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AgustaWestland AW149

The first AW149 prototype flew for the first time November 13 2009, and is fully representative of the AW149 final configuration with respect to the airframe and avionics, whilst the second prototype will fly in the final configuration incorporating two 2000 shp class GE CT7-2E1 turbines with FADEC and an all new transmission system. With a fully digital avionics system with open architecture and fully integrated mission equipment, a modern glass cockpit and a 4-axis auto-pilot, the AW149 8 ton class helicopter is specifically designed for modern battlefield operations. The AW149 is fitted with the latest all weather day-night operational capabilities, dedicated avionics and a NVG-compatible cockpit, while rotor ice protection will be available as an option. The AW149, by its open architecture design, will be capable of being fitted with role equipment and systems as required by the customer to perform a wide range of roles and also to be easily re-roled or upgraded to meet future requirements. Advanced sensors, communication and data sharing systems provide high situational awareness for network-centric environments. The AW149, capable of seating up to 18 troops, is perfectly suited to perform a wide range of duties such as troop transport, battlefield and logistic operations, fire support, SAR and combat SAR, special forces operations, reconnaissance, surveillance, CASEVAC, command control & communication, external load lifting as well as VIP military transport. The AW149 has been developed to meet the Italian Air Force requirement for a new medium class SAR helicopter. The AW149 is also being offered in the marketplace to meet the demand for a modern technology helicopter to replace thousands of older generation helicopters in service with military operators worldwide. A customised version of the AW149, named the TUHP149, is the candidate for the Turkish Utility Helicopter Programme (TUHP).

Role	Medium-lift
Manufacturer	AgustaWestland
First flight	November 13 2009
Introduced	2010

 

Specifications AW149

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
  Capacity: 18 passengers
• Length: 14.63 m
• Main rotor diameter: × 14.6 m
• Width: 3.08 m
• Height: 5.15 m
• Empty weight:  kg
• Gross weight: 8100 kg
• Powerplant: 2 × General Electric GE CT7-2E1 2000 shp turbines with FADEC

Performance

• Maximum speed: 278 km/h
• Range: 1061 km
• Service ceiling: 6098 m
• Rate of climb: 10.9 m/s

Armament

Rocket launcher 7/12/19 tubes 70/81 mm

Window mounted machine gun 7.62 mm

Machine gun-pod 12.7/20 mm

Machine gun-pod 12.7 mm with 3 tubes 70 mm rockets

Provision for air-to-ground and air-to-air missiles

RNAF Air Show Volkel 2009 part II

Second photo report of the Royal Netherlands Air Force annual Air Show.

To view the report page, click here.

RNAF Air Show Volkel 2009

Photo Report

Photo report Dutch Air Force open day, Leeuwarden AFB June 21st 2008

A photo report of the Dutch Air Force open days at Leeuwarden AFB on June 21st 2008.

Find the photo’s here.

Photo’s: ©2008 M. van Leeuwen, Zijde Aviation Photo Publishing 2008

Dassault Super Étendard

The Super-Étendard is an attack aircraft by Dassault Aviation; it was developed to operate from the French navy’s aircraft carriers in the 1970’s. 

The Étendard is/was operational with the French and Argentinean Navy and some flew for the Iraqi air force in the conflict with Iran in the 80’s. 

The French Étendard are capable to drop the Nuclear Air Sol Moyenne Portee missile, the export versions do not have this option. 

The last Étendard in the French Navy will be phased out by 2010; they will be replaced by the new Dassault Rafale M. 

Étendard in action: 

The Argentinean Étendards were successful against the British Navy in the Falkland War, sinking 2 ships with Exocet missiles and badly damaging a third. 

In the Iraq-Iran war 5 Étendards with Exocets of the Iraqi air force operated successfully against Iranian tankers in the Gulf. 

The last version of the Dassault Étendard (SEM) joined NATO in operations above Kosovo, and with Operation Enduring Freedom.

