Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Former President BJ. Habibie (left)
in the dialog
Red and White at his residence in
Patra Kuningan area,
Jakarta, Wednesday (7/3). (AFP
PHOTO / Rosa Panggabean)
“ Currently, no need to blame
one another “
Yogyakarta (ANTARA News) - Former
President of the Republic of Indonesia and former Minister of Research and
Technology BJ Habibie, Indonesia believes that young people are able to develop
aerospace technologies in the future.
"The human resources of the
Indonesian nation was able to develop aerospace technologies. Proof existing
N250 aircraft that can be produced and it was not a dream," said BJ
Habibie was interrupted by a visit in Taman Pintar Yogyakarta on Wednesday.
According to him, the development
of aerospace technology in the country is very important because it will be
able to connect the distance between the islands in the country far enough.
What's more, he added, the growth
of airline passengers in Indonesia in the last 10 years so rapidly that it has
been proved that Indonesia as an archipelagic country needs an airplane.
"Right now, no need to blame
one another. Thing to do now is fight for aerospace technology can be further
developed in Indonesia," he said.
BJ Habibie has now set up a
company, PT Regio Aviation Industries (RAI) to be engaged in the business of
making the first private aircraft in Indonesia. In the enterprise, BJ Habibie
has served as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners.
The company was established in
collaboration with two other private companies, namely, PT Ilhabi Ilham Akbar
Habibie Rekatama property that will hold a 51 percent stake, and PT Eagle
Capital owned property Erry Firmansyah that holds the 49 percent stake.
The plan, the employees of the
company are former employees of PT Dirgantara Indonesia who decided to come
home from abroad plus the nation who recently graduated from the manufacture of
aircraft.
The first project to be done is
to "turn on" the back plane N250 once created BJ Habibie and was the
star in the class of aircraft propellers.
Aircraft N250 was aired for the
first time on August 10, 1995 and was purchased by a number of countries. Due
to the economic crisis in 1997, the plane seemed to disappear.
BJ Habibie aware, to revive the
aerospace technology in Indonesia is not an easy task because this time, PT
Dirgantara Indonesia only has about 3,000 employees.
"Aircraft industry has been
dissolved, and nothing else that promote strategic industries, plus the lack of
legislation to protect domestic production," he said.
He hoped the government could
invest in the company through PT DI, a number of educational institutions and
also Puspitek.
Besides going to redesign N250,
the company will also develop super jet N2130.
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