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 ...Orlik, Embraer 110,
EMB-312 Tucano, Pilatus Turbo
Trainer PC-7/PC-7 Mkll, Beech
King Air, Piper Cheyenne
Turboprop - Socata TBM700,
Raytheon 1900D, Shorts 360,
Piaggiio P180 Avanti
Turboprop - Pilatus PC-21
Turboshaft - Sikorsky S-76B,
Agusta A119
Turboshaft AVIC II Z-8F
Turboshaft - Bell Agusta BA609,
Raytheon Beech Starship
Turboshaft - Agusta Bell AB139
Turboshaft - Agusta Bell Mo...
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 ...NUMBER 4787 VOLUME 159 3-9 JULY 2001
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Material gains 35
Composite parts can offer better performance than
their metal equivalents, but maintenance costs can
outweigh their benefits
Bridging the gap 40
An exclusive preview of the Pilatus PC-21 - a
turboprop aimed at displacing jet trainers
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should be able to operate from a
1,300m (4,260ft) unprepared strip.
Leading contenders include Em-
braer's EMB-314 Super Tucano,
Korea Aerospace Industries' KTO-1
and the Pilatus PC-21, offered with
Raytheon. Despite Colombia's
request for a turboprop, the CATIC-
promoted K-8 and Lockheed Martin
Aircraft Argentina AT-63 Pampa jet
trainers are also on offer. Also in...
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Next week
Military trainers
From ab initio to post-advanced,
we look in-depth at military pilot
training, with a technical briefing
on the Pilatus PC-21 (left), due to
enter service next year. We visit
Canada's privately backed NFTC
and ask if Europe's Eurotraining
initiative can get off the ground.
8-14 July 2003 www.flightinternat...
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We exclusively preview Pilatus' PC-21, a turboprop
aimed at displacing jet trainers
DEEDEE DOKE / LONDON
Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus wants to bridge what it sees as a g...
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 ...st of the crew escape system
is planned for next month at Martin
Baker's Northern Ireland facility in the UK.
In another move to identify life-cycle
costs early, Pilatus assembled the first wing
PILATUS PC-21 SPECIFICATIONS
by fitting all the internal systems, then
removing them, adding the top skin and
reassembling the system through the access
panels to prove the maintenance concepts.
...
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 ...Military trainers: Phase II
safety margin during envelope expansion.
Smith adds that "getting the gearing right
is making sure the aircraft is fit for its pur
pose. It is subjective and it takes t...
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ARMED FORCES CRAIG HOYLE / LONDON
The
Swiss air
force is
likely to
select the
home
grown
Pilatus
PC-21
(above
right)
for its
training
needs
Ne...
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although the air force had started
evaluating possible candidates
nearly two years earlier.
Types being considered include
the Embraer EMB-314 Super
Tucano, Korean Aerospace Indus
tries KO-1, Pilatus PC-21 and Ray
theon T-6A. There have been indica
tions that Embraer's selection was to
be announced by the Colombian
defence ministry later this month.
The head of the US Southern
Comman...
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 ...powered
Lockheed Martin F-16s. JetScan
is a mobile scanning electron
microscope used for determin
ing engine wear. • Meggitt
Avionics is to supply flight and
engine monitoring displays for
the Pilatus PC-21 trainer. The
75mm flat-panel displays are
based on Meggitt's secondary
flight display system. • Boeing
has been awarded a $146 mil
lion firm fixed price/cost plus
fixed fee USAF co...
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a specialist in low-cost head-up
displays and mission computers.
The company's equipment is
installed on several advanced
trainer/light attack aircraft, includ
ing the Aero Vodochody L-159
and Pilatus PC-21, and has been
retrofitted to the Israel Aircraft
Industries Kfir and Grumman
F-14B Tomcat fighters.
Quebec-based CMC says the
acquisition will expand its core
flightdeck modernisat...
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 ...ject to
modernise Colombia's combat air
craft. Responses to the RFP are due
at the end of this month.
Likely bidders include the
Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano,
Korean Aerospace Industries KO-1,
Pilatus PC-21 and Raytheon T-6A.
An increased need to deploy com
bat aircraft to forward operating
locations and the fact that only
25 airfields are cleared for jet
operations have dictated the
...
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 ...DEFENCE
NAVAL SYSTEMS PAUL LEWIS / WASHINGTON DC
Submarine-launched UAV idea revived
Lockheed Martin wins contract for in-depth research of its recoverable multi-purpose air vehicle concept
Lockhe...
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UNMANNED SYSTEMS GUY NORRIS / SAN DIEGO
Combined power module
offers energy revolution
Pratt & Whitney's modified JT15D will reduce weight, volume and drag of UAV engines
Pratt & Whitney,...
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 ...02 following a ser-
ice study into candidates, includ-
lg the Embraer EMB-314 Super
icano, Korea Aerospace Industries
The Super Tucano is among candidates for Colombia's light-attack project
KO-1, Pilatus PC-21 and Raytheon
T-6 Texan II. The air force is believed
to have backed the Embraer design,
but the programme was stopped
just months later because of bud
getary constraints and what lo...
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 ...Directory: military aircraft
aircraft can be competitive as the so-called
"heavy turboprops" such as Embraer's Super
Tucano and Pilatus's PC-21 will not have the
cost advantage of previous turbopr...
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CLEAN
SHEET Pilatus believes its PC-21 turboprop is a new
breed of basic trainer capable of blurring the
boundaries between the training phases
STEWART PENNEY / STANS
Pilatus has jus...
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 ...CONTRACTS
• Boeing has received a
$96.7 million US Navy contract
for six more T-45 Goshawk
advanced trainers, for delivery
by September 2004. • BAE
Systems Customer Support
& Solutions has won ...
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