Red Bull Flying Bulls
The Flying Bulls team brings elite grade aircraft to the Helsinki skies. The classic DC-6 airliner will perform flypasts directly in front of the audience and the BO 105 aerobatic helicopter will make breathtaking loops and rolls just above the historic Malmi Airport. Flying Bulls is headquartered at Salzburg Airport in Austria.
Red Bull: Douglas DC-6B
Built in 1958, the Red Bull DC-6 is one of the latest additions to the Flying Bulls. The aircraft was fully restored in 2004. The sheer size of this classic prop airliner, the unmistakable retro livery and the exclusive, glamorous interior all combined make it the Crown Jewel of the collection housed in Hangar-7 in Salzburg.
Manufactured by Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica, California, the aircraft was first delivered to the Yugoslav state airline JAT. Marshall Josip Broz Tito had it refurbished for his personal use as a Head of State and VIP aircraft. In 1975 the aircraft was sold to Kenneth Kaunda, the Head of State of Zambia. Then it was acquired for his airline by Chris Schutte, who brought it to Namibia, where it was being offered for sale in 2000 and quickly snapped up by Sigi Angerer, the chief pilot of the Flying Bulls. The extensive restoration effort started in 2001. Several tens of thousands of manhours later, in 2004, the airliner was finally up to the demanding standard of the Flying Bulls and ready to start wooing the audiences and aircraft enthusiasts everywhere.
At the airshow the Red Bull DC-6 crew will be Raimund Riedmann and Frederic Handelmann as pilots and Don Land as flight engineer.
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Seats: |
58 |
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Motor: |
4 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB-3 Double Wasp @ 2500 hp each |
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Speed: |
501 km/h |
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Max. take-off-weight: |
48 534 kg |
Red Bull: BO 105 CB-4
The Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm BO 105 is the only fully aerobatic helicopter produced so far. Due to it´s rigid main rotor construction, this copter type is able to perform tricks normally associated with fixed wing high performance aircraft only. The BO 105 serves in 35 different countries in civil, paramilitary and military roles, being especially well suited for search and rescue missions and offshore transport.
The prototype first flew in 1967. The two Red Bull ones were built in 1974, first saw service with the Police Force of Baden and were acquired by Red Bull in 2005. They have been used in feature films all over the world.
At the airshow the Red Bull helicopter will be piloted by Siegfried Schwarz.
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Seats: |
6 |
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Motor: |
2× Allison 250-C20B turboshaft engines |
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Speed: |
270 km/h |
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Max. take-off-weight: |
2,500 kg |
Opening Jump
The very first spectacle of the event is the magnificent sight of a parachute jump with a king size Finnish national flag. The flag has a weight attached to it which enables the flag to open up properly in the prevailing wind while the skydiver glides slowly down on top.
SENIOR SKYDIVERS
The Senior Skydivers parachuting club, founded in 1991, accepts members who have performed their first jump or acted as parachuting club pilots at least 25 years ago. At the airshow, Senior Skydivers club members, including a tandem jump pair, will have the DC-3 as their jump platform.
Midnight Hawks / Hawk Mk51 (HW)
The Midnight Hawks aerobatic display team uses four Finnish Air Force Hawk advanced jet trainer aircraft. The BAe Hawk is extremely well suited for precision aerobatics and also used presently by the Red Arrows team of the Royal Air Force, the Saudi Hawks team of the Royal Saudi Air Force as well as the Black Seahawks team of Britain´s Royal Navy.
The trademark of the Midnight Hawks is their tight diamond formation. "We have built the display program so that we are in front of the audience all of the time", says team supervisor Cpt. Pekka Kamppinen. The team members are all Air Force Academy flight instructors based at Kauhava, chosen from among the best to represent the spirit of Finnish military aviation in a flight assignment that no pilot will turn down - if invited. Only active and former team pilots are entitled to wear the Midnight Hawks patch.
The team´s mission is to demonstrate the skills and high quality of training of the Finnish Air Force to the Finnish people. The Finnish Air Force is historically well known for its very skilled pilots, which once fought evenly against a much stronger and bigger enemy. The tradition continues with the Midnight Hawks.
The Midnight Hawks pilots are Pasi Kolanen (team leader), Joni Kankaanpää, Mika Koskinen and Timo Koskiniemi.
