Rafale at Emmen, Switzerland

[John Rambo]

The Rafale has landed: the second candidate for the Partial Tiger Replacement in Emmen
Bern, 09.10.2008 - The second candidate for the Partial Tiger Replacement (PTR) landed in Emmen this morning. With the arrival of the French Rafale aircraft in Switzerland, the second series of flight and ground tests for the PTR is about to begin. In November, the third and last candidate, the French EADS Eurofighter, will follow.
Today at 11.25 hours, two Rafale aircraft landed at the Emmen (LU) airbase. These two-seaters will be stationed in Switzerland for about a month from 9 October 2008. As part of the flight and ground tests from Emmen as main airbase, around 30 flights are planned, some of which will be carried out at night. In addition, about 50 sorties will be made with F/A-18 und F-5 aircraft, which will serve as targets and for flight tests within the PTR - F/A-18 formation. The evaluation flights are part of current flying contingents and will not lead to additional flight movements at the respective airbases.

The next steps
The arrival of the European EADS Eurofighter is planned for 6 November 2008. The flight and ground test procedures will be identical for all three types of aircraft.

In parallel to evaluating the flight and ground tests, the tenders that were handed in on 2 July 2008 will also be examined. The collected data will serve as a basis for a second call for tenders in January 2009. After evaluation of the second tender, optimised with respect to equipment and price, and the subsequent preparation of the evaluation report in May 2009, the selection of the aircraft type is planned for July 2009.

Note for the media:
An offical event is planned for media representatives on 28 October 2008. Participation requires prior accreditation, as the event will be held within the premises of the airbase in a secure environment. The media may register under the following link, using a contact form. Persons registering with this form will be informed in due time.

Note for persons not representing the media (spotters):
As part of the flight and ground tests, a brief event at the Emmen airbase, but outside the secure zone, is planned for 17 October 2008. Access to the aircraft will not be possible.

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[kiwi]

Our government should arrange the same! Instead of basing decisions on pure theory and discussion, but on solid tests!

[aviodromefriend]

the French EADS Eurofighter

Our government should arrange the same! Instead of basing decisions on pure theory and discussion, but on solid tests!

Basically, they did before the first selection of the JSF. Problem from the spotter's point of view, the machines didn't come to our country (except the Open Days), the pilots went to where the aircraft were manufactured.

(OK, the pilots that went were told in advance the JSF had to be the winner, but that's discussed in another thread already)

[evhest]

The Rafales are 301 (seen by us) and 307/7-IA.

[SquAdmin]

Decision about replacement of F-5's has been postponed for 6 months.

[John Rambo]

Decision about replacement of F-5's has been postponed for 6 months.

Where did you get the info?

[SquAdmin]

Where did you get the info?

http://uk.reuters.com/article/hotStocks ... 1620090325" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[SquAdmin]

Interesting news: according to Swiss television, Switzerland could buy 22 Gripens and, in exchange, Sweden would buy 50 PC-21's. Here's the article: http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndu ... 6220090417" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

(as usual, I found this via Alert5.com)

[Trueno]

Interesting news: according to Swiss television, Switzerland could buy 22 Gripens and, in exchange, Sweden would buy 50 PC-21's. Here's the article: http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndu ... 6220090417" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

(as usual, I found this via Alert5.com)

The Brazilian Press also report the same thing...... the Swedish already have send a team to fly the Super Tucano, unconfirmed reports say that they "might" buy the plane as Sk.60 replacement (and they would choose the EMBRAER trainer for sure if Brazil opts for the Grippen NG).

Cheers,

Trueno

[swissmember]

France and another unknown country would buy also some Pc-21, if Switzerland purchase Rafale or Eurofighter.

Anyway the VAE would like to purchase 25 Pc-21 from Switzerland (or another trainer from Italy).