petejohno Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Gippsland aeronautics have announced that they have purchased the rights to manufacture the Nomad from Boeing. "Gippsland’s plans only include the N24A version, which would be fitted with Rolls-Royce 250B17F II engines, a glass cockpit and new lightweight propellers from Hartzell that would offer better performance and efficiency, and a weight-saving programme including new technology batteries to reduce basic empty weight, says Gary Wight, Gippsland chairman. He says: “There are no outstanding airworthiness issues with the Nomad.†You can read the whole article here http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/06/18/224585/gipplsand-aeronautics-to-restart-production-of-upgraded-nomad-aircraft.html Finally an Australian Aircraft production industry again ? Maybe the government should start showing some faith in Aussie local industry by way of grants, instead of continuing to offer large handouts to japanese car manufacturers for dead end projects. If Brazil can do it, surely Australia, with our history of aircraft manufacture, can resurrect our once proud industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwlee Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Are they going to glue the tail on really well this time? Ouch! I'm sure they will. Good luck to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffman Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/06/18/224585/gipplsand-aeronautics-to-restart-production-of-upgraded-nomad-aircraft.html try this link instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinc Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Excellent, Go Gippsland A....Good to see...I think an aircraft with great potential, that will benefit from advances in technology.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwlee Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Thanks, Geoff I fixed the original post's link with your info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Unfortunately, I worked on these piles of dog crap at Oakey Army Aviation Centre and they took us up in them regularly. Would have to be one of the worst aircraft I've ever flown in. Maintenance wasn't any better. Who is the idiot that said they were a great aircraft? Didn't see him in the cabin on take-off with the tailplane shaking itself to pieces!!!! My 0.02c Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I'm with you there Frank. Had a few rides in them at Laverton and Avalon back in the 70's. i can remember that when the a/c got into ground effect it was the worst ride ever. They sure suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singletracker Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Please NO! This has to be the worst Aircraft I ever flew! even if you replace the Engines( The Allisons were terrible), Instruments (too small to fly on) Pilot's Seat Fixed! (with head in prop arc), Fatigue issues due poor aerodynamic design. What are you going to do about the instability as the flaps run out? The low TAS and Range? and not to mention market perception! Move on and design a real aircraft for Gods sake. I feel better now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchie Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Apparently that aircraft that lost it's tail was one of the experimental ones, which had over 1000 hours of ground runs. But because it hadn't done any flight time that put it as 0 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 At least someone is being realistic about these crappy a/c.. on a hot day in the Centre they could not get off the ground with more than the pilot onboard..Teecee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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