De kluis van Bert

[Breeze]

Niets kwaads over de inventiviteit van ballonontwepers hoor Bert, maar ik zie liever (echte) vliegtuigen.

Adri

[Heron]

U vraagt, wij 'draaien'... :-)


D-EMIC_28aug16EHHO by Bert Visser, on Flickr

Al jaren kun je de OMF-100-160 Symphony D-EMIC vanaf Hoogeveen zien vliegen. Wat is dat voor iets? Wel... Wiki weet daar meer van, te beginnen met de merknaam OMF:

Ostmecklenburgische Flugzeugbau

Ostmecklenburgische Flugzeugbau GmbH, (East Mecklenburg Aircraft Works Limited) was a light aircraft manufacturer in Neubrandenburg Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The company was commonly known as OMF Aircraft.
OMF was formed by Mathias Stinnes in 1998 and ceased operations in December 2003.^[1]
Stinnes formed OMF Aircraft to produce a certified version of the Stoddard-Hamilton Glastar designated the OMF-100-160 Symphony with certification achieved in 2001.^[1]
Realizing that the bulk of the market for this aircraft was in North America, Stinnes set up a production facility in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada with financial help from the Government of Quebec. The plant building was constructed by the Town of Trois-Rivieres and leased to OMF. The plant was opened in September 2003.^[1]
OMF suffered from under-financing during its start-up phase and declared bankruptcy in December 2003, having produced 40 aircraft.^[1]
Production of the aircraft, under the designation Symphony SA-160, was resumed in 2005 by the former Canadian subsidiary operating under new ownership as Symphony Aircraft Industries.^[1]
Aircraft by date[edit]

• OMF-100-160 Symphony (2001)

En die link naar de pagina (inclusief foto's): Ostmecklenburgische Flugzeugbau - Wikipedia

Het toestel:

Symphony SA-160

The Symphony SA-160 is a CAR 523 certified, two-seat, single-engine, high-wing airplane that was manufactured by Symphony Aircraft Industries in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada in the mid-2000s.^[1]
The SA-160 is a development of the Stoddard-Hamilton Glastar amateur-built kit aircraft and is externally similar to that design.^[2]
Development[edit]

The SA-160 was developed from the Glastar by incorporating many significant changes to the basic design with the aim of simplifying construction and complying with certification requirements. The redesign work was completed by the engineering staff of Ostmecklenburgische Flugzeugbau (OMF Aircraft), (East Mecklenburg Aircraft Works Limited) of Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany between 1998 and 2000. The aircraft produced by OMF were sold under the designation OMF-100-160 Symphony. Later aircraft produced by Symphony Aircraft are designated Symphony SA-160.^[2]
The SA-160 has an aluminum wing design, utilizing a NASA GAW-2 Whitcomb airfoil. To simplify construction the wing has no washout and instead has two composite vortex generators of a unique design, outboard on each wing, to ensure that the inboard portion of the wing stalls first, thus retaining aileron control through the stall.^[2]
The wing is equipped with slotted Fowler flaps, which occupy 2/3 of the span. These deploy to 40 degrees and lower the stall speed by 9 knots to 51 knots (60 mph). The flaps are always set to 20 degrees for takeoff. The ailerons are operated by control sticks and feature end-fences inboard and outboard for better slow speed and stall handling.^[2]
The fuselage is a 4130 welded steel tube cage covered in a non-structural fibreglass skin. The tail group is a mix of fibreglass fairings and aluminum surfaces.^[2]
The SA-160 is powered by a Lycoming O-320-D2A powerplant of 160 hp, driving a two-bladed wood fixed pitch MT propeller.^[2]
Symphony Aircraft continued the development started by OMF on a Thielert Centurion 1.7 diesel powered version, which OMF had designated as the OMF-100-135. The performance with the 135 hp engine was disappointing and the project was shelved in 2005.^[2]
Standard VFR avionics include a Garmin GNC 250XL GPS/COMM and GTX 320A Transponder The IFR avionics package consists of a Garmin 430 GPS/COMM, a 420 GPS/COMM and a Garmin GTX 327 transponder. The engine instruments are a Vision Microsystems VM 1000.^[2]
The landing gear is of a tricycle configuration with all three wheels mounted on steel sprung gear legs. The nosewheel is free castering and the aircraft is steered with differential braking. The brakes are mounted conventionally on the rudder pedal toes.^[2]
Prior to Symphony's bankruptcy, plans for the design included a 180 hp version to be called the SA-180 and a floatplane or amphibious floatplane version.^[2]
Options[edit]

The SA-160 was offered with an Avidyne glass cockpit Entegra EXP5000 Primary Flight Display, Entegra EX5000 Multi-Function Display and EMax Engine Indication System to replace the standard round instruments fitted.^[2]
A Ballistic Recovery Systems whole aircraft parachute system was also available. Other options included a TAS 600 Traffic Advisory System and a Sensenich two bladed fixed pitch climb propeller to replace the MT two bladed wood/composite propeller.^[2]
On April 3, 2006 Symphony Aircraft announced that a tuned exhaust system made by Power Flow Systems would be offered as an option on the SA-160. This US$1600 option was forecast to give a 10% improvement in rate of climb to about 781 ft/min, an increased optimal cruise speed of about 5 knots to about 133 knots, or 0.5 to 1.5 US gallon per hour decrease in fuel burn, down to about 7.5 US gallons per hour.^[3]
Pricing[edit]

In 2006 Symphony offered the basic VFR equipped SA-160 for US$154,900, the IFR version for US$169,900 and the glass cockpit equipped version for US$214,900.
Production[edit]

