Efforts to modernise Iraqi Comp Airs pay off

Efforts to return the Iraqi air force’s five remaining Aerocomp Comp Air 7SLX observation aircraft to service bore fruit last week, with the first flight of a reassembled test aircraft at Edwards AFB, California. Donated by the United Arab Emirates in late 2004, Iraq’s Comp Airs were grounded in May 2005 after a fatal crash. The 25 April test success followed a two-month process to return the kit-built aircraft to factory condition.

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Source: Flight International