Indonesia plans to launch its passenger jet in 2002<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The first Indonesia-designed passenger jet N-
\n2130 will be rolled out in March 2002 and will make its maiden
\nflight some five months later, State Minister of Research and
\nTechnology B.J. Habibie said yesterday.<\/p>\n
\"We will launch the N-2130 in March 2002 and between three to
\nfive months later it will be followed by its maiden flight,\" he
\nsaid after meeting President Soeharto.<\/p>\n
He noted that the planned schedule for the design and
\nconstruction of the N-2130, a 130-passenger jet with a maximum
\nspeed of 900 kilometers an hour, was on track.<\/p>\n
\"Its development is following our schedule,\" said Habibie, who
\nheads a number of state-owned industrial companies, including
\nshipbuilding company PT PAL in Surabaya, East Java, and aerospace
\ncompany PT IPTN in Bandung, which is developing the jet.<\/p>\n
Habibie also reported to the President on the development of
\nthe IPTN-built N-250 turboprop airplane, which made its maiden
\nflight last August.<\/p>\n
\"N-250 has completed a flying test up to an altitude of some
\n25,000 feet (8,000 meters) at the speed of 600 kilometers an
\nhour,\" he said, adding that in its class, it is the fastest and
\nthe latest in terms of technology.<\/p>\n
He pointed out that with the progress, there would be no
\nproblem with the marketing of the aircraft.<\/p>\n
\"Negotiations for the marketing of the N-250 in the United
\nStates between IPTN, the American Regional Aircraft Industry and
\nU.S. industrialists proceeded smoothly last week,\" he said.<\/p>\n
IPTN plans to assemble the N-250 in the Alabama city of Mobile
\nin the United States to facilitate its marketing in the region.<\/p>\n
The N-250 is designed to carry between 50 and 76 passengers
\nand has a maximum speed of 330 knots (612 kilometers) an hour.<\/p>\n
The turboprop aircraft uses the latest fly-by-wire
\ncomputerized technology and also incorporates modern digital
\navionics and engine controls. (13)<\/p>",
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