Conti nued from page 593 Yak-28s may replace 11-28 Beagle torpedo-bombers with t he Soviet Naval AF. Brewer D reconnaissance and Brewer E ECM aircraft will be t he last to be withdrawn from t he first line. Operator: SovAF Other nations FLIGHT International, 6 March 1976 Operators: Australia 11; Indonesia 6 on order; Peru 2 on order, 5 on option; Philippines 12. BRAZIL Aerotec T-23 Uirapuru Production of this pri mary t rai ner continues for Brazil, at a r at e of t en a year, and for export. Operators: Bolivia 18; Brazil 100; Guatemala 10 on order?; Paraguay 20 on order. Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante Including options and civil orders, 135 Bandeirante light t ransport s have been ordered and t he cur r ent production r at e is four a mont h. Just over 40 of t he 60 passenger-carrying versions for t he Brazilian Air Force have been delivered. Twenty freighters are on order. The Brazilian Air Ministry has ordered 12 EMB-111 mari t i me patrol vari ant s. These are equipped with an APS-503 nose search radar, a Collins inertia! navigation system and various other new avionics as well as 67gal wingtip fuel t anks and a high-power searchlight. The Brazilian Air Force may order two navaid-calibration Bandelrantes. Operators: Brazil 80 on order; Uruguay 5. ARGENTINA FMA IA-50 Gil Production of Guaranis is now understood to be complete, although plans for a pressurised version still exist. Including pre-series aircraft, 41 of these light t ransport s were built, not all for military use. Operators: Argentina 22. FMA IA-58 Pucara The first of an initial batch of 30 Coin Pucaras, designated A-501, was handed over t o t he Argentine Air Force in November 1974 and about one aircraft a month is currently being produced. This is planned to rise to t hree a mont h during 1977, and t he total Argentine requi rement is understood to have risen from 70 to about 100 aircraft Operators: Argentina up to 100 required. Neiva T-25 Universal Designed as a basic t rai ner to repl ace T-6s in t he Brazilian Air Force, 142 aircraft had been delivered by t he end of November last year. Operators: Brazil 150 on order; Chile 10. CANADA de Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo The Buffalo line was re-opened in 1974 to build an initial batch of 19 aircraft, 15 of t hem for export. The new Buffaloes are powered by t he GE T64-820-4, flat-rated to 92 F instead of t he previous versions' 59F. Gross weight is up to 49,0001b and payload is up 50 per cent t o 18,0001b. Fuel capacity is up 2,0001b, improving payload-range without t he need for additional t anks. Operators: Brazil 21; Canada 14; Ecuador 2 on order; Peru 16; Zaire 6 on order; Zambia 7. CZECHOSLOVAKIA Aero L-29 Delfln* St andard basic t rai ner for t he Warsaw Pact countries and some sold in small numbers elsewhere. Well over 3,000 were built before production is believed to have ceased in 1974. Operators: Bulgaria; Czechoslovakia 150; Egypt 100+; East Germany, Guinea Republic; Hungary; Iraq; Nigeria 8; Romania; Soviet Union; Syria; Uganda 5. Aero L-39 Albatross Selected as successor to t he L-29, t he L-39 ent ered service with t he Czech Air Force in 1974 and is now also in service in t he Soviet Union. The aircraft is par t of a training package which also includes a simulator. Opera- tions have been tested from unpaved strips. Operators: Czechoslovakia; Iraq t rai ner and ground-attack variant on order; other customers in Warsaw Pact. **n '-.-irar" 0K-1B4 i S l w i f t i i i i f ! i i i The FMA IA-58 Pucara Coin aircraft (above left) has been in service with the Argentine Air Force for wore than a year. The Czech Aero L-39 Albatross looks set fair to replace more than 3,000 of its L-29 predecessors AUSTRALIA GAF N22 Mission Master Approximately half t he 56 orders for N22 are for t he military Mission Master, which is produced on t he same line as t he civil Nomad. Thirty-six aircraft have been delivered so far and production r at e is four a month. New developments include t he recent first flight of t he st ret ched N24 prototype and t he addition of 5951b of optional auxiliary fuel in integral wing-tip t anks. The N24 is nearly 6ft longer t han t he N22, has a typical empty operating weight of 4,8201b but t he same maxi mum take-off weight at 8,5001b. With t he auxiliary fuel, maxi mum range at 140kt with reserves is up to 1,110 n.m., but max disposable load is down 901b to 3,7051b. FINLAND Valmet LEKO-70 Flight-testing of this t wo/ t hree-seat pri mary t rai ner began last year following a prototype order from t he Finnish Air Force. Operators: Finland, prototypes only on order. GERMANY (WEST) Dornier Do28D Skyservant Lat est production version was Do28D-2, of which 121 were delivered to German Air Force and Navy. Operators: Germany 121; Israel 4 + ; Morocco 1; Nigeria 8; Zambia 10.