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| Indonesia, under an arms embargo
by the United States, plans to buy more Russian fighter jets and is looking
to East European nations for alternative weapons procurement, a senior
official said. Before the embargo, about 70 percent of Indonesia's military
weaponry had been imported from the United States, with the air force especially
reliant on U.S. equipment, Director-General of Strategy and Defence Sudrajat
said. "In future we will add more Russian made Sukho27 & 30's. |
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| The Su-27 made its formal introduction
to the West at the 1989 Paris Air Show, when Viktor Pugachev ran the aircraft
through the famous "Cobra" manoeuvre, |
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| lifting the fighter to an angle of
attack of over 90deg. to its line of flight, causing abrupt deceleration
until it nosed back down. Few aviation experts believe that the Cobra manoeuvre
has much combat utility, but it is undeniably a spectacular airshow trick. |
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SUKHOI Su-27SK Specs.
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| Engine: 2 Lyulka 27,557 lb thrust. |
| Wing:14.7 m L: 21.94 m H: 5.93 m |
| Weight: 16,000 kg Empty |
| Max takeoff weight 60,000 lbs |
| Climb rate 900 ft/sec |
| Max Ceiling: 59,055 ft |
| Flight endurance: 2,287 miles |
| Cruise:1,350 km/h Max: 2,500km/h |
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Price US$25-30 Million
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Lion Air to
lease Halim Airport
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| JAKARTA (AP): Indonesia's
top budget airline Lion Air said Saturday that it has leased the little-used
old international airport in Jakarta as part of a bold plan to expand its
fleet. |
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Lion Air MD 82 (DC-9-82)
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| The airport is primarily used by
top government officials and the air force. The decision came after efforts
to build a terminal at the country's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
fell through. The company will lease the airport for 25 years and begin
service there in early 2006. Until then, it will use Soekarno-Hatta international
airport. The company announced last month it was purchasing 25 new planes,
which will make a total of 50. Later this year Lion Air, the countries
3rd biggest, also plans to add several international destinations including
Australia. |
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www.lionair.co.id
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| Bandung: Half of the 12 members
of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21 have expressed their commitment
to go ahead with the development of a regional passenger jet, based on
the Indonesian developed N-2130. |
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| The N-2130 aircraft was developed
by Indonesia's IPTN aircraft company. A prototype was built but never flew
after the project was cancelled by the Soeharto government on the insistence
of the International Monetary Fund, during the Asian Financial Crisis. |
| The aircraft was designed by a 100
young Indonesian engineers under BJ Habibi, later to become Indonesia's
3rd president. |
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