Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander

retro a scris:

BN2 ar merita un topic separat; este dupa Iak52 cel mai produs avion in Romania si unele surse indica chiar productia actuala a lui la Romaero ( ultimul a fost livrat in mai 2008!!!!!). Stie cineva mai multe?

retro, confirmarea vine de la Google, imagine 2008, un BN-2 nou noutz in fata halei Romaero

Exista deja un topic dedicat BN-2
https://romanian-spotters.forumgratuit.ro/aeronave-in-romania-f6/bn-2-islander-yr-bnk-t1011.htm
iar foto e postata de mine aici
https://romanian-spotters.forumgratuit.ro/bucuresti-aurel-vlaicu-baneasa-bbu-lrbs-f28/bucuresti-aurel-vlaicu-baneasa-martie-2009-t1590.htm

ovidiu51 a scris:

retro a scris:

BN2 ar merita un topic separat; este dupa Iak52 cel mai produs avion in Romania si unele surse indica chiar productia actuala a lui la Romaero ( ultimul a fost livrat in mai 2008!!!!!). Stie cineva mai multe?

retro, confirmarea vine de la Google, imagine 2008, un BN-2 nou noutz in fata halei Romaero

Poate imaginea este chiar din mai 2008

GYN a scris:

Exista deja un topic dedicat BN-2
https://romanian-spotters.forumgratuit.ro/aeronave-in-romania-f6/bn-2-islander-yr-bnk-t1011.htm
iar foto e postata de mine aici
https://romanian-spotters.forumgratuit.ro/bucuresti-aurel-vlaicu-baneasa-bbu-lrbs-f28/bucuresti-aurel-vlaicu-baneasa-martie-2009-t1590.htm

este, dar topicul il are in exclusivitate pe YR-BNK si istoria lui

asta este BN-2'u cel care il vezi pe harta aceea

inca niste poze cu bn-2'ul













Pratt & Whitney

grassone a scris:

asta este BN-2'u cel care il vezi pe harta aceea

Daca esti asa de aproape , ne spui si noua daca se mai produc si in 2009? este exemplarul nr cinci sute saizeci si....sau a trecut la 570 ?

pai unul este in linia de fabricatie... dar din cate stiu o sa il faca pe componente si le trimite pachet in anglia... o sa fie ultimul din cate se aud pe acolo
vorbe sunt multe, faptele conteaza mai mult, stiu sigur ca unul este in productie acuma si e cam 85% gata

YR-BNR



YR-BNM

Foarte interesante ultimele doua fotografii. Mai pune, te rog.
BNK mai este pe acolo?

retro a scris:

Foarte interesante ultimele doua fotografii. Mai pune, te rog.
BNK mai este pe acolo?

o sa il caut sa vad daca mai este...

grassone,motorul este tot batranul Lycoming?
ce vad aici e sigur tot un boxer.

cel nou care a iesit vara trecuta are motorizare lycoming

Stie cineva cate BN-2 au fost in serviciul Aviatiei Militare, in ce perioada si care a fost rolul lor?
Singura urma este un BN-2 numarul 130 de la MAv...
Am citit intr-un articol din Jurnalul national / Scanteia ca se folosea un BN-2 de la Flotila 50 / Otopeni sa-i duca mancarea lui Ceausescu de la Bucuresti la Neptun, cand statea la mare - sa fi fost 130?

Vici a scris:

Stie cineva cate BN-2 au fost in serviciul Aviatiei Militare, in ce perioada si care a fost rolul lor?
Singura urma este un BN-2 numarul 130 de la MAv...
Am citit intr-un articol din Jurnalul national / Scanteia ca se folosea un BN-2 de la Flotila 50 / Otopeni sa-i duca mancarea lui Ceausescu de la Bucuresti la Neptun, cand statea la mare - sa fi fost 130?

Ia-o usurel ca dai in balarii, stirile despre aviatie trebuie citite cu atentie. la Neptun esra doar un helipunct si nu pista de aterizare. BN-2 a fost in dotarea aviatiei militare in anii `70 si `80

Conform cu lista AACR, YR-RAB iese din circuit. Il vom vedea la un alt operator sau gata zborul pt. el ?

YR-RAB era de vanzare de multa vreme pe Plancheck.com Probabil ca a fost vandut. Lucru care nu prea imi convine... Aveam un proiect legat de el...

grassone a scris:

pai unul este in linia de fabricatie... dar din cate stiu o sa il faca pe componente si le trimite pachet in anglia... o sa fie ultimul din cate se aud pe acolo
vorbe sunt multe, faptele conteaza mai mult, stiu sigur ca unul este in productie acuma si e cam 85% gata

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/05/28/342568/britten-norman-brings-production-back-to-the-uk.html

sursa: http://promotia1975.blogspot.com

propellerdream a scris:

YR-RAB era de vanzare de multa vreme pe Plancheck.com Probabil ca a fost vandut. Lucru care nu prea imi convine... Aveam un proiect legat de el...

Tot in tara a fost vandut: http://www.caa.ro/fisiere/OPERATORI%20AERIENI%20ROMÂNI%2003.12.2010.doc

Dupa o perioada destul de lunga de inactivitate , YR-BNP si-a reluat activitatea de zbor.
La inceputul saptamanii a efectuat un zbor la Tulcea

ovidiu51 a scris:

Dupa o perioada destul de lunga de inactivitate , YR-BNP si-a reluat activitatea de zbor.
La inceputul saptamanii a efectuat un zbor la Tulcea

Vad ca apare si intr-o poza facuta de bolundache la TGM. Cel putin dupa exif, asta s-a intamplat in luna ianuarie anul asta...

