Aéronavale Flottille 28 EMB-121 Xingu

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Real life photo of Aéronavale EMB-121 #69

Eight Shades of Blue #69 and #77

Real life photo of Aéronavale EMB-121 #77

 

The EMB-121 has been in use by the French military since 1982. Of a total of 41 aircraft sold to France, 16 were assigned to the Aéronavale, and these are represented in this set by numbers 69 and 77. Note that in real life the Xingu operated by the French is the one using two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-28 three blade propellers, though the French Navy actually bought two Xingu II aircraft equipped with the four blade propeller Pratt & Whitney PT6A-135 (the model Dani Airplane's has available).

#69
To celebrate 100 years of French Naval Aviation, all Xingu and Xingu II aircraft received a special tail design in 2010. This livery is an exact replica of #69 (except for the 4 blade propellers!) as flown in the centennial year.

#77
The standard French Naval Aviation livery is a two tone white gray in use since the early 1980's - with the exception of the engines (the 77 uses the 3 blade PT6A-28) this is an exact replica of #77 as flown from BAN Lann-Bihoué, France, in 2018.

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