Brazilian newspaper article about Aeromot's push to get the Ximango line going!

[Thermalseeker]

Saw this posted on Facebook about Aeromot. The translation is difficult because I don't speak much Portuguese, but it appears that Claudio, the founder of Aeromot and considered one of the fathers of Brazilian aviation, is working hard to secure funding to restart the Ximango/Guri production line! I met Claudio in 2010 when I visited Brazil. I can tell you first hand he's a FIREBALL! If anyone can get it done, Claudio can:

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[Thermalseeker]

Saw this posted on Facebook about Aeromot. The translation is difficult because I don't speak much Portuguese, but it appears that Claudio, the founder of Aeromot and considered one of the fathers of Brazilian aviation, is working hard to secure funding to restart the Ximango/Guri production line! I met Claudio in 2010 when I visited Brazil. I can tell you first hand he's a FIREBALL! If anyone can get it done, Claudio can:

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[horst31]

Saw this posted on Facebook about Aeromot. The translation is difficult because I don't speak much Portuguese, but it appears that Claudio, the founder of Aeromot and considered one of the fathers of Brazilian aviation, is working hard to secure funding to restart the Ximango/Guri production line! I met Claudio in 2010 when I visited Brazil. I can tell you first hand he's a FIREBALL! If anyone can get it done, Claudio can:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1.0-9/14553_10203721568584074_1565643142_n.jpg

I made the translation but don't know how to copy it into this forum.

[horst31]

Saw this posted on Facebook about Aeromot. The translation is difficult because I don't speak much Portuguese, but it appears that Claudio, the founder of Aeromot and considered one of the fathers of Brazilian aviation, is working hard to secure funding to restart the Ximango/Guri production line! I met Claudio in 2010 when I visited Brazil. I can tell you first hand he's a FIREBALL! If anyone can get it done, Claudio can:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1.0-9/14553_10203721568584074_1565643142_n.jpg

I made the translation but don't know how to copy it into this forum.

[Steve Sliwa]

Article translation obtained from Horst:

The only aircraft manufacturer in the State and one of the three the country awaits what could be the last chance to reactivate production. The direction of the Aeromot, with industrial shed near the Salgado Filho international airport in Porto Alegre, led o the State Department of public safety application for the acquisition of ten units of motor glider Ximango Caracara, most popular model of the brand in the country and with more than 30 copies sold in the United States. The offer would meet the surveillance actions for combating cattle raiding and the crimes at the border. A possible positive sign could save the company from bankruptcy. The Aeromot has been in reorganization since 2009.

The Chief Executive of the industry, the aeronautical engineer Claudio Barreto Viana, met in February, with Carlos Roberto Sant’Ana da Rosa, Executive Secretary of the Office of public safety and Integrated Management Advisor holder's direct folder, Airton Michels. Sant’Ana reported that he recommended to the Military Brigade Aviation Battalion (BAV) a technical report. "I requested a study to point to technical feasibility. Can until demand, but I can't say anything, "pondered Sant'Ana, noting that it takes public procurement requirements.

The fight against cattle theft and monitoring of border areas are priority for the security plan. To defray possible acquisition, the gaucho Government could trigger funds Federal programs to equip the police.

Barreto Viana notes that the re-commissioning depends on this package. "This will make it possible to attract investors, admits the Executive, which today has a contract to provide technology to the Chinese. The BM battalion air commander, Major Marcio Galdino, cited the Ximango Caracara is a "cost-effective and viable platform". "We flew over 5 thousand hours with the equipment. It’s a spectacular aircraft ", defines Galdino, remembering that knows the hardships of manufacturer. This week the Commission of the BM will visit the premises of the company.

The proposal from the Aeromot includes thermal imager (Flir). The feature allows you to generate real-time photos to send teams on Earth. In public safety, one advantage of the motor glider would be the low operating costs, some R 350.00 time-flight. A helicopter can reach R 1 thousand. "We seek a program that has ' substance ', to re-open production. We have a solution to a problem Gaucho Gaucho ", enthuses Barreto Viana, formed by the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) and who founded the company in 1967.

Engineer Barreto Viana, as he is called by friends and aviation professionals, traded his career on Varig to develop technology and services and manufacture aircraft. The Group had three arms — Aeromot industry, maintenance and Aeroeletrônica. The last two were sold in the year 2000. The Aeromot Maintenance is now the Aeromot Aeronaves and Aeroeletrônica turned AEL. "Unless a miracle occurs, will be declared the bankruptcy of Aeromot," warned the Executive.

