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n»i . s' *\ WORLD'S ,MLL THE Seventy-second year of issue ^1 V' VS" - The annual record of aviation development and progress 1- V:'^ :» / / %. WR John Taylor FRAeS^FRHist^FSLAET CONTENTS [61] FOREWORD [63] GLOSSARY [71] FIRST FLIGHTS [77] OFFICIAL RECORDS [78] AIRCRAFT 1 HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT (including racing aircraft) 473 SAILPLANES 567 MICROLIGHT AIRCRAFT AND HANG GLIDERS 605 LIGHTER-THAN-AIR: AIRSHIPS 635 BALLOONS 640 RPVs AND TARGETS 645 AIR-LAUNCHED MISSILES 671 SPACEFLIGHT 689 SATELLITES AND SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED DURING 1980 710 AERO-ENGINES 713 ADDENDA 798 INDEXES 814 ^ WlAfjUFfCTOW^R (JF EJW EbUIPI^IENT 3 1111 00775 769- 92^ CIVIC CENTER // (tNG \r ' i^ DOES NOT CIRCUUlTE '-\ With one hand you con hold this Barr& Stroud IR18iVII(n Thermoi imager. This isthe actual size ofthe Scan MwMe. The Barr& Stroud IR18 Mkll gives you new dimensions in surveillance and weapon aiming-through smoke and mists, by dayand night. The most advanced and compactthermal imager & inits class. The IR18 Mkll consists of scan, electronic, power Barr Stroud supplyand telescope modules. Enquiriesto High-performance, rugged, easyto operate and with distortion Barr&StroudLimited,MelroseHouse free scan, it sees to the horizon. Itis findingapplication on aircraft, 4-6 SavileRow,LondonWIXlAF RegisteredOffice&Works ships,militaryvehicles and in fire fightingand police work. CaxtonStreet,Anniesland,Glasgow,G13IHZ Pqjverful > Performance More than thi^e decades agoAvco made a commitment to gas turbine technology. Avco Lycoming Di\ision has since gi'ovvai to be a pacesetter in tlie field ofgas turbine development and production. O^er 22,000 turbine engines ha\'e been shipped from tlie Sti\itford, Connecticut plant. Turboshafis and tiu^boprops fi^om 600 SHP to 4,500 SHP. Turbofans fi^om 1,200 to 7,500 lbs. thiaist. More than 33 million hours ofoperation logged. And more than 50 international perfoniiance records set or held. I A short span oftime, a povvei^ful performance. And v\^e\^e still got our slee\'es rolled up. ^AVCO L^/COMING DIVISION S JANE' ALL THE WORLD'S AIRCRAFT 1981-82 50% new 80 "The Super quieter is 30% and uses less fuel. And 100% Now!" ready. it's Pete Conrad FormerAstronaut SeniorVice-President DouglosAircraftCompany "Our new Super 80 is the first of the new genera- with comparable seating. tion of jets. It's proving itself in service. And its "And it's amazingly quiet inside, too - just the performance is astonishing. beginning of a list of passenger comfort features "TheSuper80consumes30%lessfuelthantoday's that includes seats as wide as those in wide- planes it's replacing. Thattranslates into three fuel- bodied aircraft. free trips in every ten presently flown. The Super "I think the Super 80 impresses me the most 80's savings will let airlines maintain current levels when I take the controls. It's powerful, responsive of service even if fuel allocations are severely cut. and easy to fly Its advanced features cut crew "As for quiet, the Super 80 is only half as loud workload 35% to 40%. on takeoff and landing as other aircraft of its "The new DC-9 Super 80. It's everything the size. It reduces the noise impact on airport com- world needs to fly comfortably into the future. munities by 80% compared to other aircraft And it's here, today." r [21 aerospatiale we this is wiio are: one of the world's largest aerospace manufacturers Not the first in the world, but already the first in result of the merger of Nord-Aviation, Sud-Aviation Europe in terms of turnover (above 13 billion and Sereb. Some have been inclined to shorten our fWreenwcehrferainnccsoripno1r9a8t0e)dainnd19di7v0erusnidteyrofthperondaucmtes.of nsaammee,orbejteacitniinngmionndlywteheprienfiteiraltsoSb.eN.cIa.lAl.eSd.c; owimtmhotnhley Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale, as a aerospatiale it is our signature. top manpower Men whose imagination and creativity have made our achievements possible. Close to 40,000 employees, specialists, engineers, chosen for their skill in particular fields. ways and means The most modern