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1979
1979 - 0099.PDF
FLIGHT International. 13 January 1979 97 TF39-GE-1 specification One-and-a-half-stage fan, 16-stage h-p compressor, annular combustor, two-stage h-p turbine, five-stage 1-p turbine. Take-off 41,1001b, bypass ratio 8:1, pressure ratio 26:1, mass flow l,5491b/sec, length 188in, diameter lOOin, weight 7,0261b. GLUSHENKOV (USSR) This apparently small design bureau has two known products: the 900 s.h.p. GTDH3 turboshaft powering the Kamov Ka-25 and Ka-25K helicopters, and the 960 s.h.p. TVD-10A turboprop powering the Antonov An-28 twin- engined light transport. The An-28 is undergoing certifica tion trials before introduction into service next year as a replacement for the An-2. The An-3 agricultural aircraft is reported to be a second application for the TVD-10A. HANTS AND SUSSEX (United Kingdom) Hants and Sussex Aviation Ltd. Headquarters: Airport Service Road, Portsmouth, Hants P03 5PJ. Tel: (0705) 62304. Subsidiary of Rio Tinto-Zinc mining group. Corporate assets £2,500 million and employees 48,500. Sales in 1977 approximately £1,600 million, of which aero-engine activi ties represented a very small part. Hants and Sussex employees 350. Hants and Sussex has been overhauling aero engines since 1946 and now operates as a self-contained overhaul, repair and spares supply organisation for a range of low- power turbine and piston engines, and associated propel lers. The company is also the sole distributor in Europe, Greenland and Iceland for all models of the DDA Model 250 turboshaft and turboprop. Its responsibilities for the Allison turbines cover support throughout Europe, includ ing the supply of exchange and rental engines. In 1977 Hants and Sussex acquired the rights to the Leslie Braby series of Auto Diesels STAD gas turbines and, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, now overhauls and repairs STAD GPUs in operation with the British services. Sup port is also provided for STAD units in use with overseas operators. If enough demand for new STAD GPUs emerges, Hants and Sussex would be prepared to restart manufacture. The company operates three plants, com prising the Light Turbine and Piston Engine & Propeller Divisions at Portsmouth, and the R-R Dart Division at Blindley Heath. HINDUSTAN (India) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Headquarters: Indian Express Building, Vidhana Veedhi, Bangalore 560001. National corporation engaged in aircraft, aero-engine, ancillary systems and accessories manufacture. Company employees 40,060, and corporate sales in 1976-77 substan tially unchanged at Rsl,153 million (£73-5 million). HAL's performance has improved. Profit after tax in 1976-77 doubled from Rs261 million (£1-7 million) to Rs53-2 million (£3-4 million). Two of HAL's six divisions are engaged in engine manufacture. The new Koraput Division is licence-building the 14,5001b Tumanski R-13 (SPS) afterburning turbojet for HAL-built MiG-21M fighters, which will remain in production through to next year. Agreement to build a higher-performance version of the Tumanski engine at Koraput has been reported recenly. HAL will also be responsible for a larger propor tion of the manufacturing operations. The older Banga lore Division has licence-built a variety of Rolls-Royce and Turbomeca engines, and is now scheduled to manufacture the R-R/Turbomeca Adour augmented turbofan and British Aerospace Jaguar under a £1,000 million pro gramme announced in October last year. Some 200 air craft, powered by the 8,0401b Adour Mk804, are to be built. Production at HAL is likely to start in 1982. INSTYTUT LOTNICTWA (Poland) Instytut Lotnictwa. Headquarters: Al Krakowska 110/114, 02-256 Warsaw. Tel: 460993. National aviation institute engaged in general aerospace R&D, including aircraft turbine development. IL developed the SO-1 and SO-3 axial turbojets rated at 2,2051b and powering the WAK-Mielec TS-11 Iskra trainer. Some 700 of these aircraft have been built. The SO-3 turbojet is built by Wytwornia Sprzetu Komunikacy- jnego PZL-Rzexow. ISHIKAWAJIMA-HARIMA (Japan) Aero-engine & Space Development Group, Ishikawajima- Harima Heavy Industries Co Ltd. Group headquarters: 3-5 Mukodai-cho Tanashi-shi, Tokyo. Tel: (0424) 66 12 52. Public company engaged in general engineering, ship building, and aero and non-aero gas-turbine manufacture. Corporate assets Yl,043,460 million (£2,790 million) and employees 37,749. Corporate sales in 1977-78 down to Y499,290 million (£1,335 million), of which aerospace sales accounted for Y37,013 million (£99 million). IHI is going through a contradictory period. The com pany's sales during the first six months of the current year slumped to about half their 1977-78 level due to a heavy decline in activity by IHI's shipbuilding division. By contrast, its aerospace sales during 1977-78 rose by nine per cent. In addition, the Aero-engine Group is being given prime-contractor responsibility for the F100 and T56 engines for the F-15s and P-3Cs to be built in Japan over the next decade. There is also a requirement for a small jet engine to replace the rocket motor used on the Mitsubishi ASM-1 air-to-surface missile. R-R is also hoping to persuade Japan to participate in the RB.432 programme, a move which would affect IHI more than the other two Japanese aero-engine companies, Kawasaki and Mitsu bishi. In August last year IHI delivered its 2,000th aircraft gas turbine. Its first jet engine, a J3 turbojet, was built in October 1959. The 2,000 units comprised 646 GE T58 turboshafts, 336 GE T64 turboshafts, 560 GE J79 turbojets, 229 J3s, 189 R-R/Turbomeca Adours, and six of the IHI JR-series lift engines. Production of the J3 is scheduled to end in March this year. IHI also repairs aircraft tur bines, including the RB.211 for All Nippon Airways' TriStars, and manufactures jet engine noise-suppression installations and gas turbine-powered emergency generator systems. FJR710 Two-shaft turbofan. Following an initial develop ment programme using six 11,0001b FJR710/10 and 20 engines, the FJR710 project is moving into its second phase. The first of three 12,1251b FJR710/600 units is now scheduled to have been built. Two more 600s are being built and should run this year. Meanwhile, design of the definitive 15,0001b FJR710/700 is proceeding and should be complete by the middle of next year. Three engines of this version will also be built between the second half of 1980 and the first quarter of 1981. It is intended to complete a total of 7,000hr of testing, includ ing time in the British National Gas Turbine Establish ment's altitude facility, and to produce a low-consumption turbofan—20 to 25 per cent lower s.f.c. than present engines—to meet the needs of short/medium-haul com mercial transports in the 1980s. Under a Yll,330 million (£30 million) programme the Japanese National Aero space Laboratory plans to modify a Kawasaki C-l trans port with a new wing and four FJR710/20s for research into wing upper-surface blowing. First flight of the research aircraft is planned for 1982. XF-3 (CFJ810) Two-shaft turbofan. The prototype 2,6401b XF-3 has been under development since 1975 as a potential powerplant for Japan's MT-X twin-engined multi-purpose trainer. The programme is funded by the Technical Research & Development Institute of the Japanese
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