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Seats: |
2 |
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Wingspan: |
9,39 m |
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Motor: |
1x 2 420 kp Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk 851 -modern low bypass jet engine |
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Speed: |
1 038 km/h |
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Max. take-off-weight: |
7 750 kg |
FINNISH AIR FORCE / F-18 HORNET (HN)
The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-18 Hornet is the Air Force´s frontline fighter/interceptor aircraft. A new era in the Finnish Air Force's fighter operations dawned with the arrival of the Hornet. To be exact, this happened at 15:10 hours on November 7, 1995 when the first F-18D Hornet, marked HN-462, landed in Finland.
Patria (then Valmet Aviation Industries) assembled the 57 single-seat versions of the aircraft at Halli. The assembly program began in June 1995, and the first complete aircraft rolled off the assembly line in June 1996. The handover of the first F-18C to the Air Force was on 28 June 1996. The last aircraft of a total of 64 was delivered on 8 August 2000. The Hornet is now the only fighter aircraft type used in Finland.
The F-18 is a twin engine, mid-wing, multi-mission tactical aircraft with advanced electronics. It is extremely maneuverable due to it´s good thrust to weight ratio and digital fly-by-wire control system and leading edge extensions which allow the Hornet to remain controllable at high angles of attack. The Hornet is therefore capable of very tight turns over a large range of speeds. The US Navy aerobatic team Blue Angels presently uses Hornets.
The Hornet will be piloted by Tuukka Elonheimo
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Seats: |
2 |
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2 x General Electric F404-GE-402 turbofans |
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Rocketman
Wearing a BirdMan wingsuit, the Finnish adventurer and athlete Visa Parviainen puts on his rocket boots and chute, jumps out from an aircraft and fires up his two mini jet engines built into his boots which boost him to fly across the sky into the horizon and beyond, perhaps. This is not for the faint hearted nor for the inexperienced and requires extensive practise as well as a spirit for reaching for the unimaginable. The jet engines have enough fuel to propel Rocketman for several kilometres and enable him to sustain level flight for up to a minute with minimal loss of altitude. Visa uses a parachute to land when the flight ends.
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Seats: |
1 |
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Wingspan: |
n. 2m |
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Motor: |
??? |
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Speed: |
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AN-2 (Est) & 12 persons unit of Airborne Division
The Antonov An-2 is an extremely rugged and durable single-engine biplane designed by Antonov in the Ukraine, which first flew in 1947. The An-2 has been used in a multitude of roles ever since. As a light transport version it is capable of carrying 12 passengers. The aircraft´s excellent slow speed performance and STOL capabilities makes it well suited for short, unimproved airfields. It is one of the biggest single-engine biplanes ever built.
The basic airframe is highly adaptable and numerous variants have been developed. These include hopper-equipped versions for crop-dusting, scientific versions for atmospheric sampling, water bombers for fighting forest fires, flying ambulances, float-equipped seaplane versions, ski-equipped versions for winter and lightly armed combat versions for dropping paratroopers. All versions are powered by a 750 kW (1,000 hp) 9-cylinder Russian Shvetsov ASh-62 radial engine or the similar Polish engine variant built by PZL.
A 12 person paratrooper unit from Estonia will perform a special jump program using the An-2 as their jump platform at the airshow.
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Seats: |
14 |
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Wingspan: |
18,18 m |
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Powerplant: |
1 x 100 hp PZL Kalisz ASz61IR 9 cylinder radial engine |
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Speed: |
220 km/h |
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Max. take-off-weight: |
5500 kg |
The Finnish Border Guard / Dornier
The Dornier Do 228 is a small twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier GmbH in Germany. Approximately 270 Do 228 aircraft were built for civil and military use under licence at Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany and Kanpur, India. The Finnish Border Guard operates two Do 228 aircraft for controlling the territorial waters and for maritime search and rescue as well as environmental control including oil spill detection. They are based in Turku. The patrol aircraft are equipped with surveillance and side scan radar and photographic equipment including infrared imagers/heat cameras and UV scanners.
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Seats: |
7 |
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Wingspan: |
16,97 |
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Max. take-off-weight: |
6400 kg |
The Finnish Border Guard / Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma
The Super Puma is a medium heavy utility helicopter designed for a variety of roles, both civilian and military. The prototype flew for the first time in 1978. The type has been chosen by 37 military forces around the world and also by approximately 1,000 civil operators everywhere. The Super Puma is extensively used in offshore oil rig transport. In civilian configuration it can seat 18 passengers and two crew.
