ITALY'S NEW SUPERTRAINERS M-346

 Dutch Aviation Media 2008

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AERMACCHI DID IT AGAIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Italian Aermacchi Factory can be proud ! 
Several independent European aviation magazines dedicated an article on this new developed plane !

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AAERONAUTICA & DIFESA - ITALYA   
  
The Italian magazine Aeronautica & Difesa had two extended reportages about the M-346
by C. Tatangelo and Liberatore Foscolo (Aermacchi factory and Paris - Le Bourget)

AARANYSAS - HUNGARYA   
    
Aranysas reports about the M-346 and M-311 in one edition
Next to the M-346-T (trainer) the M-346-K (combat) is an excellent light Fighter as well !   

AINTERCEPTION - GREECEA
INTERCEPTION also dedicates much attention...
... to this exellent plane
It's very compact, easy to maintain...
... very small cost to fly...
... to be used for small defense or attack tasks as well...
 
... and last but not least: Very nice to see !
APTISI - GREECEA
The collegues of Ptisi Greece did a fine job on their article ! Scroll down for our own story below
The M-346 is developed as a superior trainer
Special techniques have been applied
Aermacchi developed it in cooperation with Yakovlev

ATOPGUN - ROMANIAA   
Aermacchi's M-346 'The Other Daredevil' 
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APILOOT EN VLIEGTUIG - THE NETHERLANDSA   
    
All information about the M-346-T in the Dutch magazine 'Piloot en Vliegtuig'.  
M-346-T Fighter-Trainer plane is grown up !
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Scroll down for our photographic impression about this medium sized giant !
A complete new trainer with excelling prospects !
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Here you see the machine in a test environment, and later flown by a test-pilot
 
And yes, ofcourse it can make long distances by refuelling air-to-air
 
After every flight the machines is checked, looked after, on every small detail
   
View in the cockpit. First time this wing-fuselage concept is integrated in a trainer
 
The project started in 1993 with Yakovlev, and resulted in a fine demonstrater 
 
Some other views of the prototype
 
And a safe landing of the training giant
 
Presented to high society and related people, Government, Aermacchi 
 
Testing and flying, over and over again
 
Surprise: As M-346-K Aermacchi shows to have an excellent Light-Fighter as well !
 
Various arms can be carried, such as Iris-T, short range air-air missile (Fire and Forget)
 
And day after day, testing... testing... testing... and posing sometimes !
   
Testing refuelling, all possible aspects, plane in - plane out....
 
Simple manual checks, up till very specific technical tests on each single part
 
Along the Aermacchi factory, and proud on the concrete: Many, many happy landings, M-346 !!
     
In time, we'll see this machine appear elsewhere in Europe on airshows may we hope !
 
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