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Indian production of Japanese amphibious plane on the table

NEW DELHI -- Japan and India will discuss local manufacturing of an amphibious search-and-rescue aircraft in light of New Delhi's wish to lower the 10 billion yen ($95 million) price tag for importing a finished plane.

In a Saturday joint news conference with his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the two sides are discussing the possibility of joint production.

Interesting. They are also planning on making a civilian version, apparently. Who are the likely customers, apart from the Coast Guard, and Navy? Maybe some private carriers are interested?
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sabya99 · Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:22 pm Post subject:

It looks like another Catalina of WW II or Soviet Beriev amphi sea plane. These are very useful and could be used in many ways.
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