The SA-160 entered production as the OMF-100-160 Symphony in 2001 and 40 aircraft were completed before OMF went out of business in December 2003.^[1]
Production resumed at Symphony Aircraft Industries with the first SA-160 aircraft delivered on 13 May 2005. By June 2006 production had ceased as Symphony Aircraft Industries sought additional capital to resume production.^[4] On 22 January 2007, the company declared bankruptcy and ceased operations.
On 3 February 2008 it was publicly announced that Lou Simons, the former lead investor in Symphony Aircraft, was planning to restart production of the SA-160 under the company name North American Factory for Technologically Advanced Aircraft (NAFTAA).^[5]
The new company announced in July 2008 that they intended to restart production by the end of 2009 at the previous plant in Trois-Rivières, Québec. They intended to produce 15 aircraft in 2009 and increase production to 50 to 80 per year by 2012. The aircraft would be given a new name and would have been available in a VFR version intended for flight school use, a basic IFR version, and a glass cockpit equipped version powered by a 200-hp Lycoming IO-390 powerplant giving it a forecast cruise speed of 148 knots.^[6] The plans were not completed and production did not resume.
Aviatech Technical Services of Trois-Rivières, Quebec in Canada is the current type certificate holder for the SA-160 and the OMF-100-150.^[7]
Specifications (SA-160)[edit]

Data from Hunt and Symphony Aircraft^[2][8]
General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Capacity: one passenger
• Length: 22 ft 10 in (6.96 m)
• Wingspan: 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
• Height: 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m)
• Wing area: 128 sq ft (11.9 m²)
• Empty weight: 1,450 lb (658 kg)
• Gross weight: 2,150 lb (975 kg)
• Fuel capacity: 32.2 U.S. gallons (122 L; 26.8 imp gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-320-D2A four cylinder, horizontally-opposed piston aircraft engine, 160 hp (120 kW)
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch MT Propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 130 kn (150 mph, 240 km/h) at sea level
• Stall speed: 50 kn (58 mph, 93 km/h) flaps down
• Never exceed speed: 162 kn (186 mph, 300 km/h)
• Range: 425 nmi (489 mi, 787 km) at 62% power at 8,000 ft (VFR reserves)
• Endurance: 3.6 hours
• Service ceiling: 16,400 ft (5,000 m)
• Rate of climb: 710 ft/min (3.6 m/s)
• Wing loading: 16.73 lb/sq ft (81.7 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 13.4 lbs/hp (8.19 kg/kW)

En de link (met goede foto's): Symphony SA-160 - Wikipedia

[Heron]

Spaanse Luchtmacht EF-18 Hornet C.15-14/15-01 bij het uitkomen van een looping tijdens de KLu open dagen op Volkel op 18 juni 2009:


hornet_18jun09EHVK2 by Bert Visser, on Flickr

[Heron]

Een plaatje van twee NF-5A's van het demoteam van de Turkse Luchtmacht, de Turkish Stars. Deze NF-5's zijn dus inderdaad ex KLu. Helaas voor ons spotters staat er geen registratie op deze toestellen. Alleen de laatste twee cijfers van de regi staan op de tiptanks... maar die zijn uitwisselbaar. Natuurlijk staat de regi wel in de cockpit, maar daar komt de gemiddelde spotter niet.


Turkish_Stars_18jun09EHVK1 by Bert Visser, on Flickr

[washout]

Een subtiele beschildering van het rood van het kielvlak: het lijkt, of de rugvin doorloopt naar de luchtinlaat, net alsof die vin gesplitst is. Maar het is de rode beschildering die zich splitst op de bovenkant van de romp, één kant naar links, de andere kant naar rechts. Mooi gedaan.

[Heron]

Op deze foto laten ze het kleurenschema ook heel mooi zien:


Turkish_Stars_09jun16EHLW04 by Bert Visser, on Flickr

[Heron]

Over kleurenschema's gesproken (getypt?): In 1987 zag ik op de static van Ramstein Open House een banaan... alleen was íe niet krom.
Het bleek de 20+49 (eigenlijk 2049) te zijn, een F-104G Starfighter van de Luftwaffe in "25 Jahre Fliegerwerft Manching" c/s. Het toestel behoort hier tot het LVR-1 (Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment-1) op Erding, dat opgericht werd na de uitfasering van de 104 bij de squadrons, om de piloten 'wat te doen te geven' alvorens ze doorstroomden naar de Tornado. Het LVR-1 werd in september 1988 opgeheven.


20+49_02aug87EDAR by Bert Visser, on Flickr

[Heron]

Had ik hierboven nog een banaan, hier is hoe een Duitse Luftwaffe Starfighter er in die tijd uit hoorde te zien. Dit is de 25+15 (of 2516) van het rode Staffel, JBG33:


25+15_24jun84EDAR by Bert Visser, on Flickr

[Heron]

Behalve de luchtmacht van Duitsland vloog ook de Duitse Marine met 2 squadrons F-104's en de Duitsers waren zo aardig om ook daar eentje van naar Ramstein Open House '84 te sturen:


26+69_24jun84EDAR by Bert Visser, on Flickr

[Heron]

Bovenstaande twee platen van de Duitse Starfighters zijn gemaakt op Ramstein op 24 juni 1984... en wat een toeval: ik heb er nog eentje gevonden.
Deze keer is het een CF-104G van de Canadese Luchtmacht. De CAF had 3 squadrons Starfighters gebaseerd op Bad Söllingen en de 104756 was daar eentje van:


104756_24jun84EDAR by Bert Visser, on Flickr