 

Developing Nation:	France
Task:	Carrier strike Fighter
First Flight:	- Etendard IV: July 24th 1956- Etendard IVM: October 28th 1974 (Super Etendard prototype)
First Delivery:	1977
Crew:	1
Wing Span:	9.60 m
Wing Area:	28.4 m²
Length:	14.31 m
Height:	3.86 m
Engine (s):	SNECMA Atar 8K-50 turbojet (49.0kN) 1x
Weight:	6910 kg
Max.Take off weight:	12000 kg
Max. Speed:	1180 km/h
Max. Range:	Combat radius with one Exocet and two drop-tanks: 910 km
Service ceiling:	13500 m
Weapons:	- Two internal 30 mm DEFA cannons- up to 4500 kg of weaponry on two under fuselage, and four underwing hardpoints. Rocket pods, bombs, laser guided bombs, Magic AAM’s, one Exocet or one ASMP stand-off nuclear missile

Countries that use(d) the Super Étendard:

Iraq:             5

France:       71

Argentina:  11

Pilatus PC-6 Porter / Turbo Porter

The Pilatus PC-6 success is due to providing operators with the flexibility of choice or conversion between roles. These include passenger and/or cargo transport, supply and Para dropping, photographic and aerial survey, forward support, agricultural work, search and rescue, ambulance and a variety of other missions. In addition the Pilatus PC-6  is certified to operate with amphibious or normal floats and also with skis.

The Pilatus PC-6 Porter started with a piston engine. The first PC-6/A Turbo-Porter with French Turboméca Astazou II turboprop power, giving vastly improved performance. 

The real breakthrough for the aircraft came in 1964, when the PT6A-6A engine was fitted. The current B2-H4-model was introduced in mid 1985, featuring an enlarged dorsal fin, up-rated shock absorbers, new tail-wheel and airframe reinforcement.

Fairchild-Hiller

Thirty-six armed PC-6/C’s were produced for COIN duties in Vietnam as Fairchild-Hiller AU-23A Peacemaker, they flew their missions in the Royal Thai Air Force. 

CIA

At least 37 PC-6 Turbo Porters were flying for the CIA by Air America, Continental Air Services, Bird & Sons, ICCS Air Services and Air Asia, Tainan. From the beginning Air America used its Turbo Porters in three theaters of South East Asia: Several were assigned to an Air Force contract for use out of Saigon as liaison aircraft. Several were used to support the CIA’s Hmong program  in Laos, and two went to contracts in Thailand, especially to support the Royal Thai Border Police.

Pilatus PC-6 production:

528 built in all versions, approximately 258 active, stored or under rebuilt 20, written-off 150 and scrapped 100.

Production by Pilatus Aircraft Ltd Switzerland: 436
Production by Fairchild-Hiller Corp. under license: 92

Pilatus PC-6 built of each variant:

64 – PC-6, Lycoming GSO-480-B1A6.

1 – PC-6/275, Lycoming GO-480-D1A.

8 – PC-6/350, Lycoming IGO-540-A1A.

35 – PC-6/A, Turbomeca Astazou IIE / G.

6 – PC-6/A1, Turbomeca Astazou XII.

1 – PC-6/Ax, Turbomeca Astazou X.

1 – PC-6/A2, Turbomeca Astazou XIVE.

12 – PC-6/B, Pratt & Whitney PT6A-6A.

94 – PC-6/B1, Pratt & Whitney PT6A-20.

236 – PC-6/B2, Pratt & Whitney PT6A-27.

34 – PC-6/C, Garrett TPE-331-25D.

1 – PC-6/C1, Garrett TPE-331-1-100.

36 – PC-6/C2*, Garrett TPE-331-1-101F.

1 – PC-6/D-H3, Lycoming TIO-720-C1A2.

1 – PC-8D, Lycoming IO-540-G1B5.

 

Pilatus PC-6 military operators:
Algerian.	- 2 PC-6/B2-H4. - 1 PC-6.
Angola.	- 6 PC-6.
Argentina.	- 4 PC-6/B1A-H2. - 6 PC-6/B2-H2.
Australia.	- 19 PC-6/B1-H2.
Austria.	- 13 PC-6/B2-H2. - 1 PC-6/B2-H4.
Bolivia.	- 1 PC-6A. - 2 PC-6C-1. - 16 PC-6/B2-H2.
Brazil.	- 5 PC-6.
Chad.	- 2 PC-6.
Chile.	- 1 PC-6.
Colombia.	- 1 PC-6A. - 6 PC-6/B2-H2.
Dubai.	- 2 PC-6/B2-H4.
Ecuador.	- 2 PC-6/B2-H2. - 3 PC-6/B2-H4.
France.	- 5 PC-6/B2-H2.
Guatemala.	- 6 PC-6.
Hungary.	- 4 PC-6/B1/H2.
Indonesia.	- 11 PC-6B.
Iran.	- 15 PC-6/B2-H2.
Israel.	- 1 PC-6. - 1 PC-6/B1-H2. - 1 PC-6A.
Malaysia.	- 7 PC-6/B2-H4.
Mexico.	- 6 PC-6/B2-H4.
Myanmar.	- 7 PC-6/B2-H2.
Nepal.	- 1 PC-6/B1-H2.
Oman.	- 2 PC-6/B1-H2.
Peru.	- 17 PC-6A. - 23 PC-6/B2-H2.
Slovenia.	- 2 PC-6/B2-H4.
South-Africa.	- 9 PC-6/B2-H4.
Sudan.	- 7 PC-6/B1-H2.
Sweden.	- 1 PC-6.
Switzerland.	- 12 PC-6/B2-H2M-1.
Thailand.	- 2 PC-6/B1-H1. - 5 PC-6/B2-H2. - 18 AU-23A. - 3 PC-6C-H2.
United States of America.
US Army.	- 2 UV-20A. - 1 PC-6/B2-H4. (UV-20A).
CIA – Central Intelligence Agency.	- 7 PC-6A/H2. - 1 PC-6C/H1. - 29 PC-6C/H2.

