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Directory: military aircraft 5331 SF260E Elementary trainer 1 x Textron Lycoming AEIO-540-D4A5 Aircraft Mission Powerplant Max power (hp)/thrust dry (lb)/thrust reheat (lb) Wing span (m) Wing area (m2) Length (m) OEW (kg) MTOW (kg) Max load (kg) Range (km) Endurance Hardpoints Cruise (kt) Ceiling (ft) Crew/passengers Internal fuel (kg) Fuel, opt ext (litre) Air refuel? Comments expected to cover 700 flights. An initial opera tional clearance will be reached in 2005, with full clearance in late 2007. SF260TP Elementary trainer 1 x R-R 250-B17D M290TP Redigo Basic trainer 1 x R-R 250- B17F S211A Basic trainer 1 x P&WC JT15D-5C Unlike earlier MB339s, the MB339CD has Thales digital avionics, HUDs in both cockpits and HOTAS controls, all linked by a 1553B databus. MB339FDs are export CDs, while Eritrea's MB339CEs are of a similar standard. The MB339 was designed to meet an Italian air force requirement for an advanced trainer, the prototype flying in August 1976. Italy's 90 MB339s are receiving structural and avionics upgrades to extend service life by 10 years. Structural changes include improved corrosion resistance, additional inspection panels and a Aircraft Mission Powerplant Max thrust dry/wet (lb) Wing span (m) Wing area (m2) Length (m) OEW (kg) MTOW (kg) Max load (kg) Range (km) Endurance (h) Hardpoints Cruise (kt) Mmo Ceiling (ft) Crew/passengers Internal fuel (kg) Fuel, opt ext (litre) Air refuel? Comments LCA Fighter/attack 1 x GTRE Kaveri 11,540/18,075 yes Take-off weight is clean configuration load measurement system. Much of this work will improve maintainability. Avionics and other changes include a 1553B databus, and INS/GPS navigation. S211 Aermacchi is reviewing options for S211 upgrades, making it more competitive against the latest generation of turboprop-powered trainers. Aermacchi acquired the S211 when it took over SIAI Marchetti in 1997, but subse quently has built no examples. It is considering a new glass cockpit, with HUDs for each pilot and three NVG-compatible, liquid-crystal MFDs for each occupant. The lay out is similar to the M346 and the glass-cockpit- equipped MB339. Other additions include HOTAS, a new mission computer and an embedded GPS navigation system. Aermacchi is also considering a 28% thrust increase. As a result, maximum speed would increase to 380kt, and rate of climb would rise. Take-off weight would also be increased from 2,750kg to 3,100kg and the aircraft's fatigue life would be extended to 14,400h. SF260 Aermacchi continues to market piston and tur boprop versions of the former SIAI Marchetti SF260. They are essentially the same from the engine firewall aft. Piston aircraft have a 260hp Lycoming engine, either a direct-injec tion AEIO-540 (SF260E) or carburetted O-540 (SF260F). The SF260TP has a 350hp R-R 250-B17 turboprop. 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 MB339CO/FD Adv trainer/light attack 1 x R-R Viper 680-43 M346 Adv trainer/light attack 2x Honeywell F124-200 Aero Vodochody offers upgrades for the L-39C, which was the standard jet trainer in the former Warsaw Pact countries from the mid-1970s. As well as the tandem-seat trainer, target-tug and ground-attack versions - the L-39ZA - were delivered. Aero's L-39 modular upgrade pro gramme offers a service life extension to 10,000h; two additional pylons underwing and a centreline pylon and compatibility with Eastern and Western weapons and external fuel tanks; upgraded avionics; HOTAS controls; a zero-zero ejection seat; and toe-actuated brakes. Several L-39 derivatives were developed, in cluding the L-139, with a Honeywell TFE731 en gine, Honeywell avionics and Flight Visions HUD. The L-39MS/L-59 that flew in September 1986 is a development of the L-39/139 with a Slovak PSLM DV-2 engine and improved avionics. The Advanced Light Combat Aircraft (ALCA) is one of the major procurement programmes of the Czech air force, which has 72 on order in single-seat L-159A and two-seat L-159B versions. The first L-159As were delivered in December 2000. The L-159 is powered by a digitally con trolled Honeywell F124 and equipped with Boe ing-integrated avionics that include Honeywell colour MFDs, INS/GPS, Flight Visions HUD and mission computer, FIAR Grifo multimode pulse- Doppler radar, BAE Sky Guardian RWR and Thales Vinten countermeasures system. The two-seat L-159B is a lead-in fighter/ weapons trainer, which flew for the first time in June 2002. Although the proof-of-concept L-159 flown in August 1997 was a two-seater, Aero concentrated on the single-seat L-159A light attack aircraft. The single-seat L-159A first flew on 18 August, 1998. The Czech air force will use the www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 27 MAY - 2 JUNE 2003 37
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