A photo update from SkyAlyne: A major manufacturing milestone took place at the Pilatus Aircraft facility: the first Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CT-157 Siskin II got its wings. More formally, this milestone is known as “wing mating” and occurs when an aircraft fuselage is attached to its wings.
Pilatus has completed wing mating on the first RCAF CT-157 Siskin II, the PC-21 variant that will serve as Canada’s advanced fixed-wing and jet training aircraft under the Future Aircrew Training programme.
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