 

Military Pilatus PC-6 written-off by accidents: 

?? 2 x PC-6B Royal Thai Air Force. ? 340 PC-6/B2-H2 Peruvian Air Force. ? 341 PC-6/B2-H2 Peruvian Air Force. ? A14-692 PC-6/B1-H2 Royal Australian Air Force. ? FAC1113 PC-6/B2-H2 Colombian Air Arms operated by SATENA. 03Dec69 A14-686 PC-6/B1-H2 Royal Australian Air Force. 13sep74 316 PC-6/B2-H2 Peruvian Air Force. 17mar75 314 PC-6/B2-H2 Peruvian Air Force. 1977 T-185 PC-6/B2-H2 Ecuador Air Force. 16mar77 339 PC-6/B2-H2 Peruvian Air Force. 23Mar77 A14-692 PC-6/B1-H2 Royal Australian Air Force. 20feb78 0674 PC-6/B1A-H2 Fuerza Aérea Argentina. 28Nov80 A14-681 PC-6/B1-H2 Royal Australian Air Force. 21Sep81 A14-680 PC-6/B1-H2 Royal Australian Air Force. 01aug82 GN-806 PC-6/B2-H2 Fuerza Aérea Argentina. 1984 1607 PC-6B Royal Thai Air Force. 27jun84 3G-EI PC-6/B2-H2 Austrian Air Force. 05sep86 0684 PC-6/B1A-H2 Fuerza Aérea Argentina. 25 jun88 FAC1114 PC-6/B2-H2 Colombian Air Arms operated by SATENA. 17may89 9M-PSJ PC-6/B2-H2 Malaysian Air Force. 19apr89 FAC1110 PC-6/B2-H2 Colombian Air Arms operated by SATENA. 21nov90 338 PC-6/B2-H2 Peruvian Air Force. 09nov91 0685 PC-6/B1A-H2 Fuerza Aérea Argentina. 12Nov91 A14-683 PC-6/B1-H2 Royal Australian Air Force. feb92 1317 PC-6/B2-H2 KASET Ministry of Agriculture. 07apr93 V-621 PC-6/B2-H2M-1 Swiss Air Force. 24jun93 FAC1112 PC-6/B2-H2 Colombian Air Arms operated by SATENA. 29aug97 FAC1115 PC-6/B2-H2 Colombian Air Arms operated by SATENA. 24aug98 332 PC-6/B2-H2 Peruvian Air Force. ??jan00 1603 PC-6B Royal Thai Air Force. 12mrt00 OO-FW PC-6/B2-H2 Paracentrum Oost Turnhout. 29jan02 V-615PC-6/B2-H2M-1 Swiss Air Force. 15mar02 79-23253 UV-20A Golden Knights/US Army. 06sep03 GN-809 PC-6/B2-H2 Fuerza Aérea Argentina.

 

 

CASA C-101 Aviojet

The C101 ” Aviojet ” is the training airplane of the Spanish Air Force. This airplane represents the second generation of basic jet trainers. The initial project of the C-101 goes back to the summer of 1974. Fulfilling the terms of the program of development in remarkably short time, the first prototype was presented the public on 27 May 1977. In less than a year, four prototypes were already in the air. During 1978 the newly created Ministry of Defense requested a total of sixty units of the C-101, a number later increased to eighty. The first C-101 of series production flew on 08 October 1979 , and the four first units were given officially to the Aviation school of San Javier on 17 January 1980.

The Aviojet is in service in Spain, Chile, Honduras and Jordan. About 145 were delivered. The Spanish Air Force uses the version EB, though the company has developed other versions. Version CC is an airplane of tactical support, able to use different types from pumps and rockets, and the last version the DD, is also of tactical support with a new system of mission and avionics.

