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1978
1978 - 0066.PDF
92 FLIGHT International, 14 January 1978 in the world, there are 30 general- aviation aircraft. An eight per cent increase in aircraft produced is fore cast for 1978, giving a total of 18,900 aircraft worth $1,800 million, a 20 per cent increase in value. The US expects to export more than 4,000 general- aviation aircraft during 1978. Civil be exported. More than 40 French helicopters worth a total of $16 mil lion were imported during 1977. The number of helicopters in the USA and Canada increased by 18 per cent in 1976, and their use for business in- creased by 30 per cent. Worldwide trends are expected to follow this rate, petroleum will last for only another 20 years and that demand will exceed supply by 1985. Nevertheless, the Department of Commerce foresees no disruptive shortage. Noting that Europe appears to have turned during 1977 from attempts to co-operate with the USA in civil airliner development US AEROSPACE PRODUCTION 1976-78 ($ x MILLION) 1976* 1977* 1978* Number 18,040 1,429 16,611 15,790 2,855 2,638 217 12,935 821 — — — — — — —. — — — — — Value 11,3955 9,006 5 4,360 0 4,646-5 4,356-5 3,955-5 800-5 3,1550 4010 290-0 2,389 0 573 0 1,8160 6,330-3 886 2 1,125-6 1,293 0 620-0 94-7 5,039 0 7,125 0 5,568-0 1,557 0 Number 19,965 1,280 18,685 17,690 3,320 3,139 181 14,370 995 — — — — — — — — — — — — — Value 12,320-1 10,250-1 5,600 0 4,650-1 4,328-7 3,840-1 1,060 0 2,780-1 488-6 321-4 2,070-0 470-0 1,600 0 6,413-2 892-8 1,280-1 976-0 641-3 103-0 5,543 0 7,982-0 6,347-0 1,635 0 % change in value 1976-1977 8 14 28 0 —1 —3 32 -12 22 11 -13 -18 —12 1 1 14 -25 3 9 10 12 14 5 Number 21,610 1,390 20,220 19,170 3,670 3,400 270 15,500 1,050 — — — — — — — — — — — — % Value in change value 1977-78 15,975 0 13,575 0 6,800 0 6,775 0 6,4440 5,B86 0 1,258 0 4,682 0 558-0 331-0 2,400-0 600-0 1,800 0 8,023-2 1,071-4 1,817-8 1,044-3 679-8 1090 5,986-0 8,557 0 6,791 0 1,766 0 30 32 21 46 49 53 19 68 14 3 16 28 13 25 20 42 7 6 6 8 8 7 8 Aircraft and aircraft services (total) Complete aircraft (total) Complete military aircraft Complete civil aircraft Fixed-wing (total) Multi-engine 30-seat and under 31-seat and over Single-engine Rotary-wing (total) Aircraft services (total ***) Modifications, conversion and overhaul Other aeronautical services for aircraft Aircraft engines and engine parts (total) Aircraft engines for US military customers Aircraft engines for other than US military customers Complete missile and space-vehicle engines and engine parts*** Other aeronautical services on aircraft and missile engines Aircraft propellers and propeller parts (total) Aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment Guided-missile and space vehicles, complete**/*** Complete missile systems (excluding propulsion) Complete space-vehicle systems (excluding propulsion) •US Bureau of Domestic Census estimate. **Represents value of work done, space Industries Association. •Includes receipts for research and development and other services. Sources: Bureau of the Census; Aero- helicopter output increased by 21 per cent to 990 units in 1977, and in 1978 should exceed 1,000, worth $331 mil lion. More than one third of these will with US helicopters in big demand. Behind these optimistic figures lies a generally accepted estimate that economically recoverable natural to "going it alone," the report predicts' that no new-new airliner will be pro duced by either side in 1978. It also predicts that European attempts to buy into the airliner market, with such moves as the "free leasing" of A300s to Eastern, will damage US aerospace sales. In US manufacturing industry as a whole, aircraft production ranked eighth by volume, and is expected to grow faster than any other sector. The No 1 sector—cars—is expected to decline in 1978, together with buses and trucks. New Learjet RNav NEW Century III Learjets will have the Jet Electronics and Technology DAC-2000 area - navigation (RNav) system offered as a standard option from now on. The Federal Aviationi Administration has approved instal lation of the system. Now flying at Moenchengladbach, near Dussel- dorf, is the Rhein Flugzeugbau AB-2 Fantrainer, intended for military basic and selection training. Development has been funded by the German Air Force. The Fantrainer is powered by two ISO h.p. NSU Wankel engines mounted one above the other and driving an integrated propulsion fan through a common reduction box. The wings are of glass-reinforced plastic iv;;I;•:'- •:::::;|p;i.;Plp1i.:||:.P*&*::> '•.• *"*i
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