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2001
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Aircraft Mission Powerplant Max power IkWI Wing span (m) Wing area (m3) Overall length (m) OEWIkg] MTOW (kg) MLW (kg) Max payload [kg] Max weapon load (kg) Range, max fuel (km) Endurance (h) Hanlpoints Cruise |kt) Mmo Max landing dist, sea level ISA Im) Max take-off dist, sea level ISA ml Max ceiling (ft) Crew Passengers Internal fuel (kg) Fuel, opt ext (litre) Air refuel? Y-12-II Utility transport 2 x P&WC PT6-27 462 17.23 34.27 14.86 2,840 5,300 5,300 1,700 1,340 5h 25min 135 620 425 23,000 1 17 l,616litre No Comments Harbin Y-12-IV (also known as Y-12-4) is marketed in West as Panda Aircraft CP34, with 560kW PT6A-34 engines, 19.2m wingspan, 5,850kg MTOW, 5,400kg MLW Aircraft Mission Powerplant Max thrust dry (Ibl/wetllb) Wing span (m) Wing area Im2) Overall length (m) OEWIkgl MTOW (kg) MLW Ikg] Max payload [kg) Max weapon load (kg) Range, max fuel (km) Endurance (h) Hard points Cruise Ikt) Mmo Max landing dist, sea level ISA Im) Max take-off dist, sea level ISA (ml Max ceiling (ft) Crew Passengers Internal fuel Ikg) Fuel, opt ext (litre) Air refuel? Comments A-5C Fantan (Q-5C) Attack 2 x Liming WP6A 6,620/8.900 9.7 27.95 16.77 6,398 12,000 2,000 2,000 8 Ml.12 1,060 1,850 52,000 1 3.648litre 1,520 No K-8 Karakorum 8 Basic trainer/light attack 1 x Honeywell TFE731-2 3,600 9.63 17.02 11.6 2,700 4,468 4,000 943 760 2,140 4h 12min 5 435 M0.8 530 440 44,620 2 780 250 Yes Chinese aircraft have 3,800lb-thrust Progress AI-25TL engine DORNIER 228 HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS continues to manufacture the Dornier 228 twin-turbo prop utility under licence for the Indian armed forces. Some Indian navy aircraft are equipped with Thales (formerly Racal) Super Marec radar and anti-ship missiles. At Aero India 2001, HAL and LAI launched a low-cost maritime patrol 2 2 8, for use by the Indian navy and poten tial export customers. It is fitted with Tamajn's Airborne Observation System, and Airborne Multi-mission Optronic Stabilised Payload, and Elta's EL/M2022A radar. HJT-36 INDIA HAS given the go-ahead for develop ment of the HJT-36 Intermediate Jet Trainer, to replace the air force's Kiran trainers. HAL has received Rs 1.8 billion ($42 million) for two prototypes, flight test and certification. First flight is planned for late 2002, with service entry two years later. France will deliver three 3,1701b-thrust Snecma/Turbomeca Larzac 04 engines to HAL for the prototypes. More than 200 HJT-36s are required at a cost of Rs 180-190 million an aircraft. Compared to the Kiran, the tajjdem-seat HJT-36 will be lighter, have fewer components, improved fuel consumption, enhanced reliability and maintainability. Engine and avionics selections have yet to be made. BAE, Elop and Thales Avionics are offering avionics and other systems. HONGDU AVIATION GROUP Hongdu Aviation Group, PO Box 5001-506, Nanchang, 3%0024 Jiangxi, China; tel: +86 (791) 846 8401; faxV86 (791) 845 1491 Q-5/A-5 FANTAN DEVELOPED BY Nanchang Aircraft (now Hongdu) from the J-6 (Chinese-built Mikoyan MiG-19), the Q-5 attack aircraft was first flown in 1965 and remains in limited production for the Chinese air force. Compared with the MiG-19, the Q-5 has a redesigned front fuselage and side intakes, while fuselage and wing are extended. This aircraft is known as the A-5 for export and has been delivered to Bangladesh, Myanamar, North Korej and Pakistan. Upgrade programmes with Italy and France fell into abeyance without producing operational aircraft for the Chinese, although * the A-5M, developed with Alenia's assistance, has been exported. Current production aircraft have greater range and payload than the original model, and modern systems such asRWRs. HONGDU/PAKISTAN AERONAUTICAL COMPLEX Hongdu Aviation Group, PO Box 5001-506, Nanchang, 330024 Jiangxi, China; tel: +86 (791) 846 8401; fax+86 (791) 845 1491 K-8 KARAKORUM HONGDU AND PAKISTAN Aeronautical Complex are developing the K-8 basic train er/light attack aircraft. Pakistan has received six Honeywell TFE731 -powered aircraft, but will not buy more until the Chinese air force makes a full commitjnent. China's 30 or so aircraft are equipped with the Russian Progress AI-25. China has decided not to buy more aircraft because of the volume of overseas components used in the aircraft. Egypt has ordered 80 exam ples of the Honeywell-powered trainer. The straight-wing, tandem-seat K-8 first flew in November 1990 and Pakistan received six aircraft in September 1994, initially for eval uation purposes. When armed, the Karakorum can carry a 2 3 mm cannon pod under the centre fuselage. Two hardpoints under each wing can be used for bombs, rockets and the Chinese PL-7 short range, IR-guided AAM. ILYUSHIN llyushin, llyushin Design Bureau, Leningradsky Prospekt 45G, Moscow 125190, Russia; tel: +7 (095) 943 8509; fax: +7 (095) 212 2132 IL-76 CANDID/IL-78 MIDAS THE IL-76 Candid and 11-78 Midas remain the mainstays of the Russian and Ukrainian air force transport and tanker fleets. Ilyushin, die Tashkent Production Organisa tion, and the Uzbekistan Government have signed a deal to re-engine five stretched Il-76MFs with CFM56-5Cs, throwing a mori bund programme a desperately needed lifeline. The 11-76 has been the basis for several special mission platforms, including the A-50 Mainstay (see Beriev), Iraqi Adnan AEW aircraft and the 11-82 command post, two of which have been seen at Moscow's Zhukovsky flight test centre. It also forms the basis of the 11-84 long-range search and rescue aircraft. IL-214 ILYUSHEM, Hindustan Aeronautics and Avia export have agreed to joindy develop the 11-214 twinjet transport. The agreement, signed in early 2001, calls for the creation of a high winged, twin-engined aircraft for cargo and tactical roles while a commercial passenger aircraft will also be available. The $300 million development cost will be met by India. The programme's timetable has not yet been defined. Under the current proposal, the aircraft will have a maximum FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 29 May - 4 June 2001 63
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