Today, at the age of 79 years, Barreto Viana traverses a saga since 2006 to retrieve the business. According to the founder (and fonts accompanying the origins of the crisis confirms), the turbulence began with the appreciation of the Real from 2004, which hiked the dispute in foreign markets. Of the 178 Ximangos produced, 59 equipped American pilot training schools, including the country's air force. Before the crisis, Barreto Viana says that the factory arrived to score until R 10 million a year.

In 2006, Gaucha was chosen to provide ten motor gliders to safety in the Pan American Games in 2007. Barreto Viana claims that the delay in hiring by the Union impeded deliver the application in time. The Thematic Chamber Coordinator of security at World Cup 2014 in the State and who headed the aviation in Panamericano, Kleber Senisse, explains that elected the aviation equipment specialists. "The Ximango is an observation platform of multiple applications, with autonomy of two to three hours of flight," cites Senisse.

The State Secretary of development and investment promotion, Mauro Knijnik, claims that it will be a loss to Rio Grande do Sul economy the eventual end of the manufacturer's activities. "I know the founder, righteous man, of great merit, as introduced this activity in the State," acknowledged the Secretary. "The idea is total and absolute to help, but you have to obey the legal requirements," explained Knijnik.

a small monthly revenue from maintenance and manufacture of spare parts for units that continue to fly in the country and abroad (the United States has the largest fleet in operation) and which covers salaries of less than ten remaining employees.

The recovery potential of the property, considering the location on the Avenida dos Estados, near Salgado Filho international airport, the bet is to raise capital and create conditions to resume the activity elsewhere, with leased building. "The divestment is part of the plan of paring down of operations and enable the payment of creditors," reinforces the lawyer. The Director of the Steelworkers Union of Porto Alegre Alfredo Gonçalves confirms that the former employees accepted the intention to sell output to honor the debt.

"Our struggle is for the judge to release" expressed the Director. "It would be nice if the Aeromot would rebound. Many former employees would return to work ", says the unionist. Ex-employees have migrated to aviation hubs such as Sao Paulo, the country's main. In the segment of Capital, remained in service settings, such as the workshops of TAP and blue. "The Aeromot was the company. Today has the AEL ", compares Gonçalves. The only aircraft manufacturer came to generate 500 jobs in the group.

Edited May 13, 2014 by Webmaster

[Steve Sliwa]

Article translation obtained from Horst:

The only aircraft manufacturer in the State and one of the three the country awaits what could be the last chance to reactivate production. The direction of the Aeromot, with industrial shed near the Salgado Filho international airport in Porto Alegre, led o the State Department of public safety application for the acquisition of ten units of motor glider Ximango Caracara, most popular model of the brand in the country and with more than 30 copies sold in the United States. The offer would meet the surveillance actions for combating cattle raiding and the crimes at the border. A possible positive sign could save the company from bankruptcy. The Aeromot has been in reorganization since 2009.

The Chief Executive of the industry, the aeronautical engineer Claudio Barreto Viana, met in February, with Carlos Roberto Sant’Ana da Rosa, Executive Secretary of the Office of public safety and Integrated Management Advisor holder's direct folder, Airton Michels. Sant’Ana reported that he recommended to the Military Brigade Aviation Battalion (BAV) a technical report. "I requested a study to point to technical feasibility. Can until demand, but I can't say anything, "pondered Sant'Ana, noting that it takes public procurement requirements.

The fight against cattle theft and monitoring of border areas are priority for the security plan. To defray possible acquisition, the gaucho Government could trigger funds Federal programs to equip the police.

Barreto Viana notes that the re-commissioning depends on this package. "This will make it possible to attract investors, admits the Executive, which today has a contract to provide technology to the Chinese. The BM battalion air commander, Major Marcio Galdino, cited the Ximango Caracara is a "cost-effective and viable platform". "We flew over 5 thousand hours with the equipment. It’s a spectacular aircraft ", defines Galdino, remembering that knows the hardships of manufacturer. This week the Commission of the BM will visit the premises of the company.

