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06/13/08 - Grob Aerospace shows versatile G 120A Trainer at ICARUS 2008
The highly versatile, fully aerobatic G 120A is being presented by Grob Aerospace at the International Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (IAOPA)’s ICARUS 2008 show from 13-15 June in Athens, Greece on static display Island EX-5.
The G 120A offers excellent handling at both high and low airspeeds, making it ideal to tackle pilot screening and the full spectrum of primary training requirements, including instrument flying, navigation, formation and aerobatics, which previously required two different aircraft types. It is the ideal training platform for the full range of conventional high-performance aerobatic maneuvers, including spins, inverted spins, loops, rolls, stall turns, outside turns and recovery from unusual attitudes.
“To train pilots to the highest professional standard, an organization needs to start with a high quality and versatile primary training aircraft. The G 120 provides the full spectrum of flying training modules from ab initio training to aerobatics and formation flying, while being safe and reliable with a high dispatch rate,” said Niall Olver, Chief Executive of Grob Aerospace.
The aircraft’s exceptional versatility allows more advanced tasks, usually undertaken later in the flight training syllabus on more expensive aircraft, to be “downloaded” to the G 120A, thereby improving the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the training program.
The G 120A is operated by civil and military flying training schools worldwide. Civil training operators include FTA Flying Training Adelaide and The China Southern Flying College, both in Australia, as well as the Norwegian Aviation College. It is the most cost effective primary trainer for the military and is in service with demanding air forces, such as the German, French, Canadian and Israeli Air Forces.
Like all other Grob aircraft, presently under production, the G 120A airframe is manufactured entirely from carbon fiber composite, which offers high strength and a long minimum structural service life of 15,000 hours, lightweight construction and associated low fuel consumption, low maintenance and low operating costs.
About the G 120A
First flown in 1999, the G 120A is a cost effective and versatile 2 seat (side-by-side) aircraft, specifically designed to meet the most challenging forms of primary pilot training. Fully aerobatic the G 120 is certified by both the EASA and the FAA to +6/-4 g. The aircraft is fitted with the powerful and economical 260 hp Lycoming engine. It provides the ideal training platform for the full range of conventional high-performance aerobatic maneuvers, including spins, inverted spins, loops, rolls, stall turns, outside turns and recovery from unusual attitudes. This versatile aircraft also offers excellent handling at both high and low airspeeds, making it ideal to tackle the full spectrum of primary training requirements, including pilot screening, instrument flying, navigation and mission oriented tasks which previously required two different aircraft types.
The G 120A airframe is manufactured entirely from carbon fiber composite, which gives it a competitive advantage by offering high strength and low life cycle costs through long structural service life, lightweight construction and associated low fuel consumption and low maintenance costs.
Grob Aerospace – Over 37 Years of Aviation History
In business for over 37 years, Grob Aerospace is one of the world’s largest and most experienced composite aircraft manufacturers. It has delivered more than 3,500 aircraft which have flown over seven million hours on five continents.
The company is headquartered in Switzerland but maintains its own purpose built airfield in Tussenhausen-Mattsies, Germany, that accommodates its manufacturing and assembly facilities. In summer 2007 Grob Aerospace established a wholly-owned US subsidiary to provide a complete, world-class ownership experience to North American customers. Grob Aerospace‘s central base in the United States is located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with several regional sales offices throughout the USA.
In February 2008 Grob Aerospace formed a strategic alliance with Bombardier Aerospace to develop the all-composite structure of its new Learjet 85 aircraft and also build the first three prototype aircraft for the program.
In May 2008, Grob Aerospace announced its new trainings and completions for the spn light business aircraft facility at St. Gallen-Altenrhein, Switzerland.
For further information contact:
Juliane von Heimendahl
Grob Aerospace AG
+41 (0) 44 876 56 80
juliane.von.heimendahl@grob-aerospace.ch
Celia Turner
Emerald Media
+44 (0) 770 334 4425