PC-7s for de Klerk’s apartheid state
Goods category: Special military goods
In 1993, before apartheid ended, the export of 60 Pilatus PC-7s to South Africa was approved. The export prompted controversy over the treatment of military training aircraft and the arms embargo. Twenty PC-7s produced for South Africa were reported for 1996. This production figure forms part of the ongoing programme, rather than an additional order for twenty aircraft.
Effect of the proposed War Materiel Act revision
In Switzerland, special military goods (unlike in most other countries) are not subject to the War Materiel Act, but to the much weaker Goods Control Act.
Countries
South AfricaConflicts
Companies
Time period
Approval in 1993; production in 1996
Sources
- Tages-Anzeiger, 02.06.1993 (bibliografischer Hinweis)
- Pilatus Aircraft Ltd: Chronik 2025, Einträge 1993, 1995 und 2012
- L’Hebdo, 14.03.1996, S. 23: Les quarante-trois affreux (Pierre-André Stauffer)
- Tribune de Genève, 24.05.1997: Le Pilatus est dans le collimateur des tiers-mondistes depuis vingt ans (Hauptartikel: O. G.; weitere Texte: C. T.; Foto: Olivier Heeb / AURA)