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Aircraft: trainers - Cover Story
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Learning topsy turvy.
In recent years the US services have introduced new basic ('primary' in Pentagon-speak) turboprop and advanced jet trainers based an European designs. Russia and a number of West European nations are now developing aircraft that will leapfrog these American derivatives. Meanwhile, Brazil is taking action to maintain its share of the market, and South Korea is about to discover whether its training aircraft can repeat the success of its automobiles.
In every category of fixed-wing trainer (i.e. primary, basic and advanced), the trend is toward increased performance, in order to reduce the flight hours that the student needs to spend on the inevitably more expensive following stage. Manufacturers have evidently convinced (or deluded) themselves that air forces will believe marketing claims of reducing the overall cost of p...See the full content of this document
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