The proposal from the Aeromot includes thermal imager (Flir). The feature allows you to generate real-time photos to send teams on Earth. In public safety, one advantage of the motor glider would be the low operating costs, some R 350.00 time-flight. A helicopter can reach R 1 thousand. "We seek a program that has ' substance ', to re-open production. We have a solution to a problem Gaucho Gaucho ", enthuses Barreto Viana, formed by the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) and who founded the company in 1967.

Engineer Barreto Viana, as he is called by friends and aviation professionals, traded his career on Varig to develop technology and services and manufacture aircraft. The Group had three arms — Aeromot industry, maintenance and Aeroeletrônica. The last two were sold in the year 2000. The Aeromot Maintenance is now the Aeromot Aeronaves and Aeroeletrônica turned AEL. "Unless a miracle occurs, will be declared the bankruptcy of Aeromot," warned the Executive.

Today, at the age of 79 years, Barreto Viana traverses a saga since 2006 to retrieve the business. According to the founder (and fonts accompanying the origins of the crisis confirms), the turbulence began with the appreciation of the Real from 2004, which hiked the dispute in foreign markets. Of the 178 Ximangos produced, 59 equipped American pilot training schools, including the country's air force. Before the crisis, Barreto Viana says that the factory arrived to score until R 10 million a year.

In 2006, Gaucha was chosen to provide ten motor gliders to safety in the Pan American Games in 2007. Barreto Viana claims that the delay in hiring by the Union impeded deliver the application in time. The Thematic Chamber Coordinator of security at World Cup 2014 in the State and who headed the aviation in Panamericano, Kleber Senisse, explains that elected the aviation equipment specialists. "The Ximango is an observation platform of multiple applications, with autonomy of two to three hours of flight," cites Senisse.

The State Secretary of development and investment promotion, Mauro Knijnik, claims that it will be a loss to Rio Grande do Sul economy the eventual end of the manufacturer's activities. "I know the founder, righteous man, of great merit, as introduced this activity in the State," acknowledged the Secretary. "The idea is total and absolute to help, but you have to obey the legal requirements," explained Knijnik.

a small monthly revenue from maintenance and manufacture of spare parts for units that continue to fly in the country and abroad (the United States has the largest fleet in operation) and which covers salaries of less than ten remaining employees.

The recovery potential of the property, considering the location on the Avenida dos Estados, near Salgado Filho international airport, the bet is to raise capital and create conditions to resume the activity elsewhere, with leased building. "The divestment is part of the plan of paring down of operations and enable the payment of creditors," reinforces the lawyer. The Director of the Steelworkers Union of Porto Alegre Alfredo Gonçalves confirms that the former employees accepted the intention to sell output to honor the debt.

"Our struggle is for the judge to release" expressed the Director. "It would be nice if the Aeromot would rebound. Many former employees would return to work ", says the unionist. Ex-employees have migrated to aviation hubs such as Sao Paulo, the country's main. In the segment of Capital, remained in service settings, such as the workshops of TAP and blue. "The Aeromot was the company. Today has the AEL ", compares Gonçalves. The only aircraft manufacturer came to generate 500 jobs in the group.

Edited May 13, 2014 by Webmaster

[Steve Sliwa]

Ximango will be used in " security" during the Wold Cup.

The two units of the Ximango Air Grouping of the military police (Graer) of Bahia were scaled for to the vigilance of the World Cup in the region of Salvador, one of the 12 branches of the world cup in Brazil. Now also comes the chance to units of the Military Brigade Aviation Battalion to implement the feature. The sub commander of the battalion, major Marcio Galdino, explains that the motor gliders will have to go through maintenance, with production of new spare parts, which mobilizes the maintenance company and the battalion. "If we are able to repair, we will utilize it in the world cup," reveals Galdino.

The Commander of the Bahian Graer, Lazarus Raimundo Oliveira Monteiro, comments that the two units were purchased in 2004, after the Group were introduced to the models during a demonstration made by Gaucho battalion, whose pilot training school has students all over the Country and applied the motor gliders in the exercises. "We will use in the patrol of the highways and access to Salvador.

It is a very efficient machine for scale and cost benefit ", says Monteiro. One of the Ximangos had already been employed in the security during the "keys giveaway" competition last December in Costa do Sauípe. The motor glider shows greater efficiency to cover long areas and do more surveillance, supporting more ostensive actions with helicopters.

