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1979
1979 - 0085.PDF
FLIGHT International, 13 January 1979 83 AERO INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Aero Industry Development Centre. Headquarters: Kang Shan, Taiwan. Military aircraft and engine manufacturing organisation managed by the Nationalist Chinese Air Force on behalf of the Taiwan Government. Over the past few years the Aero Industry Development Centre has licence-built several versions of the Lycoming T53 turboshaft/turboprop for the Nationalist Chinese Air Force. These have included the 1,100 s.h.p. T53-L-13B turboshaft for Taiwan-built UH-1H helicopters, and the 1,400 e.h.p. T53-L-701 turboprop for both the TCH-1, the Taiwanese version of the North American T-28 trainer, and the XC-2 twin-engined transport currently being developed by Aero Industry Development Centre. The Centre is not at present regarded as capable of developing its own designs of engine. ALFA ROMEO (Italy) Alfa Romeo Aviazione, Alfa Romeo SpA. Divisional head quarters: Azienda di Pomigliano d'Arco, Naples. Tel: 884. 13.44. Subsidiary (51 per cent stake) of Finmeccanica, holding company of engineering division of IRI (Instituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale) state-controlled industrial holding group, which has 49 per cent stake. Alfa Romeo engages in motor-vehicle manufacture, and aero-engine manufacture, overhaul and repair. Company assets Ll,283,928 million (£791 million) and employees 44,700. Company turnover in 1977 virtually unchanged at L955,399 million (£588 million), of which aero-engine work repre sented around 5 per cent. The Aviation Division has approximately 1,200 employees. While Alfa Romeo's aero-engine activities are showing some signs of an upturn, this relatively small part of the company's activities is completely dominated by the catastrophically poor financial and industrial-relations performance of the parent car-manufacturing organisation. Corporate losses during 1977 more than doubled to L98,400 million (£60-6 million), a figure which is in turn dwarfed by that of IRI, which has accumulated debts of L18,000,000 million (£11,000 million). Alfa Romeo's aero-engine work is more or less equally divided between licensed manufacture of British and American engines and components, and the overhaul and repair of a wide variety of civil and military turbines. In particular, the company specialises in engine hot-end sections. Engine manufacture has primarily concerned the J85 and J79 turbojets, shared with Fiat, and components are produced for a variety of turboshafts, including the T58, T64, Gnome and PT6T. Alfa Romeo is also col laborating with Fiat on hot-end component development and manufacture for the Turbo-Union RB.199 and P&W JT10D turbofans, and with R-R on a 35/65 basis in the development of the RB.138, a new 600 s.h.p. turboprop/ turboshaft. First run of a demonstrator RB.318 is due late this year. Further signs of a resurgence in Alfa Romeo's aero-engine activities are a reported agreement with GE for co-operative manufacture of the CF6-32, and a proposed £150 million programme for licensed manufacture of the Spey Mk 807 for the Italian AM-X. Alfa Romeo also has a 33 per cent holding in Turbomotori Internationale. ALTURDYNE Alturdyne. Headquarters: 8050 Armour Street, San Diego, California 92111. Tel: (714) 565-2131. A private company producing gas turbine-powered products for airborne and stationary applications. Alturair subsidiary company, is also FAA-qualified to assemble Swift and Bede BD-5 aircraft. Alturdyne was formed in 1970 by Frank B. Verbeke, previously of Solar Turbines International, with the object of installing bought-in gas turbines in a wide variety of motive power and auxiliary power systems. Using the Solar T62 as the core engine for most of its applications, Altur dyne now has a product range covering APUs, air com pressors, generator sets, hydraulic pumps, and non-man- carrying propulsion systems. Alturdyne also plans shortly to enter the aircraft field with a modified core from another turbine manufacturer to produce turboprop, turbo- fan and turboshaft units in the 50-400 h.p. range. AMES INDUSTRIAL (UK) Ames Industrial Ltd. Fort Wallington, Fareham, Hants. Tel: 03292 88551. Associate company of Microturbo SA, engaged in manu facture and support of selected Microturbo gas-turbine units. Ames manufactures and provides service support for the Microturbo Jaguar gas^turbine starter system for the Adour turbofan, which powers the Anglo-French Jaguar and HS Hawk. The company also undertakes assembly, test, overhaul and repair of other Microturbo turbines. AMES INDUSTRIAL (USA) Ames Industrial Corporation. 55 Orville Drive, Bohemia, New York 11716. Tel: (516) 567-3780. Associate company of Microturbo SA, operating as FAA-approved small gas-turbine repair station. Ames holds a licence to build the small Microturbo TRS 18 Micro-Jet turbojet, which powers the Bede BD-5J ultra light single-seater and various self-launching sailplanes. ABECO Arab British Engine Company. Headquarters: Helwan. Joint company owned 70 per cent by the Arab Organisa tion for Industrialisation (AOI) and 30 per cent by Rolls- Royce Ltd. ABECO will carry out licensed manufacture of R-R engines in Egypt. AOI, formed in May 1975, is a pan-Arab state corpora tion jointly funded by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. Its prime function is the licensed manufacture/assembly and marketing of a wide range of Western defence products. The first two ventures by AOI were initiated in March 1978 with the signing of agree ments with R-R for the formation of ABECO, and with Westland Helicopters for the formation of the Arab British Helicopter Company. For R-R this included the award of a contract worth more than £100 million to supply 750 Gem turboshafts and spares for Egyptian-built Lynx helicopters. Initial supplies of engines will be from R-R, with further supplies of Gem components provided for assembly at ABECO's plant at Helwan, south of Cairo. Arab personnel will undergo training in the UK, and R-R technical and managerial personnel are being seconded to ABECO at Helwan. AOI officials are hoping that assembly of the first engines and airframes can start this year. The Egyptian Lynx/Gem programme is expected to run for about seven years, aircraft being supplied to the armed forces of the AOI member nations. AFECO Arab French Engine Company. Headquarters: Helwan. Joint company owned 70 per cent by the Arab Organisa tion for Industrialisation (AOI) and 30 per cent by Snecma. AFECO will carry out licensed manufacture of Snecma engines in Egypt. Under a 20-year contract signed last August, the AOI and Snecma are to establish at Helwan a joint engine repair and manufacturing plant to be known as the Arab French Engine Co. AFECO will overhaul, assemble and eventually manufacture engines using materials and expertise supplied by the French company. AFECO will initially buy complete engines and spares from Snecma; when fully operational it may also build engines. Almost certain to be handled are Atar turbojets for the 24 Mirage IIIEs bought for the Egyptian Air Force by Saudi Arabia. The AOI is acquiring 160 Alpha Jets powered by the Turbomeca-Snecma Larzac, and possibly also the Snecma M53-powered Mirage 2000, Turbomeca has direct links with the Israeli aircraft industry via Beth Shemesh Engines, and it may be for this reason that the privately owned French company is not a participant in AFECO despite
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