Indonesian plane completes first flightPassenger plane, cargo plane, troop carrier or ambulance flyer - as this can be the N219. Now, the Indonesian aircraft is lifted for the first Time. Several times the date was moved. On Wednesday (16. August): At the Husein Sastranegara Airport in Bandung in the province of Jawa Barat, the new Indonesian turboprop aircraft N219 starts at 9.10 PM local time on its maiden flight. It stayed around 30 minutes in the air, and rose to a height of more than 2400 meters. The N219 is a project of the state company Indonesian Aerospace and the Indonesian aerospace Agency, Lapan. Indonesian-Aerospace-chief, Budi Santoso, said according to the newspaper, the Jakarta Post, the maiden flight of the machine was the third of four built N219. Two of them will be complete from now test flights, two as prototypes on the ground. 493 meters to LandThe N219 is 19 passengers. You should be able to transport travelers in remote areas. She needs according to the information provided by the manufacturer in 455 meters to take off and 493 meters to Land. This is made for the supply of around 800 inhabited Islands of Indonesia. In addition, the machine is also available as a cargo plane, troop carrier or ambulance plane. It is equipped with two PT6A-42 engines of Pratt & Whitney. The N219 is a further development of the Spanish Casa C-212 Aviocar. |