The Finnish Border Guard operates three Super Pumas with a crew of five on search and rescue missions. The helicopters are equipped with weather and surveillance radar, heat imaging and a heavy duty rescue winch. Maritime SAR covers duties such as assisting ships and boats in distress, accident prevention, searches for missing persons and transporting injured and diseased persons from the islands and the open sea to the mainland for medical treatment.
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Seats: |
20 |
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Powerplant: |
2× Turbomeca Makila 1A1 turboshafts |
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Speed: |
240 km/h |
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Max. take-off-weight: |
8600 kg |
The Finnish Border Guard / Agusta Bell 412
The Agusta Bell 412 is a medium light twin engine helicopter well suited for maritime search and rescue missions on a slightly smaller scale. A Bell 412 prototype first flew in August 1979. The initial model was certified in January 1981 with deliveries commencing in the same month.
The Finnish Border Guard operates five of these helicopters with a crew of four on SAR assignments, medevac duties and also on border control missions with a canine patrol.
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Seats: |
16 |
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Powerplant: |
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Speed: |
240 km/h |
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Max. take-off-weight: |
5400 kg |
NH-90 Transport Helicopter
The NHI NH90 is a military multirole transport helicopter developed for tactical transport.The Finnish Army has 20 NH90 helicopters on order. It is instrument flight capable in single pilot operations.
The primary role of the helicopter is the transport of 20 troops or more than 2,500 kg of cargo. It can quickly be adapted to search and rescue and medevac missions with up to 12 stretchers.
Additional roles include special operations, electronic warfare, airborne command post, parachuting, VIP transport and flight training.
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Seats: |
22 |
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Powerplant: |
Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322-01/9 turboshaft |
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Speed: |
305 km/h |
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Fouga Magister CM-170
The Fouga Magister, designed in France, was the first primary jet trainer to enter mass production.The prototype made it´s maiden flight in 1952. A French Air Force order for some 400 aircraft quickly followed. The aircraft was produced under licence by several other countries including Germany, Finland (Valmet) and Israel. The V-tailed aircraft was purchased by a number of other countries as well for trainer and light attack roles. Armament options included nose machine guns, underwing rocket pods and bomb racks and also air-to-ground missiles. Israel used the Magister in a ground attack role in the Six Day War of 1967. After the Magisters were retired from official military use, they have been actively sought after by private warbird collectors in several countries. The number of airworthy Fouga Magisters today surpasses fifty out of over 900 production aircraft.
At the airshow, the Fouga pilot will be Pauli Perttula.
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Seats: |
2 |
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Wingspan: |
11.35 m |
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Powerplant: |
2x Turbomeca Marbore II F 3 Suihkumoottoria |
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Speed: |
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Max. take-off-weight: |
3200 kg |
Gloster Gauntlet mk II
The Gloster Gauntlet is a single-seat biplane fighter aircraft designed and built by Gloster Aircraft in Britain in the 1930s. It was the last Royal Air Force fighter to have an open cockpit and one of the very last biplane fighters in service. The first production quality prototype flew for the first time in 1933. The Gauntlets were retired in Britain in 1943 after some 246 planes alltogether had been built, by Gloster in Britain and under licence in Denmark. The Finnish Air Force received 25 ex-RAF Gauntlets from South Africa in 1940 and used them mainly as trainers. Other users were Australia, Denmark, South Africa and Southern Rhodesia. Today, only one Gloster Gauntlet II remains airworthy, the "GT-400" operated by Lentotekniikan Kilta in Finland.
At the airshow the Gauntlet will be piloted by Jyrki Laukkanen.
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Seats: |
1 |
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Wingspan: |
11.35 m |
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Powerplant: |
Bristol Mercury VIS2 |
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Speed: |
370 km/h |
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Max. take-off-weight: |
1800 kg |
Extra 300
The Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh Extra EA-300 is an unlimited class aerobatic high performance aircraft designed in 1987 by Walter Extra, an award winning German aerobatic pilot.
