Second Hürkuş TC-VCI Prototype Rolls-Out from Hangar

The second prototype Hürkuş with tail number TC-VCI in which the assembly work was completed on 14 May rolled out from the hangar during the first week in July after two months of hangar conducted tests.  

The TC-VCH prototype flight tests within the scope of the Hürkuş Project are rapidly continuing. Up to the present time, the first prototype has carried out 62 sorties for a total of 70 hours. On the other hand, structural strength tests for the 2 static prototype aircrafts being build under the Project are continuing at TAI facilities. According to the latest announcement from the SSM, it has been indicated that the climbing limit tests of the prototype static aircraft have been successfully concluded and critical climbing test have commenced. 

After the first engine start-up on 14 July and the maiden flight planned for August, the 2 Hürkuş prototypes TC-VCH and TC-VCI will simultaneously continue with test flights.

The ground and flight tests of the Hürkuş Basic Trainer Aircraft, as one of Turkey’s indigenous programmes, are being conducted by the TAI Integrated Aircraft Group under the leadership of the SSM.

Flight and structural strenght tests of the Hürkuş-A civilian model are expected to be completed towards the end of the last quarter of 2015. Following the tests, the necessary certificates for the Hürkuş-A model from the Turkish Civil Aviation General Directorate (SHGM) as well as the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will be obtained.