research, development and production facilities, where data processing plays a leading port: Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM). Behind these means, a policy: to come up with the best product at minimum cost. products The mostdiversified range of aerospace products:airplanes, helicopters, tactical missiles, space and ballistic systems, combining top performance and low cost of operation in order to satisfy market requirements. We are the largest manufacturer of helicopters and tactical missiles in Europe, and the French Nuclear Defence Forces are equipped with our strategic ballistic missiles. Finally, in the framework of multinational industrial pro- grams, we are responsible for the success of a number of famous products that are not signed only with our name: AIRBUS A 300/A 310 - ARIANE CONCORDE HOT MILAN - - ROLAND INTELSAT V - METEOSAT... exports We are exporting 80% of our helicopter production, 70% of our missiles, 90% of our airplanes, as a mark of quality of our products - tailored to market requirements, and of our competitive sales policy. ,.^,r2spQ^j,v Societe Nationale Industrielle ||pS aerospatiale "•<»!5.eS<" 37, bd de Montmorency- 75781 Pans Cedex16 - France [3] . . . Alphabetical list of advertisers Aeritalia SpA Canadair Ltd Piazzale Tecchio 51, 80125 Naples, Italy 191 PO Box 6087, Station 'A', Montreal, Quebec H3C 3G9, Canada [38] Aermacchi SpA Central Engineering International Company Via Sanvito 80, 21100 Varese, Italy [66] 2930 Anthony Lane, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55418, USA [34] Aerospatiale 37 boulevard de Montmorency, 75781 Paris John Curran Ltd Cedex 16, France [3] PO Box 72, Curran Road, Cardiff CF1 1TE, Wales [5] Agusta Via Caldera 21, 20100 Milan, Italy [56] & [57] Airbus Industrie Difesa e Spazio SpA a3v1e70n0ueBlLaugcniaecn,SFerravnacntey, BP 33, :i3] Via Sicilia 162, 00187 Rome, Italy . . [511 DMS Airline Publications DMS Building, 100 Northfield Street, Noble Corner, Great West Road, Hounslow, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830, USA [44] Middlesex TW5 OPA, England [49] & Alfa Romeo Avio SpA Romigliano D'Arco, 80030 Naples, Italy [46] DMS (European Office) 31 Station Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon RG9 1AT, England [44] Avco Lycoming Inc 550 South Main Street, Stratford, Dornier GmbH Connecticut 06497, USA front endpaper iv PO Box 2160, D-8000 Munich 66, Federal Republic of Germany . . [8] & [9] Aviaexport 32-34 Smolenskaja-Sennaja Square, 121200 Moscow, USSR facing inside back cover Electronique Aerospatiale BP 51, 93350 Le Bourget, France [50] B Barr & Stroud Ltd Elettronica SpA Melrose House, 4-6 Savile Row, Via Tiburtina Km 13.700, 00100 Rome, London W1X 1AF, England facing inside front cover Italy inside front cover . . Elmer Bell Helicopter Textron Viale dell'Industria 4, 00040 Pomezia, Italy [27] PO Box 482, Fort Worth, Texas 76101, USA [72] GmbH Eltro Boeing Commercial Airplane Company Postfach 10 21 20, D-6900 Heidelberg 1, PO Box 3707, Seattle, Washington 98124, USA • [70] Federal Republic of Germany [29] Embraer International Bofors AB 12200 Sao Jos6 dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil .. [52] Ordnance Division, Box 500, S-691 80 Bofors, Sweden [21 . British Aerospace Public Limited Company Brooklands Road, Waybridge, Surrey KT13 OSJ, FIAR SpA England [60] Via Montefeltro 8, 20156 Milan, Italy [28] [4] CURRAN JOHN $ % Aero-engine ,-^ '"^f test facilities and s for civil military aviation J Mk 8 FACILITY with TRISTAR RB 211 3" i la 1 mi J Mk 9 FACILITY with TORNADO RB199 1 ^^i fa * Workshop Pre-Rigging * Instant Clamping and Coupling Rapid Throughput of Engines jfj Round Access Hi Full All Minimum Maintenance Hi * Adaptable to other Engines within the Capacity Range J Mk 6 FACILITY with HAWK-ADOUR 151 Mobile Test Facility with Industrial AVON Engine Run-Up FACILITY with PHANTHOM-SPEY 201 JOHNCURRANLTD~POBox72-CurranRoad-CARDIFF-Wales-UK-CF1 1TE Tel:0222-20641 [5] ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ADVERTISERS FIAT Aviazione SpA Motoren-und Turbinen-Union Munchen GmbH Casella Postale 1389, Via Nizza 312, PO Box 50 06 40, D-8000 Munich 