印度时报消息 -- 重新设计的14座SARAS轻型运输机可能在1 ...

据有关官员称：该飞机已经交付给空军试飞机构， 目前正在进行地面滑跑测试。并在15天后开始试飞。

生产将由印度斯坦飞机制造公司负责。该机的原型机曾于2000年在试飞时坠毁。所以，三哥表示此次会非常谨慎。 印度空军将首批购买15架。

非常感叹印度军民的耐心和好脾气。如果试兔子家，飞机研发这么慢，估计已经下马3次，开出多批官员了。

对不起，没有链接。我是从内部网站上找到的。

The Times of India

Saras may fly in a fortnight
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Chethan KumarChethan Kumar,TNN | Jan 10, 2014, 06.46 AM IST
The writer has posted comments on this articleChethan KumarChethan Kumar,TNN | Jan 10, 2014, 06.46 AM IST

BANGALORE: A re-engined and modified version of the 14-seater Saras, the Light Transport Aircraft being developed by the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) may finally take off in 15 days. This comes weeks after Light Combat Aircraft Tejas obtained the initial operational clearance-2, almost 30 years since conception.

NAL director Shyam Chetty told TOI: "The aircraft has been handed over to the Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment of the Indian Air Force which is doing the ground-runs and familiarization."

He said the original crew members were injured so a new crew is being put together. "Once that's done the low-speed taxi trials will begin," he said, adding that this would be followed by high-speed taxi trials and nose-turning tests.

"Those tests will be completed in 15 days and then aircraft will be ready for its first flight," he said. Saras won't be able to take to the skies without clearances from the safety review board and the first flight review board.

"The aircraft is performing well during basic trials and we're confident that both boards will give us positive signals to do the first flight," Chetty said. The IAF will buy 15 Saras aircraft. The production partner will be Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).

The team will be watchful of safety. A crash of a prototype in 2009 forced the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to ground the aircraft.

Saras will boast of multi-role capabilities like feeder line aircraft, air ambulance, executive aircraft, troop transport, reconnaissance, aerial survey and light cargo transport.

The original design included a maximum take-off weight of 6,100kg and a maximum payload of 1,232kg. The first prototype which completed its maiden flight on May 29, 2004, was overweight at 5,118kg compared to the 4,125kg design specifications.据有关官员称：该飞机已经交付给空军试飞机构， 目前正在进行地面滑跑测试。并在15天后开始试飞。

生产将由印度斯坦飞机制造公司负责。该机的原型机曾于2000年在试飞时坠毁。所以，三哥表示此次会非常谨慎。 印度空军将首批购买15架。

非常感叹印度军民的耐心和好脾气。如果试兔子家，飞机研发这么慢，估计已经下马3次，开出多批官员了。

对不起，没有链接。我是从内部网站上找到的。

The Times of India

Saras may fly in a fortnight
The writer has posted comments on this article

Chethan KumarChethan Kumar,TNN | Jan 10, 2014, 06.46 AM IST
The writer has posted comments on this articleChethan KumarChethan Kumar,TNN | Jan 10, 2014, 06.46 AM IST

BANGALORE: A re-engined and modified version of the 14-seater Saras, the Light Transport Aircraft being developed by the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) may finally take off in 15 days. This comes weeks after Light Combat Aircraft Tejas obtained the initial operational clearance-2, almost 30 years since conception.

NAL director Shyam Chetty told TOI: "The aircraft has been handed over to the Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment of the Indian Air Force which is doing the ground-runs and familiarization."

He said the original crew members were injured so a new crew is being put together. "Once that's done the low-speed taxi trials will begin," he said, adding that this would be followed by high-speed taxi trials and nose-turning tests.

"Those tests will be completed in 15 days and then aircraft will be ready for its first flight," he said. Saras won't be able to take to the skies without clearances from the safety review board and the first flight review board.

"The aircraft is performing well during basic trials and we're confident that both boards will give us positive signals to do the first flight," Chetty said. The IAF will buy 15 Saras aircraft. The production partner will be Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).

The team will be watchful of safety. A crash of a prototype in 2009 forced the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to ground the aircraft.

Saras will boast of multi-role capabilities like feeder line aircraft, air ambulance, executive aircraft, troop transport, reconnaissance, aerial survey and light cargo transport.

The original design included a maximum take-off weight of 6,100kg and a maximum payload of 1,232kg. The first prototype which completed its maiden flight on May 29, 2004, was overweight at 5,118kg compared to the 4,125kg design specifications.