aircraft, took the training.....fly one assembled in the DR....never

 

[Notengo]

I think the mount maybe the wheels and that's it.

So they can fly and crash land.

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

I can fly a single engine aircraft, took the training.....fly one assembled in the DR....never

JFK Jr. also took training

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

It looks like a flying banana. I wouldn't get in one of those if it were the last flight out before the DR fell into the sea.

 

[USA DOC]

JFK Jr. also took training

Hopefully my luck will be better than his... have been flying a small plane , after taking training in 1986

 

[bob saunders]

https://www.flyinglegendusa.com/advanced-kit/ Pretty simple assembly with very reliable Rotax engines.

 

[Notengo]

https://www.flyinglegendusa.com/advanced-kit/ Pretty simple assembly with very reliable Rotax engines.

Ah it is a kit. I had a laugh when I saw the canopy tint options:

That is not enough! They will tint it themselves!

 

[Tarheel]

I think the mount maybe the wheels and that's it.

Or a lawnmower. Open the box, pull the mower out and then raise the handle. And I just assembled my new lawnmower.

 

[Peterj]

https://www.flyinglegendusa.com/advanced-kit/ Pretty simple assembly with very reliable Rotax engines.

Simple is not simple in the DR.