COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT

AVTEK
Avtek, 555 Airport Way, Suite A, Camarilk) 93010, California, USA; tel:
+1 (805) 482 2700; f ax +1 (805) 987 0068.
419
Avtek plans to create a stretched, 19-seat, com-
muter version of the 400A all-composite twin-
turboprop business aircraft, which is in
development, dubbed die 419 Express, under a
supplemental type certificate.
The Californian company is seeking financ-
ing for FAAcertification of the 400A, which will
take place 28-32 months after funding is
secured.
Development of die 19-seat 419 Express will
require additional funding, and will follow the
initial business model.
Mode)
Dimensions
Span(m)
Length
(m)
Height
(m)
wing area
(nfl
Engines
Landing Accomodation Max Fuel
gear weights (kg) (Kresl
Track |m) Seats
Wheelbase (m) Pitch
Turn
radius (m) Abreast
Cabin
width
Take-off Standard
Landing Optional
Zero
fuel
Operating
empty
419 Express
2 x 915kW Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A 45 turboprop
14.9 5.24 19 5.675 1.400
17.3 7.5 84 5.583
4.2 - 2 2,714
57 1.67 2.642
FAR field lengths
take-off landing
ISA
sea-level
tSA+20c
sea-level
ISA
5,000ft
ISA+20'c
5,000ft
605
ISA
sea-level
ISA+20'c
sea-level
ISA
5,000ft
ISA+20C
5,000ft
415
Speeds
(Id) (mach)
Vno
Vino
Vne
255
270
Mno
Mmo
Mne
Cruise performance
Max cruise Long range
speed (kt) speed (kt)
Maxalt At aft
(ft) (ft)
Max cruise Long range
fuel cons fuel cons
Ikg/h) (kg/h)
340 260
22,000 37,000
310
Payload
details
Max (kg)
Range with
maxp/1 (km)
Payload with
max fuel (kg)
range with
max fuel
3.020
1,300
1,888
1.300
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Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) has been Asia (consisting ofAerospatiale of France, Italy's project is now dubbed AE3IX.
working on plans to develop a 100- to 140-seat Alenia and BAe) and Sinagapore Technologies See Airbus Industrie Asia/AVIC/Sinagapore
family of regional jets, dubbed the AirExpress Aerospace. European participation has now Technologies
AYRES
Ayres Corporation, P0 Box 3090, One Ayres Way, Albany, Georgia 31707, USA; tel: +1 (912) 883 1440; fax: +1 (912) 439 9790.
L OADMASTER L M- 200
Ayres launched the LM-200 programme in
November 1996 widi an order for 50 cargo ver-
sions from FedEx, the first of which is due to be
delivered in October 1999. Intended to be a
low-cost, simple-to-maintain, aircraft, the
Loadmaster is a high-winged design, powered
by a 2,000kW AlliedSignal/Allison Light
Helicopter Turbine Engine (LHTEC)
CTP800-4T Twin Pack propulsion system -
two engines driving a single Hamilton Standard
three-bladed propeller through a GKN
Westland combining gearbox.
The CTP800 is the turboprop version of the
LHTEC's T-800 turboshaft developed for the
Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche heli-
copter. First flight of the LM-200, which has an
MTOW of 8,600kg and will cruise at 165kt, is
scheduled for late 1998.
It will be offered in both cargo and 19-pas-
senger configurations. Ayres will also offer a
rear-loading-ramp option and an amphibious
version, while the company is hoping to launch
the 11,3 50kg LM250 with CTP800-50s devel-
Model
Dimensions
Span(m)
Length
(m)
Height
(m)
wing area
(nfl
Engines
Landing Accomodation Max
war weights (kg)
Track (m) Seats Take-off
Wheelbase (m) Pitch Landing
Turn Zero
radius (m) Abreast fuel
Cabin Operating
width empty
LM200 Loadmaster
1 x l,788kW LHTEC CTP800 4T turboprop
19.52 19 8,626
21.04
42.54
6.66 - 8.626
4
2.97 4, 086
Fuel
(litres)
Standard
Optional
2.274
FAR field lengths
take-off landing
ISA
sea-level
ISA+20c
sea-level
ISA
5,000ft
ISA +20c
5,000ft
464
ISA
sea-level
tSA+20"c
sea-level
ISA
5,000ft
ISA+20 c
5,000ft
531
Speeds
(kt) (mach)
Vno
Vmo
Vne
Mno
Mmo
Mne
Cruise performance
Max cruise Long range
speed (kt) speed (kt)
Max alt At alt
(ft) (ft)
Max cruise Long range
fuel cons fuel cons
(kg/h) (kg/h)
196 150
Payload
details
Max (kg)
Range with
max p/1 (km)
Payload with
max fuel (kg)
range with
max fuel
oping2,370kW, which will cruise at 185kt. The
company is also interested in using the turbo-
prop version of the 2,450kW T801, the
CTS800-4N, which is scheduled for certifica-
tion in March 1999.
FedEx has selected Honeywell's SPZ-5000
M m m
Basler Turbo Conversions, Wittman Field, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54903, USA; tel: +1 (414) 236 7827; fax: +1 (414) 235 0381.
TURBO- 67 DC- 3TP
The Wisconsin-based company won US certifi-
cation for its Douglas DC-3/C-47 turboprop
modification in December 1990. The work
involves replacing the piston engines with new
960kW P&WC PT6A-67R powerplants dri-
ving Hartzell five-bladed propellers. A 1.02 m
stretch forward of the wing preserves the cen-
tre-of-gravity position. The cabin is 1.52m
longer. A new electrical system is fitted and
upgraded hydraulics accelerate gear retraction.
An upward-hingeing cargo door permits the
loading of LD3 containers. The aircraft is avail-
able for cargo, troop, passenger and patrol.
The Royal Thai Air Force ordered three
Turbo 67s for seedingclouds with "rainmaking"
chemicals. Basler signed a long-term agreement
with the USAF in 1995 under which Turbo-67s
integrated avionics system for its order. FedEx
has selected Honeywell's SPZ-5000 integrated
avionics system.
Production The Loadmaster will be assembled
at Ayres plant in Albany, Georgia
Ordered 67
are supplied to foreign air forces. They are
already in service in Bolivia, Colombia, El
Salvador and Guatemala, and are used by the
US Forest Service.
The programme suffered a set-back in March
1997 when the company's founder, Warren
Basler,.was killed in a mid-air collision whilst
carrying out an air-to-air photographic sortie
with one of the converted aircraft.
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