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Sun, Oct 07, 2007

Indigenous Indian Aviation Gathers Speed

NAL Making Progress On Light Transport

Already having delivered ten Hansa two-place turboprop trainers, National Aerospace Labs in Bangalore, India, is says it's making fast progress on the prototype of its twin-pusher, the Saras.

NAL markets its Hansa trainers to all segments of the student market.

Director A.R. Upadhya is also working on four- and six-place aircraft in conjunction with Mahindra Plexion.

But the effort to develop a 14-passenger transport (below, center) should yield an Indian flight certificate sometime in 2009, he said, quoted on the website Domain-B.

NAL has reportedly solved an earlier weight problem (the Saras was more than 1100 pounds overweight) by the use of more composite materials and the installation of more powerful engines.

But here's the kicker: NAL is now working on a regional jet it says will be lighter and more fuel efficient than those currently under development in Canada, Europe and China.

The unnamed RJ will come in 50-, 70- and 90-seat versions and will spawn a turboprop variant.

FMI: http://nal.res.in

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