Ai dreptate, la exif nu m-am uitat

So there are now two Islanders flying in Romania? YR-BNP and YR-RAB?

Steve

Interesting story about YR-BNK.

See http://s188567700.online.de/CMS/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=187


1978 Britten Norman BN-2A Islander

Although the fugitive aircraft was not military, this case saw involvement of the Air Force, thus it is presented for
completeness sake. On the morning of Friday, 19 May 1978, two mechanics employed by CIPA (Centrul de Instruire a
Personalului Aeronautic – Center for Aeronautical Personnel Training), came at their workplace, Baneasa airport
in Bucharest, decided to steal a plane and fly it – for the first time in their life – all the way to Germany.
Viorel Nicolae (age 23) and George Florescu (age 25) had several reasons: George’s cousin was not allowed to
go to Germany for medical care, and eventually due to the rapid deterioration of his health he wasn’t able to
escape with them, passing away three months later. They also lacked professional perspectives – being detached from TAROM to the less glamorous CIPA, not allowed to have a passport, plus were caught by the Police while driving a motorbike without license, and looked at 6 months in jail each.

At 2 PM, one of the aircraft Viorel was assigned to work on, a Britten Norman BN-2-A27 Islander registered YR-BNK
landed after a training flight. This aircraft had previously been assigned to Aviasan, a nation-wide emergency medical
flying service. Consequently, it still had large Red Cross signs on the fuselage. This detail was going to prove vital in the
subsequent events. Viorel was very interested on how it behaved during the flight, asking the pilots lots of questions
about any potential problems. As it was scheduled for another training sortie the next morning, he checked and fueled it
up. Their plan was to take BN-2 serial YR-BNL because it had weather radar, but as BNL was running late, they decided
to take BNK instead.

Being pay day, most of the people finished their program and left for home, or were about to do so, when the two
mechanics sneaked on board, started the engines, and began to taxi very fast on the apron, directly towards the main
building of the airport. The control tower, located on top of that building, was being refurbished with the controllers
relocated to offices on the first floor, from where they could not see the apron. During the wild taxi roll, the BN-2 hit with its left wingtip the radome of a parked An-24 RV YR-AME. Than it banked sharply, at high speed, to the right and took the short taxiway to the runway. After the (no flaps) take-off the BN-2 gradually gained height but than apparently dived at treetop level over Baneasa forest. It was 3:15 PM. Initially nobody knew who was on board, but soon the military was ordered to force the plane to land. The pair of MiG-21s on QRA from the 91st Regiment at Deveselu had been scrambled, but a misunderstanding occurred over the radio, so they intercepted and forced down an An-2.

Meanwhile, the fugitives managed to cross the Carpathian Mountains trough the valleys and clouds, but only just, as they were flying below the mountain tops. The engines were set at 70% power in order to give maximum endurance. George was the pilot flying only by the instruments, while Viorel was the copilot helping with radio navigation (a key factor in such a long flight) and visual cues.

The two MiG-21MF-75 on alert belonging to the 93rd Regiment at Giarmata (near Timisoara) intercepted the BN-2, which was flying at an altitude of 600 meters. After passing in front of the Islander, one of the MiGs fired two long cannon bursts as warning. Viorel clearly saw the rounds impacting the ground ahead of them, and both heard the noise. They instinctively descended; their heading was towards Arad airport as they were using radio navigation, so it is possible that the MiG pilots thought they got the message and were going to land. There is also a report that the gun of the second MiG jammed. After the MiGs left, Viorel made a navigation correction, diverting from NDB Arad to the Hungarian border.

An AAA battery located nearby got them in its sights, but the battery commander received conflicting orders: one of the superior officers ordered him to shoot it down, another to hold his fire. In the confusion, the fugitives managed to cross the border into Hungary, after crossing a good part of Romania in a flight lasting 2,15 hours - out of the total flight time of 4 hours.

The Hungarians were asked to bring it down by the Romanian authorities. YR-BNK was intercepted and
circled twice by a Hungarian MiG-21, which left them alone. Probably the Red Cross painted on the sides of the fuselage prevented a shootdown. The fugitives crossed Hungary from south-east to north-west with Lake Balaton as a waypoint and landed in Austria on a field, short of Vienna, lightly damaging the front landing gear as it hit an irrigation trench - all this after a missed attempt when Viorel achieved a hard three point landing purely by chance.

Although they wanted to reach Munich in Germany, the cloud covered Alps and impending sunset made them change the plan, remembering how narrow was their crossing of the Carpathians.

The aircraft was returned to Romania disassembled in a truck, several workers from IRMA being sent to Austria to
dismantle it on-site. YR-BNK is currently (2009) in open storage at Baneasa, awaiting overhaul. Initially Viorel and
George were sheltered in a refugee camp, but when Romania issued an extradition request, the Austrian authorities
imprisoned them for 6 months and had doubts about their story, finding it hard to believe they were not qualified pilots. Finally, they were allowed to apply for political asylum and went to Melbourne, Australia. George never flew again, Viorel obtained PPL. Back in Romania, they were sentenced in absence to 40 years in prison.

The consequences of this defection were immediate: airports which did not share the runway with any air force units, as well as all the Romanian Air Club airfields received armed military guards. One could not fuel up or start an engine without written order shown to a supervising officer. As a measure of intimidation, two IAR-316 B Alouette III were detached to Baneasa from the 94th Helicopter Regiment based at Alexeni, each armed with four UB-4 (4 shot, 57mm unguided rocket pods)