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19/04/2012
Ministerial Aircraft Put Up For Sale
A 32-year old Beechcraft Super King Air 200 aeroplane, once used to transport government ministers, has been put up for sale, with no guarantee it will fly.
The Department of Defence is selling the turbo-prop aircraft, which has been grounded for the past three years.
The plane and spare parts will be sold "as seen", and "shall be taken with all faults and errors", tender documents published yesterday say.
The plane was manufactured in 1980 and was predominantly used as a VIP aircraft, kitted out with a galley and toilet.
Seating six passengers and two pilots, it was considered the workhorse of the Air Corps before being taken out of commission on age and safety grounds in 2009.
Websites advertise similar aircraft for as much as €1m, but the Beechcraft has more than 16,000 flying hours. A spokesman for Mach Aviation, the agency for Hawker Beechcraft in Ireland, said yesterday it was "amazing" it was kept in the air for so long.
"The Beechcraft isn't, in general, a workhorse but the fact they've kept it going for so long is an amazing feat," Joe McCarthy said.
"It's very hard to know (the value) without seeing the paperwork and seeing why it was grounded," he added.
(H/GK)
The Department of Defence is selling the turbo-prop aircraft, which has been grounded for the past three years.
The plane and spare parts will be sold "as seen", and "shall be taken with all faults and errors", tender documents published yesterday say.
The plane was manufactured in 1980 and was predominantly used as a VIP aircraft, kitted out with a galley and toilet.
Seating six passengers and two pilots, it was considered the workhorse of the Air Corps before being taken out of commission on age and safety grounds in 2009.
Websites advertise similar aircraft for as much as €1m, but the Beechcraft has more than 16,000 flying hours. A spokesman for Mach Aviation, the agency for Hawker Beechcraft in Ireland, said yesterday it was "amazing" it was kept in the air for so long.
"The Beechcraft isn't, in general, a workhorse but the fact they've kept it going for so long is an amazing feat," Joe McCarthy said.
"It's very hard to know (the value) without seeing the paperwork and seeing why it was grounded," he added.
(H/GK)
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