50, 10127 Turin, Italy [33] Federal Republic of Germany [23] Flight Refuelling Ltd Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2BJ, England bookmark Fokker BV Oerlikon-Bijhrle Ltd PO Box 7600, 1117 ZJ Schipol, Machine Tool Works, Birchstrasse 155, The Netherlands [40] & [41] CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland [25] Omnipol G Foreign Trade Corporation, Nek^zanka 11, 112 21 Praha 1, Czechoslovakia [68] Garrett Corporation PO Box 92248, Los Angeles, California 90009, USA [74] GIAT P 10 place Georges-Clemenceau, 92211 Saint-Cloud, Panavia Aircraft GmbH France [53] Arabellastrasse 16, D-8000 Munich 86, Federal Republic of Germany [7] Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company PRBSA Aviation Products Division (GB) Ltd, Viscount Way, London (Heathrow Airport), Division Recticel, Damstraat 2, Hounslow, Middlesex, England [17] B-9200 Wetteren, Belgium [32] Grumman Aerospace Corporation Precision Mecanique Labinal Bethpage, Long Island, New York 11714, USA .... [47] 5 avenue Newton, Pare d'Activit6s, 78390 Bois d'Arcy, France [32] I SpA Italtel R 12 Piazza Zavattari, 20149 Milan, Italy [39] Racal Acoustics Ltd Beresford Avenue, Wembley, Middlesex HAO 1RU, England [64] L Rinaldo Piaggio SpA Lucas Aerospace Ltd Via Cibrario 4, 16154 Genoa, Italy [31] Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands B90 2JJ, England [62] S M Saab-Scania AB McDonnell Douglas Corporation Aerospace Division, S-581 88 Linkoping, Sweden [11] Box 14526, St. Louis, Missouri 63178, USA [2] SAFT Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH Storage Battery Division, 156 avenue de Metz, Postfach 80 11 09, D-8000 Munich, 93230 Romainville, France [30] Federal Republic of Germany [15] SAMM Meteor SpA 224 quai de Stalingrad, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, Via Nomentana 146, 00162 Rome, Italy [34] France [42] ML Aviation Company Ltd Sangamo Weston Inc White Waltham Aerodrome, Maidenhead, Data Systems Division, PO Box 3041, Berkshire SL6 3JG, England [44] Sarasota, Florida 33578, USA [42]

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n»i . s' *\ WORLD'S ,MLL THE Seventy-second year of issue ^1 V' VS" - The annual record of aviation development and progress 1- V:'^ :» / / %. WR John Taylor FRAeS^FRHist^FSLAET CONTENTS [61] FOREWORD [63] GLOSSARY [71] FIRST FLIGHTS [77] OFFICIAL RECORDS [78] AIRCRAFT 1 HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT (including racing aircraft) 473 SAILPLANES 567 MICROLIGHT AIRCRAFT AND HANG GLIDERS 605 LIGHTER-THAN-AIR: AIRSHIPS 635 BALLOONS 640 RPVs AND TARGETS 645 AIR-LAUNCHED MISSILES 671 SPACEFLIGHT 689 SATELLITES AND SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED DURING 1980 710 AERO-ENGINES 713 ADDENDA 798 INDEXES 814 ^ WlAfjUFfCTOW^R (JF EJW EbUIPI^IENT 3 1111 00775 769- 92^ CIVIC CENTER // (tNG \r ' i^ DOES NOT CIRCUUlTE '-\ With one hand you con hold this Barr& Stroud IR18iVII(n Thermoi imager. This isthe actual size ofthe Scan MwMe. The Barr& Stroud IR18 Mkll gives you new dimensions in surveillance and weapon aiming-through smoke and mists, by dayand night. The most advanced and compactthermal imager & inits class. The IR18 Mkll consists of scan, electronic, power Barr Stroud supplyand telescope modules. Enquiriesto High-performance, rugged, easyto operate and with distortion Barr&StroudLimited,MelroseHouse free scan, it sees to the horizon. Itis findingapplication on aircraft, 4-6 SavileRow,LondonWIXlAF RegisteredOffice&Works ships,militaryvehicles and in fire fightingand police work. CaxtonStreet,Anniesland,Glasgow,G13IHZ Pqjverful > Performance More than thi^e decades agoAvco made a commitment to gas turbine technology. Avco Lycoming Di\ision has since gi'ovvai to be a pacesetter in tlie field ofgas turbine development and production. O^er 22,000 turbine engines ha\'e been shipped from tlie Sti\itford, Connecticut plant. Turboshafis and tiu^boprops fi^om 600 SHP to 4,500 SHP. Turbofans fi^om 1,200 to 7,500 lbs. thiaist. More than 33 million hours ofoperation logged. And more than 50 international perfoniiance records set or held. I A short span oftime, a povvei^ful performance. And v\^e\^e still