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 ...USINESS AVIATION
PARTNERSHIP BRENDAN SOBIE / SINGAPORE
AIDC to pull out of Ae270 venture
Taiwanese manufacturer set to leave sinqle-engined turboprop in the hands of Czech partner Aero Vodochody
Taiwan is seeking to pull out of its
joint venture with the Czech
Republic to develop the Ae270 as
certification of the new single-
engine turboprop slips into 2005.
Aerospace Indu...
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 ...hopes of the Czech
air force and,
arguably, the Czech
Republic's
aerospace industry.
ANDRZEJ JEZIORSKI/PRAGUE
The signing of two critical agreements with the Czech Government in April has given Aero Vodochody the official go-ahead for the long-anticipated
L-159 combat-aircraft programme.
The development agreement completed on
7 April committed the Republic's defence
ministry to funding s...
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 ...nd in Grab's
Taiwan Chinese - and this happy coinci- experience
dence was a useful tension-breaker in the in producing
fraught early years of co-operation between strong, all-
the Czech Republic's Aero Vodochody and composite
Taiwan's AIDC in their joint venture, Ibis. trainers set
Peter Ciprovsky, vice-president of civil it in good
aircraft programmes at Aero Vodochody, stead for the
says ...
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 ...tt TPE331-12B turboprop production
11.28 2232 255kt 695lit760 (to 50ft 3,600kg) 1030 4
9.86 3600 2390 640 790 (from 50ft 3.600kg)721 + 5min on station with 500kg 0
19.4 0 34000 No2104km/6hl2min •
Aero Vodochody Czech Republic L-1391 x AlliedSignal TFE731-4-1T turbofan 18.16kN development
9.46 3460 410kt 1260lit 540 1500 4
12.13 6000 4400 1400 610 0 tandem
18.8 6000 38725 Nol600km (a)/3h 20m...
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 ...time
Farnborough's flying display will showcase a host of new
aircraft and some old favourites
AIRCRAFT ON DISPLAY .ASOFISJUNE.
s = static display, f = flying display, sA = static/flying display
Aero Vodochody L159A
Aero Vodochody L159B
Alenia ATR42MP Surveyor
Alenia AMX
Avioane Craiova IAR 99 Soim
BAE Systems Hawk
Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey
Boeing 767-400ER
Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet
...
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 ...pe at Aero's pro
duction plant, near Prague.
The final contract is expected to
be signed later this year, following
the conclusion of discussions widi
the finance ministry, says Jaroslav
Borak, Aero Vodochody chairman.
The first test aircraft has been
built in a two-seat configuration,
closely resembling that of the earli
er L-39 and L-59 jet trainers.The
airframe, however, is 0.6m long...
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 ...m, led by
Rockwell International. This reflects Aero's
approach to keeping the cost and development
timescale to a minimum and to share the pro
ject costs with its foreign partners.
According to Aero Vodochody vice-presi
dent of research and development Viktor
Kucera, the development of the single-seat
version alone will cost around CKr 1.4 billion
(S50 million), and the aircraft will sel...
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 ...t charter and
management company Gama
Aviation to equip its fleet with
specialised medical kits and pro
vide medical training to Gama's
flightcrew.
AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT KATE SARSFIELD / LONDON
Aero Vodochody pushes
for Ae270 certification
Czech manufacturer focuses resources in bid for approval of turboprop at home and in USA
Aero Vodochody is marshalling its
resources to ensure the Ae2...
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 ...ARBIN-China
Y-12-II
PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN-UK
Turbine Defender
PILATUS-Switzerland
PC-6 Turbo-Porter
SHORTS-UK
C-23B Sherpa
LIGHT-ATTACK
MANUFACTURER-Country
Type
AERMACCHI-ltaly
MB.339C
AERO VODOCHODY-Czech Republic
L-39ZA (Albatros)
AERO VODOCHODY-Czech Republic
L-139
AERO VODOCHODY-Czech Republic
L-59
AlDC-Taiwan
AT-TC-3
AVIOANE-Romania
IAR-99 Soim
BRITISH AEROSPACE-UK
H...
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 ...ZECH REPUBLIC
look at the prototype, Aero Vodochody officials
could barely conceal their jubilation. That very
morning, they had learned that the
Government had guaranteed production fund
ing for the Czech air force order.
