| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | PK-XNK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | IPTN N250 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | IPTN N250 |
| Aircraft Version: | IPTN N250-100 |
| C/n (msn): | PA-2 |
| Operator Titles: | IPTN |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Bandung - Husein SastranegaraMap |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: WICC IATA: BDO Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 24 October 2009 |
| Photo by: | Adrian Romang |
| Photo ID: | 517963 |
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In the mid 1990's, the N250 was an ambitious commuter aircraft project of IPTN (Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara, now Indonesian Aerospace). The 50-seat prototype N250-50 c/n PA-1 registered PK-XNG first flew on August 10, 1995, followed by the longer 2nd prototype on December 19, 1996. The project was to counter the sucessful ATR-42/72 series aircraft but unfortunately, the asian financial crisis of 1997 killed the N250 project altogether. In this 2009 picture, the 2nd prototype (64-68 seats layout) can be seen sitting abandoned on IPTN's premisis in Bandung, Java. This photo is copyright © Adrian Romang, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 12 November 2022, and has since been viewed 3677 times. |