Turkish Turboprop Trainer Achieves First Flight

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has completed the first flight of the country’s first indigenously produced turboprop trainer. The Hurkus, named after celebrated Turkish aviator Vecihi Hurkus, took to the air from the TAI facility at Akinci airbase near Ankara on Aug. 29. The aircraft, in the...

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