Two years...
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 ...PABILITIES
Close Air Support
Air Defence
Border Patrol
Lead-in Fighter
Tactical Reconnaissance
Counter Insurgency
Anti-ship Missions
Weapons Training
QJMV ^lliedSignal
VODOCHODY
AEROSPACE
AERO VODOCHODY Ltd. • 250 70 Odolena Voda • Czech Republi...
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 ...MEMBERS
L159 ADVANCED LIGHT COMBAT AIRCRAFT
L139 TRAINING AND LIGHT ATTACK AIRCRAFT
Li39 USB
DESIGNED FOR 21St CENTURY
DESIGNED FOR NATO INTEROPERABILITY
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE FUTURE
H®1]©-1999
Aero Vodochody a.s. • 250 70 Odolena Voda • Czech Republic
Tel.: +420-2-688 00 41 • Fax: +420-2-823 172 • email:mr@aero.cz • http//:www.aero.c...
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 ...trainer/light attack
lx Honeywell
TFE731-2Nturbofan
Max power
(kWI
Max thrust
dry (lb)
Max thrust
reheat (lb)
4.200
3.500
Maximum cruise is 425kt clean @ 26,200ft. Hardpoints are all dry.
AERO VODOCHODY
L-139
Advanced trainer/light attack
1 x Honeywell
TFE7314turbofan
Endurance is 5n 35min with external fuel tanks.
CASA
C101DD
Advanced trainer/light attack
SOKO
G-4MSuperGaleb...
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 ...ifically the
L-39 and L-59 Albatros and
their derivatives. Western en
gines, avionics and weapons
systems are being fitted to the
Albatros to make it more ex
port-friendly, with some suc
cess. Aero Vodochody is now
fulfilling a contract for the
delivery of 48 L-59s to Egypt
and a further 12 to Tunisia.
Other contracts are under
negotiation, but the low tech
nology of the 25-year-old
...
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 ... the L-159 but deliveries still lag behind schedule
Vodochody, is undertaking L-159 strator with company test pilots
simulator training in the USA
Initially, pilots returning from
the USA fly the Aero Vodochody-
owned L-159B two-seater demon-
acting as instructors. The pilots
then transfer to the Czech air
force base at Caslav near Prague to
flytheL-159A. •
lolds up UAV roadmap release
PA...
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 ...N PRAGUE
Infighting among Czech gov ernment and industry offi
cials over which of three short
listed avionics suppliers should
be selected for the new L-159
light attack aircraft being built
by Aero Vodochody has left the
company's general director
Zdenek Chalupnik at logger
heads with the Czech Republic
defence ministry.
The competing L-159 avion
ics bidders are US firms
AlliedSignal...
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 ...AN MOXON
IN PRAGUE
Czech Republic aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodo
chody says that it is "close" to
signing further orders for its
L-39 and L-59 jet trainers.
The potential contracts come
after Aero Vodochody's 1992
success in selling to Egypt a
training package based around
48 L-59s. Thailand has also
bought 36 L-39s. "It proves
that in two years competing
among Western jet-trainer pr...
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 ...
from the defence and industry
ministries, manufacturer Aero
Vodochody and two parliamen
tary observers, has made the rec
ommendation on "technical and
economic grounds", despite
protests from Aero Vodochody
director-general Zdenek
Chalupnik.
Sources close to the discussions
say that the recommendation now
awaits review by a board of eco
nomic ministers and final
approval by the full...
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 ...EADLINES
Aero Vodochody
secures L-159
launch customer
A ERO VODOCHODY HAS finally secured a launch order
for its L-159 light-attack aircraft,
with die Czech Government com
mitting to purchasing 72 aircra...
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 ...-2G
SeaSprite as part of its bid
for the RAN's frigate heli
copter programme. The Sea
Skua is already being offered
by Westland as part of its
Super Lynx proposal.
• L-159S AFRICAN EXPEDITION
Aero Vodochody is to offer
its new L-159 light-attack
aircraft/trainer for South
Africa's jet-trainer require
ment. The South African
Air Force is looking for
replacements for its Atlas
Impalas...
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