Other military air bases around the country have copies of the aircraft parked in hangars due to lack of maintenance, ripple effect of the stoppage of the factory. "We have identified a lot of planting marijuana in Pará with the motor glider. It was like a "whooping cough" of pilots when he arrived, "said Francisco Jose Souza, the Air of public security Grouping of Pará (Graesp). In Bahia, a contract with a company with certified mechanics to repair the planes allowed conditions to keep the small fleet. The Colonel from Graer pointed the thermal imaging device, the Flir, coupled at the base of the plane, as leverage for real-time generation of scenes that are being captured from the heights. The Flir, developed by Aeromot , in the 2000's, from the project with resources from Finep (federal Government), was included in the package offered to the Government of Rio Grande do Sul.

In the segment of air clubs of the State, the expectation is great about a chance of retaking of manufacturer. The Ximango is part of the era when the Government encouraged the industry, passing several aircraft models. The former Department of Civil Aviation (DAC), today the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac), acquired 25 units of the model and transferred to schools in lending. The President of the Aero Club of Alegrete, Fernando Guerra, who has a motorglider since 2005, with only 180 hours of flight, kept under care, but that doesn't fly by maintenance difficulties. "It is an excellent aircraft, which has done around the world, without incident. There is no better proof ", values, regrets the closure of dozens of air clubs inside for lack of support. "They were pilots, today the Government only sees the commercial aviation."

Aeromot had its golden time. They provided parts for Embraer (one of the three largest manufacturers of commercial aircraft in the world) for decades, offered avionics of the Super Tucano, Brazilian air force (FAB), and developed and manufactured aircraft Boeing armchairs, old Varig and Vasp and international airlines. Aeromot has a very good work environment, with "a lot of freedom to develop", recalls the Director of the school of Aeronautical Sciences of Pucrs, Elones Raja, who served in the company in 1990. Industry leaders are betting that new orders and attracting investors can return attraction on trained professionals in the State. "This would help in the effort of the Government to mount a pole in the industry," believes the Director-President of Aeromot, Claudio Barreto Viana.

Ribeiro recalls that the company was part of the AMX Jet project, from FAB (Brazilian Air Force). Aeromot was very strong, not only by the Ximango. They also provided service to Embraer, which had a strict quality control, "recalls the Director. The company even got to assemble drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) for the Navy. Ribeiro believes that the factory had tradition in training and and employing professionals graduated in local universities.

The development folder moves around the manufacturing project of microsatellite, with AEL (the Israeli Elbit), Digicom and Getnet. Just for studies, the demand is R$43 million. The attempt to obtain more funding from Finep ended up frustrated. The Secretary Mauro Knijnik negotiates funding from Bndes, whom he met on Friday in Rio de Janeiro. "If we get the go-ahead, we attract suppliers," Knijnik ambitions. The course Director of Pucrs opines that the Aeromot could strengthen the pole.

The General Director of ESPM-South, Richard Lucht, an aeronautical engineer by training, assesses that lack major conviction of the State and federal governments about the boost to the industry, whose asset is the permanent innovation, but who needs investments. "The aerospace and aviation sectors are the jewel in the Crown of the Government of the United States, and to preserve industry and suppliers, there is deliberate effort even in times of market contraction," contrasts Lucht. More than supporting the resumption of the Aeromot microsatellite project, the Director General of ESPM-South suggests the integration to the pole of São José dos Campos, largest in the country, where Embraer is located. The mechanical engineer and professor at Ulbra Nestor Rancich, reminiscent of the Aeromot, cites the "aeronautical culture" is in the local DNA. "But an investor with interest in Aeromot must be certain of its production perspectives."

Edited May 13, 2014 by Webmaster
tuning

[Steve Sliwa]

Ximango will be used in " security" during the Wold Cup.

The two units of the Ximango Air Grouping of the military police (Graer) of Bahia were scaled for to the vigilance of the World Cup in the region of Salvador, one of the 12 branches of the world cup in Brazil. Now also comes the chance to units of the Military Brigade Aviation Battalion to implement the feature. The sub commander of the battalion, major Marcio Galdino, explains that the motor gliders will have to go through maintenance, with production of new spare parts, which mobilizes the maintenance company and the battalion. "If we are able to repair, we will utilize it in the world cup," reveals Galdino.

