Schweizer announces deliveries to El Salvador and Senegal Air Forces. Ft Worth, Texas (July 13, 2021) – Schweizer continues to grow with increased contracts and deliveries to foreign militaries. Senegalese Air Force In May 2022, Schweizer delivered another new Schweizer 300C helicopter to the Senegalese Air Force. The Senegalese Air Force took delivery of the first production Schweizer 300C helicopter in July 2021. In March 2022, the Foreign Asset Trade Company signed a follow-on contract with Schweizer for five additional Schweizer 300C helicopters for the air force. The first aircraft from this contract was delivered in May with the remaining deliveries scheduled before the end of the third quarter of 2022. The five additional Schweizer 300C helicopters will support the Senegalese Air Force’s flight training academy and will be used for ab initio, instrument, and vertical reference training. Each is fully equipped for IFR flight training with Garmin GPS, Bendix King NavComs, Garmin Transponders with ADS-B out, and RC Allen digital artificial horizon and directional gyros. Each is also outfitted with auxiliary fuel tanks to extend flight time to 6.4 hours. Two of the helicopters are equipped with cargo hooks for vertical reference and longline training. “We at Schweizer are
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