The Extra 300 has an extremely rugged steel tube fuselage covered with fiberglass and fabric. The mid-set wing has a carbon fiber composite spar and fiberglass skins. A symmetrical airfoil, mounted with a zero incidence angle, provides equal performance in both upright and inverted flight.The 300 hp powerplant provides the aircraft with an excellent power to weight ratio which is a must have in today´s aerobatic showmanship. Versions of the Extra 300 are in use by several private aerobatic teams as well as some noteworthy Air Force display teams, for instance the Chilean "Halcones" and the Royal Jordanian Falcons.
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1-2 |
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AS-202 Bravo
The AS/SA 202-18A Bravo is a joint design civilian and military primary trainer aircraft designed and built in cooperation by FFA in Switzerland and Savoi-Marchetti in Italy. It is a widely used 2 or 3 seat fully aerobatic basic trainer with instrument training capabilities. Over 200 Bravos were made. The biggest civilian operator at the present time is Patria Pilot Training at Helsinki-Malmi.
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Seats: |
1 |
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Wingspan: |
9,8m |
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Powerplant: |
180 hp |
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Douglas DC-3
The DC-3 is one of the most legendary and widely used, most versatile passenger and military transport aircraft ever made, first flew in 1935 and is still going strong all over the world.
It´s comfort, speed and range revolutionized air travel in the 1930s and 1940s. A huge commercial and operational success, alltogether over 16000 DC-3 aircraft counting all variants and licence manufacturing were built in the United States, Russia and Japan.
The DC-3 on display at HIAS, operated by DC-Yhdistys ry (DC-Association), a private non-profit organization based at Malmi Airport, rolled off the production line at Douglas Aircraft Co. in Santa Monica, California on Christmas Eve 1942 making the Grand Old Lady 67 years old next Christmas.
Intended for Pan American Grace Airways as NC34953, she was promptly taken to military service on 27 Dec 1942 and became C-53C-DO s/n 43-2033. She served in the US Air Transport Command, North Atlantic Wing until transferred in November 1943 to the European Wing, where she is believed to have served in personnel transport duties. In October 1944 she was transferred to the 8thAAF until the end of war in Europe. From storage in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, she was bought by the Government of Finland and registered on 19 June 1948 as OH-LCH and made her first commercial flight for Aero Oy on 21 July 1948. She logged a total of 22137 hours until dismantled for spare parts on 15 December 1960, but was rebuilt as a freighter with a large cargo door and re-registered as OH-LCH on 25 June 1963 for Finnair Oy (ex-Aero Oy). On 1 April 1967 she made Finnair’s last scheduled DC-3 passenger flight. Having logged 28826 hours she was sold to the Finnish Air Force on 5 March 1970 and received the call sign DO-11. The Air Force retired their DC-3s in 1985 and DO-11 was sold to Airveteran Oy on 15 January 1986 to become OH-LCH once again. She is flown regularly during the summer season, transporting DC-Association members on local flights as well as to airshows and fly-ins in Finland and abroad.
At the airshow, the DC-3 will be piloted by Pentti Niemi, Kari Heikkala, Esko Ruohtula and Pekka Sukanen.
More information on DC-Assocation Finland’s website: http://www.dc-ry.fi
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Seats: |
22 |
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Wingspan: |
28.96 m |
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Powerplant: |
2x Pratt&Whitney R-1830-92 |
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Max. take-off-weight: |
11450 kg |
Valmet L-70 VINKA
The L 70 Vinka is a Finnish-designed, piston engine powered basic trainer aircraft produced by Valmet for the Finnish Air Force. The prototype flew for the first time in 1975. The Air Force ordered 30 aircraft in order to replace the aging SAAB Safir trainers. The Vinka was the Air Force´s primary trainer during 1980-2005. The training role for the aircraft still continues but with a civilian training organization, Patria Aviation, acting as subcontractor to the Air Force in the basic training of military pilots.
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Seats: |
3 |
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Wingspan: |
9,36 m |
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Powerplant: |
1× Lycoming AEIO-360-A1B6 opposed piston engine |
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Speed: |
200 km/h |
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Max. take-off-weight: |
1 250 kg |
Pilatus B4
The Pilatus B4-PC11 AF is a Swiss made, fully aerobatic standard class glider aircraft with a well thought-out all-metal construction which makes it very durable and reliable. Pilatus Flugzeugbau AG, based in Stans, Switzerland, built more than 300 Pilatus B4 gliders in different versions. Some 15 aircraft were also built under licence in Japan by Nippi. The basic version has been very popular with flight clubs. The reinforced and slightly modified PC11 AF version can handle positive and negative loads and maneuvers with ease and grace, so it´s no wonder that it still places high in aerobatic competition rankings. Several Finnish aerobatic championships have been won on the B4.