The Commander of the Bahian Graer, Lazarus Raimundo Oliveira Monteiro, comments that the two units were purchased in 2004, after the Group were introduced to the models during a demonstration made by Gaucho battalion, whose pilot training school has students all over the Country and applied the motor gliders in the exercises. "We will use in the patrol of the highways and access to Salvador.

It is a very efficient machine for scale and cost benefit ", says Monteiro. One of the Ximangos had already been employed in the security during the "keys giveaway" competition last December in Costa do Sauípe. The motor glider shows greater efficiency to cover long areas and do more surveillance, supporting more ostensive actions with helicopters.

Other military air bases around the country have copies of the aircraft parked in hangars due to lack of maintenance, ripple effect of the stoppage of the factory. "We have identified a lot of planting marijuana in Pará with the motor glider. It was like a "whooping cough" of pilots when he arrived, "said Francisco Jose Souza, the Air of public security Grouping of Pará (Graesp). In Bahia, a contract with a company with certified mechanics to repair the planes allowed conditions to keep the small fleet. The Colonel from Graer pointed the thermal imaging device, the Flir, coupled at the base of the plane, as leverage for real-time generation of scenes that are being captured from the heights. The Flir, developed by Aeromot , in the 2000's, from the project with resources from Finep (federal Government), was included in the package offered to the Government of Rio Grande do Sul.

In the segment of air clubs of the State, the expectation is great about a chance of retaking of manufacturer. The Ximango is part of the era when the Government encouraged the industry, passing several aircraft models. The former Department of Civil Aviation (DAC), today the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac), acquired 25 units of the model and transferred to schools in lending. The President of the Aero Club of Alegrete, Fernando Guerra, who has a motorglider since 2005, with only 180 hours of flight, kept under care, but that doesn't fly by maintenance difficulties. "It is an excellent aircraft, which has done around the world, without incident. There is no better proof ", values, regrets the closure of dozens of air clubs inside for lack of support. "They were pilots, today the Government only sees the commercial aviation."

Aeromot had its golden time. They provided parts for Embraer (one of the three largest manufacturers of commercial aircraft in the world) for decades, offered avionics of the Super Tucano, Brazilian air force (FAB), and developed and manufactured aircraft Boeing armchairs, old Varig and Vasp and international airlines. Aeromot has a very good work environment, with "a lot of freedom to develop", recalls the Director of the school of Aeronautical Sciences of Pucrs, Elones Raja, who served in the company in 1990. Industry leaders are betting that new orders and attracting investors can return attraction on trained professionals in the State. "This would help in the effort of the Government to mount a pole in the industry," believes the Director-President of Aeromot, Claudio Barreto Viana.

Ribeiro recalls that the company was part of the AMX Jet project, from FAB (Brazilian Air Force). Aeromot was very strong, not only by the Ximango. They also provided service to Embraer, which had a strict quality control, "recalls the Director. The company even got to assemble drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) for the Navy. Ribeiro believes that the factory had tradition in training and and employing professionals graduated in local universities.

The development folder moves around the manufacturing project of microsatellite, with AEL (the Israeli Elbit), Digicom and Getnet. Just for studies, the demand is R$43 million. The attempt to obtain more funding from Finep ended up frustrated. The Secretary Mauro Knijnik negotiates funding from Bndes, whom he met on Friday in Rio de Janeiro. "If we get the go-ahead, we attract suppliers," Knijnik ambitions. The course Director of Pucrs opines that the Aeromot could strengthen the pole.

The General Director of ESPM-South, Richard Lucht, an aeronautical engineer by training, assesses that lack major conviction of the State and federal governments about the boost to the industry, whose asset is the permanent innovation, but who needs investments. "The aerospace and aviation sectors are the jewel in the Crown of the Government of the United States, and to preserve industry and suppliers, there is deliberate effort even in times of market contraction," contrasts Lucht. More than supporting the resumption of the Aeromot microsatellite project, the Director General of ESPM-South suggests the integration to the pole of São José dos Campos, largest in the country, where Embraer is located. The mechanical engineer and professor at Ulbra Nestor Rancich, reminiscent of the Aeromot, cites the "aeronautical culture" is in the local DNA. "But an investor with interest in Aeromot must be certain of its production perspectives."

Edited May 13, 2014 by Webmaster
tuning

[HiFlite]

Any further news on Aeromot? I'm told that parts are still available, so some kind of activity must exist.