Turkey creates its first training aircraft

The first Turkish training aircraft, HÜRKUŞ, will be tested in June this year, the Anatolia news agency reported on March 21, referring to the Turkish Scientific and Research Centre for Aerospace Technologies (TUSAŞ).

According to the agency, the aircraft was developed with the participation of domestic engineers.

TUSAŞ was established in May 1985 with foreign capital. In 2005, it bought the shares owned by Lockheed Martin of Turkey (42 percent) and General Electric International (7 percent).

TUSAŞ produces parts for the F-16 fighter, the A380 passenger and the military A400M airbus. Since last year, it also has been producing diffusers for A350 airbuses.

Adapted from Vestnik Kavkaza