Pick Me, Says Spanish C-295

Published June 8, 2005

The Madrid-based European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company hopes to be the next supplier of Search and Rescue aircraft to Canadian National Defence. From May 26 to June 8, the firm's C-295 plane has been touring Canada, impressing locals and the powers-that-be with the plane's reliability, high-technology and affordability. It touched down in Ottawa on June 6, taking a handful of reporters for a half-hour flight....