got our slee\'es rolled up. ^AVCO L^/COMING DIVISION S JANE' ALL THE WORLD'S AIRCRAFT 1981-82 50% new 80 "The Super quieter is 30% and uses less fuel. And 100% Now!" ready. it's Pete Conrad FormerAstronaut SeniorVice-President DouglosAircraftCompany "Our new Super 80 is the first of the new genera- with comparable seating. tion of jets. It's proving itself in service. And its "And it's amazingly quiet inside, too - just the performance is astonishing. beginning of a list of passenger comfort features "TheSuper80consumes30%lessfuelthantoday's that includes seats as wide as those in wide- planes it's replacing. Thattranslates into three fuel- bodied aircraft. free trips in every ten presently flown. The Super "I think the Super 80 impresses me the most 80's savings will let airlines maintain current levels when I take the controls. It's powerful, responsive of service even if fuel allocations are severely cut. and easy to fly Its advanced features cut crew "As for quiet, the Super 80 is only half as loud workload 35% to 40%. on takeoff and landing as other aircraft of its "The new DC-9 Super 80. It's everything the size. It reduces the noise impact on airport com- world needs to fly comfortably into the future. munities by 80% compared to other aircraft And it's here, today." r [21 aerospatiale we this is wiio are: one of the world's largest aerospace manufacturers Not the first in the world, but already the first in result of the merger of Nord-Aviation, Sud-Aviation Europe in terms of turnover (above 13 billion and Sereb. Some have been inclined to shorten our fWreenwcehrferainnccsoripno1r9a8t0e)dainnd19di7v0erusnidteyrofthperondaucmtes.of nsaammee,orbejteacitniinngmionndlywteheprienfiteiraltsoSb.eN.cIa.lAl.eSd.c; owimtmhotnhley Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale, as a aerospatiale it is our signature. top manpower Men whose imagination and creativity have made our achievements possible. Close to 40,000 employees, specialists, engineers, chosen for their skill in particular fields. ways and means The most modern research, development and production facilities, where data processing plays a leading port: Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM). Behind these means, a policy: to come up with the best product at minimum cost. products The mostdiversified range of aerospace products:airplanes, helicopters, tactical missiles, space and ballistic systems, combining top performance and low cost of operation in order to satisfy market requirements. We are the largest manufacturer of helicopters and tactical missiles in Europe, and the French Nuclear Defence Forces are equipped with our strategic ballistic missiles. Finally, in the framework of multinational industrial pro- grams, we are responsible for the success of a number of famous products that are not signed only with our name: AIRBUS A 300/A 310 - ARIANE CONCORDE HOT MILAN - - ROLAND INTELSAT V - METEOSAT... exports We are exporting 80% of our helicopter production, 70% of our missiles, 90% of our airplanes, as a mark of quality of our products - tailored to market requirements, and of our competitive sales policy. ,.^,r2spQ^j,v Societe Nationale Industrielle ||pS aerospatiale "•<»!5.eS<" 37, bd de Montmorency- 75781 Pans Cedex16 - France [3] . . . Alphabetical list of advertisers Aeritalia SpA Canadair Ltd Piazzale Tecchio 51, 80125 Naples, Italy 191 PO Box 6087, Station 'A', Montreal, Quebec H3C 3G9, Canada [38] Aermacchi SpA Central Engineering International Company Via Sanvito 80, 21100 Varese, Italy [66] 2930 Anthony Lane, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55418, USA [34] Aerospatiale 37 boulevard de Montmorency, 75781 Paris John Curran Ltd Cedex 16, France [3] PO Box 72, Curran Road, Cardiff CF1 1TE, Wales [5] Agusta Via Caldera 21, 20100 Milan, Italy [56] & [57] Airbus Industrie Difesa e Spazio SpA a3v1e70n0ueBlLaugcniaecn,SFerravnacntey, BP 33, :i3] Via Sicilia 162, 00187 Rome, Italy . . [511 DMS Airline Publications DMS Building, 100 Northfield Street, Noble Corner, Great West Road, Hounslow, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830, USA [44] Middlesex TW5 OPA, England [49] & Alfa