Turkish Aerospace and Farnborough Airshow announced that Hürjet Advanced training aircraft would have a demonstration flight in the U.K., but it was cancelled, and TurDef explains why.
The aircraft recently achieved 0.9 Mach speed at 30,000 feet altitude, performing one of its essential tests of transonic speed. According to information received from TUSAŞ officials, the aircraft was expected to attend the show as planned. Farnborough would be the international debut for Hürjet. The aircraft had to fly to the U.K. and make several technical stops. It is said that pilots wanted to have either a chasing aircraft or complete some tests for such flight.
The only available aircraft was Hürkuş; however, it was too slow to perform a formation flight during the entire journey. Alternatively, it could fly alone, but as mentioned previously, some tests had to be completed before the journey. The tests were planned prior to the airshow but were postponed due to the weather conditions at that time in Ankara. As a result, a test phase that was not completed in time was converted into a logistical support problem. Hürjet however was presented as a mock-up.
Denying claims that the Farnborough International Airshow administration has not given the Hürjet a slot for demonstration flights, TUSAŞ officials told TurDef, “The weather is fine in Ankara. There is no problem with Hürjet now; all tests are fine, and the aircraft conducts test flights.”
