yang mungkin perlu dijadikan acuan juga, proyek pesawat Airbus 380 di bawah ini memakan persiapan waktu 11 tahun dan beaya proyek $ 13 milyar USD. Saya yakin proyek-2 seperti itu juga mendapat dukungan dan subsidi gotong- royong dari pemerintah-2 Eropa dalam berbagai bentuk = apalagi menghadapi saingan mereka, Boeing yang juga didukung penuh oleh pemerintah USA. jadi wajar, jika proyek-2 pengembangan produk di IPTN (sejak generasi Casa 212, CN-235 hingga N-250) juga masih akan banyak membutuhkan subsidi pemerintah. Sebagai perbandingan lagi, pabrik pesawat Fokker - Belanda - yang produk-2 pesawat kelas komuter nya pernah digunakan luas oleh maskapai penerbangan seperti Merpati dan Sempati - sudah lama gulung tikar. So, jika industri penerbangan indonesia bisa bertahan, sehingga mengalahkan Fokker - industri milik negara bekas penjajah kita, itu sudah suatu prestasi. I have many times visited IPTN in Bandung (in the 1980s and 1990s), i.e. the manufacturing centers = including a section which makes parts of the aircraft body using composite material, an already hitech material =, and also the test and design center which = partly = doing solid modeling and intensive finite-element calculations for studying the N-250 structure. I am convinced that IPTN has been a succesful technology-transfer venture = b.u.t = not yet a sucessful business venture. = ihsan h.m. = ========================================= Airbus A380 Makes Historic Maiden Flight ========================================= 5 minutes agoEurope - AP By LAURENCE FROST, AP Business Writer BLAGNAC, France - The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, successfully took off on its maiden flight Wednesday, a milestone for aviation and for the European aircraft-maker's battle with American rival Boeing Co. The giant plane's four engines hauled its double-decked, 308-ton fuselage aloft at 10:29 a.m., an achievement watched by thousands of spectators 101 years after the Wright brothers first mastered controlled, sustained flight. The plane was carrying a crew of six and 22 tons of on-board test instruments. Its first flight was expected to last between two and four hours. The plane was likely to stay within 100 miles of the airport in Blagnac, a suburb of Toulouse in southwest France. It was beaming back real-time measurements to Airbus headquarters at Blagnac. There were cheers and applause as the white jet with a blue tail, its engines surprisingly quiet, picked up speed down the runway and lifted smoothly into the blue skies. Fire trucks were stationed alongside the runway as a precaution. Airbus chief test pilot Jacques Rosay, flight captain Claude Lelaie and four fellow crew members were taking no chances. Airbus had said they would be wearing parachutes during the first flight, in accordance with company policy. A handrail leads from the cockpit to an escape door that can be jettisoned if the pilots lose control of the plane. The flight capped 11 years of preparation and $13 billion in spending. The A380, with a catalogue price of $282 million, represents a huge bet that international airlines will need bigger aircraft to transport passengers between ever-busier hub airports. But some analysts say signs of a boom in the market for smaller wide-body planes, such as Boeing's long-range 787 "Dreamliner," show that Airbus was wrong to focus so much time and money on its superjumbo. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Does he tell you he loves you when he's hitting you? Abuse. Narrated by Halle Berry. http://us.click.yahoo.com/aFQ_rC/isnJAA/E2hLAA/BRUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppi-india.org *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