Romeo Avio SpA Romigliano D'Arco, 80030 Naples, Italy [46] DMS (European Office) 31 Station Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon RG9 1AT, England [44] Avco Lycoming Inc 550 South Main Street, Stratford, Dornier GmbH Connecticut 06497, USA front endpaper iv PO Box 2160, D-8000 Munich 66, Federal Republic of Germany . . [8] & [9] Aviaexport 32-34 Smolenskaja-Sennaja Square, 121200 Moscow, USSR facing inside back cover Electronique Aerospatiale BP 51, 93350 Le Bourget, France [50] B Barr & Stroud Ltd Elettronica SpA Melrose House, 4-6 Savile Row, Via Tiburtina Km 13.700, 00100 Rome, London W1X 1AF, England facing inside front cover Italy inside front cover . . Elmer Bell Helicopter Textron Viale dell'Industria 4, 00040 Pomezia, Italy [27] PO Box 482, Fort Worth, Texas 76101, USA [72] GmbH Eltro Boeing Commercial Airplane Company Postfach 10 21 20, D-6900 Heidelberg 1, PO Box 3707, Seattle, Washington 98124, USA • [70] Federal Republic of Germany [29] Embraer International Bofors AB 12200 Sao Jos6 dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil .. [52] Ordnance Division, Box 500, S-691 80 Bofors, Sweden [21 . British Aerospace Public Limited Company Brooklands Road, Waybridge, Surrey KT13 OSJ, FIAR SpA England [60] Via Montefeltro 8, 20156 Milan, Italy [28] [4] CURRAN JOHN $ % Aero-engine ,-^ '"^f test facilities and s for civil military aviation J Mk 8 FACILITY with TRISTAR RB 211 3" i la 1 mi J Mk 9 FACILITY with TORNADO RB199 1 ^^i fa * Workshop Pre-Rigging * Instant Clamping and Coupling Rapid Throughput of Engines jfj Round Access Hi Full All Minimum Maintenance Hi * Adaptable to other Engines within the Capacity Range J Mk 6 FACILITY with HAWK-ADOUR 151 Mobile Test Facility with Industrial AVON Engine Run-Up FACILITY with PHANTHOM-SPEY 201 JOHNCURRANLTD~POBox72-CurranRoad-CARDIFF-Wales-UK-CF1 1TE Tel:0222-20641 [5] ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ADVERTISERS FIAT Aviazione SpA Motoren-und Turbinen-Union Munchen GmbH Casella Postale 1389, Via Nizza 312, PO Box 50 06 40, D-8000 Munich 50, 10127 Turin, Italy [33] Federal Republic of Germany [23] Flight Refuelling Ltd Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2BJ, England bookmark Fokker BV Oerlikon-Bijhrle Ltd PO Box 7600, 1117 ZJ Schipol, Machine Tool Works, Birchstrasse 155, The Netherlands [40] & [41] CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland [25] Omnipol G Foreign Trade Corporation, Nek^zanka 11, 112 21 Praha 1, Czechoslovakia [68] Garrett Corporation PO Box 92248, Los Angeles, California 90009, USA [74] GIAT P 10 place Georges-Clemenceau, 92211 Saint-Cloud, Panavia Aircraft GmbH France [53] Arabellastrasse 16, D-8000 Munich 86, Federal Republic of Germany [7] Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company PRBSA Aviation Products Division (GB) Ltd, Viscount Way, London (Heathrow Airport), Division Recticel, Damstraat 2, Hounslow, Middlesex, England [17] B-9200 Wetteren, Belgium [32] Grumman Aerospace Corporation Precision Mecanique Labinal Bethpage, Long Island, New York 11714, USA .... [47] 5 avenue Newton, Pare d'Activit6s, 78390 Bois d'Arcy, France [32] I SpA Italtel R 12 Piazza Zavattari, 20149 Milan, Italy [39] Racal Acoustics Ltd Beresford Avenue, Wembley, Middlesex HAO 1RU, England [64] L Rinaldo Piaggio SpA Lucas Aerospace Ltd Via Cibrario 4, 16154 Genoa, Italy [31] Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands B90 2JJ, England [62] S M Saab-Scania AB McDonnell Douglas Corporation Aerospace Division, S-581 88 Linkoping, Sweden [11] Box 14526, St. Louis, Missouri 63178, USA [2] SAFT Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH Storage Battery Division, 156 avenue de Metz, Postfach 80 11 09, D-8000 Munich, 93230 Romainville, France [30] Federal Republic of Germany [15] SAMM Meteor SpA 224 quai de Stalingrad, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, Via Nomentana 146, 00162 Rome, Italy [34] France [42] ML Aviation Company Ltd Sangamo Weston Inc White Waltham Aerodrome, Maidenhead, Data Systems Division, PO Box 3041, Berkshire SL6 3JG, England [44] Sarasota, Florida 33578, USA [42]

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