For the airshow performance, the glider naturally must be towed to a sustainable program starting altitude over Malmi Airport by a glider tug aircraft before it can start it´s graceful silent aerobatic performance in front of the spectators, some of which may find it a welcome relief from the noise associated with powered flight, by "writing" elegant figures into the sky with just the sound of the wind.
At the airshow, the glider will be piloted by the reigning Finnish and also the reigning Nordic Glider Aerobatics Champion Jyrki Viitasaari. The glider will be towed up into the Malmi sky by an ultralight Ikarus C 42 B piloted by Topi Huovinen and Jorma Laine.
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Seats: |
1 |
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Wingspan: |
15 m |
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Powerplant: |
none |
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Speed: |
240 km/h |
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Max. take-off-weight: |
350 kg |
ATR 72-500
The ATR 72 is a short and medium haul advanced twin turboprop passenger aircraft built by Avions de Transport Régional (ATR) in France. This modern aircraft type is optimized for efficient, economical and ecological shorter haul passenger transport and widely used by regional airlines all around the world. It has arguably the lowest seat mile costs in it´s class. The prototype first flew in 1988. More than 400 ATR 72 aircraft have been delivered so far.
Finncomm Airlines operates presently six ATR 72-500 aircraft on domestic routes in Finland. The excellent fuel economy of this "green" airliner type means that on the longer domestic routes, given a full passenger load, the average fuel consumption per passenger per 100 kilometers flown is only 3 liters and the personal ecological footprint is thus minimized.
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Seats: |
68 |
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Wingspan: |
27,5 |
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Powerplant: |
2x 2051kW (2750shp) P&WC PW-127F turboprops |
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Speed: |
512 km/h |
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Max. take-off-weight: |
22 500 kg |
PARAGLIDING
is a modern, competitive aviation hobby. The paraglider wing is actually a ram-air airfoil very different from a parachute. Due to the difference, paraglider pilots have their own special training program. The pilot is buckled into a special harness offering hours of comfort while flying at altitude seeking thermals. As with all aircraft, the launch normally takes place into the wind. On flat ground and during training, towed launches are a tremendous help in gaining a reasonable launch altitude and forward speed. Once at optimal height, the pilot pulls a release cord and the towline falls away and free flight can commence. Landings also take place into the wind. The glide ratio of the paraglider wing is roughly 10:1.
Powered paraglider pilots have a motor strapped onto their backs and can take off from any small field without assistance, even in zero wind. At the airshow, Ari Sahlström will demonstrate powered paraglider aerobatics. Jari Katajamäki will tow launch Jukka Laakso into the Malmi sky using a friction tow winch.
AUTOGYRO
A 1920s invention by Juan de la Cierva, the autogyro (also known as the gyrocopter) has a freely rotating twin blade helicopter-like rotor and a pusher prop aircraft engine behind the cockpit. Normally, the autogyro needs a short takeoff roll on a runway so the rotor starts rotating and gives it the necessary lift for takeoff. Hovering like a helicopter is not possible as the autogyro needs a forward movement. The construction is very simple when compared to a helicopter, but what is simple, is also inexpensive, reliable and safe.
The Finnish engineer and inventor Jukka Tervamäki has developed several autogyro models of his own. The autogyro demonstrated at the Helsinki International Airshow is a modern, twin seat, closed-cockpit, serially produced Xenon 2, piloted by Juha Silvennoinen.
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Seats: |
2 |
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Powerplant: |
Rotax 912S @ 100 hp |
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Speed: |
160 km/h |
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Max. take-off-weight: |
475 kg |
Birdman TOP GUN Skyflying Team
Birdman Top Gun is the BIRDMAN factory skyflying team, made up of 5 highly skilled wingsuit pilots from Finland. The team is lead by a native Finn Jari Kuosma, the developer of the first original commercial wingsuit. We are a team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of human flight and are continually striving to take wingsuit flying to the next level. With the help of the wingsuit a skilled flyer can fly at 170 km/h up to tens of kilometers in distance. After a show the team lands using parachutes.
The team: Jari Kuosma, Tero Paukku, Juho Korjus, Otto-Petteri Jämsen, Marko Mäkelä
