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COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT BIRECtCRY accommodate 12-14 passengers, and is also available as a freighter or combi.The aircraft is powered by two 375kW P&WC PT6A-112 turboprops. * Reims Aviation shares, previously held by Cessna, were repurchased by Compagnie Francaise Chauffour Investissement in 1989. Production Final assembly at Reims. REKKOF AIRCRAFT Rekkof Aircraft, Flamingoweg 20, 8218 NW Lelystad, The Netherlands; tel: +31320 2841770; fax: +31320 284172 FOKKER 70/100 REKKOF AIRCRAFT has bought the tooling from the former Fokker 70/100 manufacturing lines and claims to have secured financial back ing to re-launch production of the regional jet types. Rekkof has not made any public state ment of its plans since September 1998, and the status of the project is unclear. 44 Bulevardul Ficusului, nr 44, Sector 1, Bucharest 71544, Romania; tel: +40 (1) 232 3735; fax: +40 (1) 232 2082; email: romaero@starnets.ro; telex: 11691IAVB R. ONE-ELEVEN FN MAY 197 7 B Ae agreed to sell the production rights for its One-Eleven to Romanian manu facturer Romaero (formerly LAvB/Rombac), and final assembly was transferred to Bucharest from Bournemouth in the UK. The first Romaero-assembled One-Eleven 500, the - 560, was flown in September 1982. The project was frozen after nine aircraft were completed. Delivered In service ROSS AIRCRAFT Ross Aircraft, 40 Grasscroft Avenue, Honley, Huddersfield HD7 2HY, UK; tel/fax +44 (1484) 662703. AMPHIBIAN ISLANDER UK COMPANY Ross Aircraft (RAC) is devel oping a low-cost (around $850,000) amphibian version of the Britten-Norman Islander, with the support of the Isle of Wight, UK-based manufacturer. Preliminary design work for the twin Textron Lycoming TIO-540-powered seaplane was undertaken in 1995 using a one- fifth-scale model on a Scottish lake. Production Assembly of the first aircraft is sched uled to begin at RAC's factory in Shannon, Ireland, in 1999. The company plans to build five amphibians in the firstyear, increasing pro duction to 16 units a year. EMSESfli Saab Aircraft AB, S 58188 Linkoping, Sweden, tel +46 (13) 180 000; fax +46 (13) 181802; Web: www.saab.se; email: infosaab@saab.se FN DECEMBER 1997 Saab announced it was to leave regional aircraft manufacturing and production will cease this year. Saab sees a strong future for the types in the used aircraft market and is stepping up support for the 300 aircraft in its lease portfolio. Discussions with BAe continue over a joint asset management organisation after BAe took a 35% stake in Saab. SAAB 340 THE INITIAL production version of the Saab 340, the 340A, was flown in January 1983 and entered service in June 1984. Saab introduced an improved 340B version of the GE CT7- powered 33-seat aircraft in 1989, with better hot-and-high performance. The last model, the 340BPlus, was launched in February 1994, offering further improve ments in airfield performance, a higher take-off weight and a redesigned cabin. Optional extended wingtips for the 340BPlus were cer tificated in late 1995/early 1996. They cannot be retrofitted to existing aircraft. Production Saab 340 production ceased earlier this year at the Linkoping plant, with the last aircraft being delivered in mid-1999. Delivered In service 456 452 SAAB 2000 A MAJOR stretched development of the Saab 340, the 50-seat Saab 2000 is powered by R-R Allison AE2100 turboprops and the aircraft has a new advanced flightdeck. The turboprop had its first flight in March 1992, and entered service with Crossair in 1995. The aircraft, offering a relatively fast cruise speed (360kt) and quiet cabin, was pitched by Saab as a high-speed-turboprop alternative to the 50-seat regional jets. The market for the aircraft failed to materi alise, and Saab decided to cease production in late 1997. Production The 2000 was built alongside the 340 at Saab's plant in Linkoping. The last of 60 air craft was delivered to Crossair earlier this year. Delivered In service 60 60 SHORTS Short Brothers, P0 Box 241, Airport Road, Belfast, BT3 9DZ, UK; tel: +44 (0) 28 90458 444; fax: +44 (0) 28 90732 974; telex: 74689 SB AIR G. 330 THE 30-seat Shorts 330 was developed from the Skyvan, and was first flown in 1974. The air craft is powered by two P&WC PT6A-45s, flat- rated to 820kWfor take-off. Freightversions of the aircraft are the 330-UTT (Utility Tactical Transport), with increased payload and maxi mum take-off weight. 360 THE 360 was introduced in December 1982 as a successor to the 330. Production ceased in 1991, the last variant being the 360-300. The -300 is powered by two l,060kW P&WC PT6A-67R turboprops and has improved pas senger comfort and reduced noise levels. Shorts has undertaken conversions of ex-air line 360s for the US Army to the utility role, replacing the tapered rear fuselage and single fin with the rear loading ramp and twin-fin empennage of the 330. Delivered In service 164 153 SIAI MARCHETTI Siai-Marchetti, SRL, via Indipendenza 2, Sesto Calende, VA 121018, Italy; tel: +39 (331) 929177; fax: +39 (331) 922 525 SF600A CANGURO THE CANGURO is a nine/11-seat derivative of the piston-engined SF600, which was first flown in 1978, re-engined with two R-R Allison 2 50-B17C turboprops. Italian certification was received in 1991. The assembly line was acquired by VulcanAir of Naples (see entry) in 1997, and with four aircraft almost complete by April. VulcanAir claims to have parts for about 12 more aircraft and plans to produce around four new SF600s a year, depending on demand. A stretched version is being considered to rival the Britten-Norman Islander. SOLOY 450 Pat Kennedy Way SW, Olympia, Washington 98501, USA. Tel: +1 (360) 754 7000; fax +1 (360) 943 7659; Web: www.soloy.com; email: soloy@soloy.com PATHFINDER 21 SOLOY'S PATHFINDER 21 modification of the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan made its first flight in April 1998, powered by two P&WC PT6D-114A turboprops driving a single pro peller through a Soloy Dual Pac gearbox. The fuselage is stretched by almost 2m and strength ened, along with the wings, struts and landing gear, increasing gross weight to 5,675kg. Production The company estimates a potential for as many as 160 Pathfinder 21 sales, with a production rate of 10-15 per year. Delivered In service 136 77 SUKH0I Sukhoi Design Bureau, str Polikarpova 23A 125284, Moscow, Russia; tel: +7 (095) 945 6525; fax: +7 (095) 200 4243 S-80 THE TWIN turboprop S-80, which will be priced at $6.5-7 million, is a rival to Antonov's An-38andMAPO'sMiG-110forreplacingAn- 24/26sandAn-28sandYakovlevYak-40s. Sukhoi completed the first airframe for the twin-boom utility aircraft in July 1998 at KnAAPO's Komsomolsk-on-Amur plant and 56 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 25 - 31 August 1999
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