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Brazilian air force retires last Xavante trainers

News | 03 Dec 2010 16:04

The Brazilian air force retired its last Embraer EMB-326 Xavante trainers on 2 December ...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Brazilian-air-force-retires-last-Xavante-trainers-350420/

Clarifications

News | 13 Sep 2004 23:00

In of last week's feature on flight testing in the Atlas Impala training aircraft, graphs plotting rudder position and vertical bending moment were transposed and the rudder deflection scale omitted (Flight International, 7-13 September). The top graph should be titled "Rapid rudder reversal from steady sideslip" and the bottom graph "Rapid rudder input neutral to full right". In the same issue we incorrectly captioned the top picture on P37. It, of course, shows a Panavia Tornado F3.  http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Clarifications-187453/

FLIGHT TEST: Aermacchi Impala - Spin doctor

News | 06 Sep 2004 23:00

Flight International's test pilot deliberately gets into some awkward situations in an Atlas Impala as he finds out how training is advancing Test pilot schools worldwide are providing more rigorous courses and higher technology to meet the increasingly sophisticated demands of 21st century flight testing. Nowhere is this more evident than in Mojave, California, home of the National Test Pilot School (NTPS) and site of the only non-governmental school in the USA. One of the workhorses of its fleet is the Atlas-built Aermacchi MB326M Impala, a tandem-seat straight-wing trainer/light attack aircraft. The NTPS Impalas are ex-South African Air Force aircraft, powered by a single Rolls-Royce Viper Mk22-1 turbojet. Flight International was invited to fly a medley instructional sortie - touching on loads, flutter and high angle-of-attack (AoA) - in a specially modified Impala. Thhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/FLIGHT-TEST-Aermacchi-Impala-Spin-doctor-187200/

South African Hawk 120 on schedule for taxi trials

News | 09 Aug 2004 23:00

Birdstrike tests completed as air force gets ready to receive first aircraft in mid-2005 South Africa's first locally assembled BAE Systems Hawk 120 lead-in fighter trainer (LIFT) is on schedule to start taxi trials in the fourth quarter and will make its debut flight in January. Completed at Denel's Kempton Park plant near Johannesburg, the aircraft completed birdstrike testing last month. Ground tests of its Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour 951 engine will continue until year-end. Seven Hawk kits have been delivered to Denel's final assembly hall, and first deliveries to the South African Air Force (SAAF) are scheduled for mid-2005. Aircraft will be handed over at a rate of two a month until mid-2006. The Hawk LIFT will replace South Africa's Atlas Impala (Aermacchi MB326) trainers, which are scheduled to be decommissioned in late 2005. The programme's lone UK-built aircraft, SA001, had flown 21 of its 75 planned test flights by late July, completing navigationhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/South-African-Hawk-120-on-schedule-for-taxi-trials-185715/

Ex-South African Air Force Impalas to fill Brazilian training gap

News | 21 Jun 2004 23:00

Brazil is close to finalising an $8 million deal to acquire 22 Atlas Impala I (MB326M) jet trainers from the South African Air Force, according to sources within the Brazilian air force. The proposed deal also covers the provision of 48 Rolls-Royce Viper engines, airframe spares and an option to buy a further 23 surplus aircraft. If completed, the deal will enable Brazil's air force to expand its inventory of around 30 flightworthy T-26 Xavante (MB326GB) trainers and extend the type's service life until 2010. Used for fast jet and fighter weapons training, its Embraer-built Xavante fleet has been steadily dwindling since 2001 as time-expired airframes have been withdrawn from service. Earlier interim options included the possible purchase of additional Northrop F-5F Tiger IItwo-seat fighter trainers, or the modification of single-seat F-5Es to the two-seat configuration by California-based Tiger Century Aircraft. The latter would have been brought up to thehttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Ex-South-African-Air-Force-Impalas-to-fill-Brazilian-training-gap-183204/

World Air Forces listing C-E

News | 24 Nov 1999 00:00

CAMBODIA ROYAL CAMBODIAN AIR FORCE IAI of Israel has upgraded at least six of Cambodia's MiG-21s; however, while two aircraft were delivered in 1997, work on the other four was suspended waiting for Cambodia to pay IAI. The MiG-21-2000 upgrade includes a service life extension, a HUD, an improved weapons system and new cockpit, GPS-based navigation and Western communications equipment; the upgrade is understood also to include the Python 3 AAM and the Griffin LGB. It is thought the contract may cover conversion of nine single- seat and one twin-stick MiG-21. IAI also procured and modified six L-39 Albatros trainers for Cambodia; one was lost soon after delivery. Cambodia's difficulty in meeting the financial terms of its contract make it unlikely that the remaining MiG-21s, which are thought to be unserviceable, will be upgraded. Cambodia's other training type, the P92 Echo, is an Italian-built, high-wing trainer certificated to very light aircraft rules. Alhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/World-Air-Forces-listing-C-E-58979/