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MJLJfAJl/ AJJUJUAFf DlSiB^fUIiY tance, additional inspection panels and the addition of a load measurement system. Much of this work will improve maintainability. Cockpit and avionics changes include a 15 5 3 B databus, ENS/GPS navigation and some control repositioning. The aircraft is also to receive a modern data recorder, external formation lights and a crash beacon. In addition, it will be qualified to tow banner targets for gunnery practice. S211 AERMACCHI TOOK over the production rights for the SIAI Marchetti S211 turbofan- powered basic trainer in 1997, but no produc tion has taken place since the handover. Marketing efforts continue. SF260 AERMACCHI continues to market piston and turboprop versions of the former SIAI Marchetti SF260. The piston and turboprop versions are essentially the same aircraft from the engine firewall aft. Piston aircraft have either a direct-injection 195kW Textron Lycoming AEIO-540 engine (SF260E), or carburetted O-S40 (SF260F). The turboprop SF260TP has a 260kW R-R 250-B17. AERO VODOCHODY Aero Vodochody, 250-70 Odolena Voda, Prague 250 70, Czech Republic; tel: +420 2 8603 1111; fax: +420 2 685 7740, +420 2 839 70064; www.aero.cz L-39/L-139/L-39MS/L-59 ALBATROS AERO Vodochody continues limited produc tion of the L-39C, which was the standard trainer in the former Warsaw Pact countries from the mid-1970s. As well as die tandem-seat trainer, target tug and ground attack versions - the L-39ZA- are also offered. In the L-139, the Progress AI-25TL engine has been replaced witli a Honeywell TFE731. Soviet-era avionics were replaced with Honey well equipment and a Flight Visions HUD. The L-39MS/L-59 is a development of the L-39/139, with a Slovak PSLM DV-2 engine and improved avionics. A number have been delivered to die Czech air force (L-39MS) and others to the Egyptian (L-59E) and Tunisian (L-59T) air forces. The prototype L-59 was flown in September 1986. The first production example flew in October 1989 and the L-59E flew in April 1992. L-159 THE L-159 programme was the Czech air force's major procurement before die start of its new fighter acquisition. The Czechs have ordered 72 aircraft in single-seat L-159A and two-seat L-159B versions. The first five were due for delivery in December 1999: but deliveries slipped by around one year. Training of Czech air force pilots started in early 2 001. The L-159 is powered by a digitally controlled Honeywell F124 and is fitted with Boeing-integrated avionics that include Honeywell colour MFDs, Flight Visions mission computer and HUD, Honeywell INS/GPS and a FIAR Grifo multimode pulse-Doppler radar. Other systems include a BAE Sky Guardian RWR and a Vinten countermeasures system. The two-seater is a lead-in fighter/weapons trainer. The Czech air force will use die single- seater for close air support, counter-insurgency, anti-shipping strike, tactical reconnaissance and point air defence, and against slow, low-flying targets such as attack helicopters. The single-seat L-159A first flew on 18 August 1998, about 12 months after the first prototype, a L-159B. The single-seater was the first aircraft fitted with the full avionics suite. AERONAUTICAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (ADA)/ HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS Aeronautical Development Agency, Ministry of Defence, Government of India, PB 1718, Vimanapura Post, Bangalore 560 017, India; tel: +91 (80) 523 7294; fax: +91 (80) 523 8493; www.ada.gov.in LIGHT COMBAT AIRCRAFT (LCA) THE FIRST prototype of India's LCA was rolled out in November 1995, but did not flpuntil 4 January 2001 when it took off from HAL's Bangalore airfield for a 20min first flight. The programme has been hampered by a US embargo after India's nuclear tests in May 1998. The embargo blocked General Electric and Lockheed Martin from assisting in development. Design started in the early 1980s but India is faced with the prospect that the LCA will not enter service until after 2010. Bangalore-based ADA's response to the embargo was to develop its own flight control system. GE's withdrawal is less of a problem as F404-F2J3 engines had been delivered before the embargo, and development of the indige nous Gas Turbine Research Establishment Kaveri powerplant continues. Indian officials, however, admitted at the 2001 Bangalore air show that the Kaveri was unlikely to be ready for the LCA until 2004. Snecma has, mean while, offered to help develop the engine and could supply the M88 in die interim. Aircraft one and two are F404-powered technology demonstrators, with the Kaveri due to be installed from aircraft thrde. Aircraft Mission Powerplant Max thrust (Ibl Wing span |m) Wing area (m1) Overall length |m) OEWIkgl MT0W (kg) MLW [kg| Max payload (kg) Max weapon load (kg) Range, max fuel (km) Endurance (h) Hard points Cruise Iktl Mmo Max landing dist, sea level ISA (ml Max take-off dist, sea level ISA Im) Max ceiling (ft) Crew Passengers Internal fuel (kg) Fuel, opt ext (litre) Air refuel? Comments L-139 Adv trainer/light attack 1 x Honeywell TFE731-4 4,085 9.46 18.8 12.13 3,460 5,930 4,800 1,670 1,798 3h 36min 4 610 490 38,725 2 980 1,300 No L-159A/B Light attack/adv trainer 1 x Honeywell/ ITEC F124-100 6,300 9.54 18.8 12.73 4,320 7,930 6,000 2.380 1,760 2h 55min 7 M0.82 670 470 43,300 1-Feb 1,596 1,700 Yes Endurance is 5h 35min with external fuel tanks. L-159B internal fuel is 1,273kg. ADA/HAL id Max thrust dry/wet (lb) Wing span |m) Wing area (m1) Overall length (m) OEW(kg) MTOW(kg) MLW (kg) Max payload (kg) Max weapon load (kg) Range, max fuel (km) Endurance (h) Hardpoints Cruise (kt) Mmo Max landing dist, sea level ISA |m| Max take-off dist, sea level ISA (m) Max ceiling (ft) Crew Passengers Internal fuel (kg) Fuel, opt ext (litre] Air refuel? LCA Fighter/attack 1 x GTRE Kaveri 11,540/18,075 8.2 38 13.2 5,500 8,500 M1.6 610 yes Comments Take-off weight is clean configuration 44 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 29 May - 4 June 2001
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