Biannual aeronautical talk planned

Biannual aeronautical talk planned

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will hold a symposium on aeronautical
science in conjunction with the planned Asia-Pacific Hi-Tech and
Aerospace Show to be held biannually, beginning in 1998.

Chief coordinator of the second International Symposium on
Aeronautical Science and Technology in Indonesia (ISASTI '96),
Harijono Djojodihardjo, told reporters yesterday that both the
aeronautical exhibition and symposium will be effective ways for
promotion and marketing as well as exchanging experiences in the
aviation industry worldwide.

While dedicating the Indonesia Air Show '96 and ISASTI '96
last Saturday, President Soeharto announced that future air shows
would be held once every two years beginning in 1998. The show
will be called the Asia-Pacific Hi-Tech and Aerospace Show.

"We will decide later whether we will continue to call the
symposium ISASTI '96 or use another name," Harijono said.

He said that topics to be discussed at the symposium include
configuration and design integration; aerodynamics; materials and
structures; propulsion; performance, stability and control;
system and subsystem technology; engineering, manufacturing and
management; aircraft operation; navigation systems; and human
factors.

ISASTI '96, opening yesterday at the Shangri-La Hotel,
featured State Minister of Research and Technology B.J. Habibie
as the keynote speaker. Speakers during the four-day event
include Ron L. Bengelink and Paul E. Rubbert of the U.S.-based
Boeing Co.; Ilham A. Habibie of the state-owned aircraft
manufacturer PT Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN); R.
Francis of Eurocopter of France; and Hiroshi Sato, Akira Yokohama
and Y. Matsumoto of the Japanese Fujita Corp.'s Institute of Flow
Research. (icn)