Ibis Aerospace, the joint venture of Czech company Aero Vodochody and Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC), rolled out its Ae270 single-engined turboprop in Prague on 10 December.
The Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A-powered aircraft, the first of five prototypes, will begin flight testing in February, with US and Czech certification and first deliveries following in the first quarter of 2001. The Ae270 will be available in two variants - the pressurised PT6A-powered Ae270P priced at less than $2 million and the $1.4 million Walter M601 F-powered, non-pressurised Ae270W, scheduled for roll-out in the third quarter of 2000.
Source: Flight International
