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produced in both passenger and utility versions for improved hot-and-high operations. Two PW127Bs give 10% increased power. The Fokker 60, a utility version of die Fokker 50 widt a 1,62m fuselage stretch, was launched in February 1994 for die Royal Nedierlands Air Force, which placed orders for four. Delivered 212 In service 210 F28 THE 65/85-seat F2 8 twinjet was first flown in May 1967 and entered service in 1969. Production ceased in 1987 after241 aircrafthad been delivered. Four basic versions were pro duced (Mks 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000), all powered by R-R Spey Mk555s. Fokker Aviation has proposed a R-R Tay 62 0 re-engining programme for die F28, which involves a 1.14m fuselage plug forward of die wings to offset the increased engine weight. Cost is around $9 million, and die modification provides a claimed 15-20% increase in range and a 12-20% reduction in fuel consumption. Stage III Technologies of Las Vegas has developed a hushkit for die F28 based on one produced for die Spey-powered Gulfstream II and III. Although die F28 is exempt from US Stage 3 noise regulations as its maximum take off weight falls below 34,050kg, an exemption does not apply in Europe. Delivered 241 In service 188 FOKKER 70/100 A R-R TAY 620-powered development of die F28, the 107-seat Fokker 100 had its maiden flight in November 1986 and entered service widi Swissair in March 1988. The aircraft was progressively developed, widi die more power ful Tay 650 being adopted, along with higher weights and additional fuel capacity. The 79-seat Fokker 70, which is 4.6m short er, was first flown in April 1993, and Indonesia's Sempati Air became die first airline to operate the aircraft, in March 1995. The two models were jointly marketed as die Fokker JetLine. The development of a stretched, 130-seat, derivative widi a new wing and engines, dubbed die Fokker 130, had been proposed and was cen tral to any take-over talks following die Dutch manufacturer's collapse in 1996. Rekkof Restart has emerged with plans to revive die Fokker 70/100 production lines (see entry). Delivered 324 (47 Fokker 70/277 Fokker 100) In service 321 (47 Fokker 70/274 Fokker 100) Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing, No 15 Youxie Street, Pingfan District, Harbin, 150066, China; tel: +86 (451) 650 2061; fax: +86 (451) 650 2061; telex: 87082 HAF CN; email: ham- cas@public.hr.hl.cn Y-12 THE FIRST Y-12 I was flown in 1982.The more powerful Y-12 II, with 460kW P&WC PT6A-27s, flew in 1984 and received domestic certification in 1985. Three models of die aircraft are now avail able: die Y-121 (Chinese utility interior), die Y- 12 II (which has a range of Western avionics options), and the updated Y-12 rV with winglets, strengthened undercarriage and PT6A-2 7 engines, which received US certifica tion in April 1995. Canadian Aerospace Group offers a Westernised version of die Y-12 IV known as die Twin Panda (see separate entry). EDMBiSmimtllEaail HAL, PO Box 5150, Bangalore, 560 001, India; tel: +91 (812) 268003; fax: +91 (812) 2688758 or 577533. DORNIER 228 INDIAN MANUFACTURER Hindustan Aeronautics has built Fairchild Dornier 228s under licence and has been in wide-ranging talks with other manufacturers, notably in China and Indonesia, about die possibilities of producing odier types. Production Indian 228 assembly was undertaken at HAL's Kanpur division. HAL has been pro ducing 228-201s since 1983, initially from kits supplied from Germany. Delivered 29 Ibis Aerospace (Aero Vodochody), 250-70 Odolena Voda, Prague 25070, Czech Republic; tel: +42(2) 6858041-9; fax: +42(2)687 2505 AE-270 A 50:50 JOINT venture between the Cezch Republic's Aero Vodochody and Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) of Taiwan was initiated in 1995, as Ibis Aerospace, to develop a single-turboprop utility aircraft. Two versions of the Ae-270, which seats between six and nine passengers, are being developed: die Ae-270W, powered by a Czech 580kW Walter Motorlet M601F engine, with Czech avionics and no autopilot; and the retractable-undercarriage, pressurised, Ae- 270P, with a 635kW P&WC PT6A-42A dri ving a constant-speed propeller, and AlliedSignal Bendix/King avionics incorporat ing an autopilot. Aero and AIDC and are assembling five pro totype Ae-2 70s and die first is expected to have its maiden flight later diis year. Czech certification is planned for early 2001. US approval is expected to follow six months later under FAR 23, for single-pilot operations of the aircraft. Production Taichung-based AIDCisbuildingdie wing, and has responsibility for the aircraft's landing gear. Ibis is manufacturing die fuselage and empennage, as well as undertaking final assembly. Ilyushin Design Bureau, Leningradsky Prospekt 45G, Moscow, 125190, Russia; tel: +7 (095) 943 8121; fax: +7 (095) 212 2132; telex: 411956 S0K0L. Email: ilyushin@glasnet.ru IL-112 ILYUSHIN HAS Russian Government approval to proceed widi development of diis new high-winged, twin-turboprop, 40-seater. It is intended as an An-3 8 replacement. Production Planned to be at KUMAPP at Kumertau. IL-114 UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS tookdelivery of the first production Ilyushin II-114 regional aircraft from the Tashkent Aircraft Production factory (TAPO) in July 1998, but remains die only cus tomer, with the aircraft still to attract its first export order. TAPO has secured funding for continued II- 114 production from Russia's Incombank, while Russia and Uzbekistan have agreed to market die aircraft jointly. Aeroflot has so far failed to renew a letter of intent signed in December 1997 to take 20 of the type by 2000. Also hampering sales is the short service life ofthe aircraft's two l,860kWKlimovTV7-l 17 turboprops, which stands at only 800h. Ilyushin claims diis will rise to 6,000h in 1999. The cargo version has a rear cargo door and a maximum take-off weight of 23,500kg. With a 6,500kg payload, the aircraft has a range of 1,000km. Ilyushin began flight testing a P&WC PW12 7F-powered version of the II-114, called the -100, in January, and Russian certification is expected later diis year. Several Russian airlines including Aeroflot, are seen as prospective cus tomers and South East Asian carriers are also being targeted. Production Final assembly is undertaken by the Tashkent Aircraft Production Organisation in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The production rate is intended to be 100 aircraft a year. IPTN, PO Box 3752 JKT, 14th Floor, Bumi Daya Plaza Building, Jalan Imam Bonjol 61, Jakarta 10310, Indonesia; tel: +62 (21) 322 247; fax: +62 (21) 310 0081. Web: www.iptn.co.id Email: infosale@iptn.co.id C212 IPTN PRODUCES the C-212 under licence from CASA of Spain (see entry). CN235 See CASA entry Orders 94 Deliveries 38 N250 TRUMPETED AS die first indigenously-pro duced Indonesian regional airliner, die proto type 50-seat N250 had its maiden flight in FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 25 - 31 August 1999 53
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