ENAER T-35 Pillán
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ENAER T-35 Pillán (Script error: No such module "IPA"., Mapudungún: volcano or ancestral spirit) is a Chilean propeller-driven basic trainer aircraft. The student and the instructor sit in tandem. Production ceased in 1991 after 7 years but restarted briefly in 1998.[1]
Design and development
Prior to the eighties Chile possessed a decrepit fleet of military trainers obtained under the Mutual Defense Assistance Act. However, these trainers had become exceedingly difficult to repair following passage of a US arms embargo in 1976.[2] The PA-28R-300 Pillán was developed by Piper Aircraft in the United States as a two-seat military trainer for assembly in Chile, based on a PA-32R fuselage with a new center-section and wing stressed for aerobatics.[3] The first prototype designated XBT first flew at Lakeland on 6 March 1981 and was followed by a second prototype, designated YBT.[3] The second prototype first flew on 31 August 1981 and was then delivered to Chile.[3] The prototype XBT was delivered to Chile in January 1982 but was written off on 10 March 1982.[3] Production of kits at Vero Beach Municipal Airport commenced with three pre-production kits which were delivered for assembly in Chile in 1982, Vero Beach then produced 120 kits for assembly in Chile for the Chilean and Spanish Air Force.[3] The first production aircraft was delivered by ENAER to the Chilean Air Force Air Academy in August 1985.[3] The Spanish aircraft were assembled in Spain by CASA.[4]
Apart from a few turbine powered aircraft, all Pilláns were powered by a 300 hp (224 kW) Textron Lycoming AEIO-540-K1K5 six cylinder horizontally opposed piston engine.
In 1985 a turboprop variant was developed by ENAER as the T-35A Aucan.[3] In early 1986 one of the piston-engined pre-production aircraft was sent to Soloy Aviation Solutions in the United States for modification to install a 420 shp Allison 250B-17D engine.[3]
Variants
- Piper PA-28R-300 Pillan
- Two Piper built prototypes.[3]
- T-35A
- Two-seat primary training aircraft for the Chilean Air Force. 60 delivered by 1990.[5]
- T-35B
- Two-seat instrument training aircraft for the Chilean Air Force. 20 delivered by 1990.[5]
- T-35C
- Two-seat primary training aircraft for the Spanish Air and Space Force, known as the E.26 Tamiz. 41 delivered by 1987.[5]
- T-35D
- Two-seat primary and instrument training aircraft for Panama and Paraguay.[6]
- T-35DT
- Turboprop powered version, powered by a 420-ehp (313-kW) Allison 250-B17D turboprop engine. Original designation T-35XT.
- T-35S
- Single-seat aerobatic aircraft.[6]
- T-35T Aucan
- Improved turboprop powered version.
- Pillan 2000
- Proposed (1998) updated version of the T-35 Pillan with new wing.[7]
Operators
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- Chilean Air Force operates 31 aircraft as of 2017.[8]
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- Dominican Air Force operates four aircraft as of 2017.[9]
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- Ecuadorian Navy – operates three as of 2017.[9]
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- Air Force of El Salvador – operates three as of 2017.[9]
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- Guatemalan Air Force – operates four as of 2017.[10]
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- National Air and Naval Service of Panama – operates four as of 2017.[11]
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- Paraguayan Air Force – operates 9 as of 2017.[11]
Former Operators
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- Spanish Air and Space Force – ordered 41, all retired, 7 sold to Dominican Republic, replaced by Pilatus PC21.[12]
Specifications (T-35A)
See also
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Notes
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References
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External links
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