The Aviojet is the exhibitor of the Spanish Air Force, being the airplane used in its exhibitions by the Team Aquila “Eagle” squadron that flies acrobatics at air shows.

Developing Nation:	Spain
Task:	Trainer/light strike
First Flight:	27 June 1977  XE25-01
First Delivery:	17 March 1980
First Operational:	1981
Crew:	2
Ejection Seat:	Martin-Baker Mk 10E zero/zero.
Wing Span:	10,60 m.
Wing Area:	20,00 m².
Length:	12,50 m.
Height:	4,25 m.
Engine (s):	one Garrett TFE731-5-1J rated at 4.300 lb st (19.13kN) dry normal and 4.700 lb st (20.91kN) dry with military power reserve.
Weight:	Without fuel: 3.500 Kg.Internal fuel: 1.822 Kg. External fuel: none. Max. payload: 2.250 Kg.
Max. Take off weight:	Max. take off: 6.300 Kg.
Cruise Speed:	656 km/h.
Max. Speed:	834 km/h at 6.095 m.
Operating altitude:	12.800 m
Max. Range:	3.706 Km.
Radar:	none
Weapons:	DEFA 30 mm cannon.twin Browning 12.7-mm machine-gun pack. AGM-65 Maverick. free-fall Mk82 bombs. BAe Sea Eagle anti-ships missiles
Versions:	C.101EB-01C.101BB C.101BB-02 C.101BB-03 C.101CC C.101CC-02 C.101CC-04 T-36 A-36M

Military operators:

Spain: 88

Chile: 27

Jordan: 16

Honduras: 4

Boeing C-17A Globemaster III

The  Boeing (former McDonnell Douglas) C-17A Globemaster III is a high-wing, T-tailed aircraft with a rear loading ramp. The C-17 is intended as a replacement for the Lockheed C-141 Starlifters of the US Air Force. The program has a long and convoluted history, beginning with the selection of McDonnell Douglas as the winner of the C-X cargo aircraft competition on August 28, 1981. Assembly of the first aircraft was completed in December 1990. The first flight of the C-17A (87-0025) was on September 15, 1991 , from the manufacturer’s Long Beach , California , facility to Edwards Air Force Base where developmental testing was to begin.

 The initial production aircraft followed on May 18, 1992. Also, two static test airframes were built, beginning their test programs in November 1991 and the second quarter of 1992 respectively. Development flight testing was completed in December 1994, by which time some 16 aircraft were already delivered. Initial operational capability was achieved on January 17, 1995 by the 17th Airlift Squadron at Charleston AFB in North Carolina

 During flight-testing at Edwards Air Force Base, CA., C-17s set 33 world records – more than any other airlifter in history – including payload to altitude, time-to-climb, and short-takeoff-and-landing marks in which the C-17 took off in less than 427 meters, carried a payload of 20.000 kg to altitude, and landed in less than 427 meters.

 The C-17A aircraft can be configured for cargo, paratroopers, combat troops, hospital litter patients, or combinations of all of these. The C-17A is intended for strategic airlift and delivery of cargoes by landing on unimproved runways close to the battlefield, but can be employed for LAPES (low-altitude parachute extraction system) delivery of cargo.

 A cockpit crew of two and one loadmaster operates the C-17, which can be refuelled in flight. This cost-effective flight crew complement is made possible through the use of an advanced digital avionics system and advanced cargo systems.

The four engines are Pratt & Whitney PW2040 series turbofans, designated as F117-PW-100 by the Air Force, each producing 18.382 kg of thrust. The engines are equipped with directed-flow thrust reversers capable of deployment in flight. On the ground, a fully loaded aircraft, using engine reversers, can back up a two-percent slope.The C-17 fleet has amassed nearly one million flying hours and in the global war on terrorism, has flown combat missions for nearly 1.600 consecutive days.

 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III in combat:

 Boeing C-17s have been involved in numerous contingency operations, including flying troops and equipment to Operation Joint Endeavour to support peacekeeping in Bosnia, Allied Force Operation in Kosovo, Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

 

 

Pilatus P3

The Pilatus P3 was a trainer plane where 72 was built for the Swiss Air Army and 6 for the Brazil Navy. The two-seater Pilatus P3 trainer aircraft is a cantilever low-wing monoplane, of all metal construction. The plane was suitable for primary and advanced training, including night flying, aerobatics and instrument flying. The Pilatus P3-05 A-871 is rebuild as Pilatus PC-7 prototype A-901. The P3 is largely replaced in Swiss service by the Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer.

 

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