Aerostar

Aerostar S.A., is an aeronautical manufacturing company based in Bacău, Romania.

History

Since its establishment in 1953, the company's name has changed in turn from U.R.A. to I.R.Av, I.Av. and finally Aerostar. It has been a subsidiary of the Ministry of Armed Forces, Air Defence Headquarters, General Industrial Direction of the Army, the Ministry of Machine Building Industry as part of the Central Department for Fine Mechanics and Aeronautical Industry, of Bucharest Aeronautical Group or of the National Centre of the Romanian Aeronautical industry.

Aerostar has provided repair and maintenance services for all the aircraft types used by the Romanian military. The company also developed the IAR-93 twin-engine, tactical ground attack and reconnaissance aircraft, the first fighter aircraft built in Romania after World War II. Upgrade programs for the MiG-21 (MiG-21 LanceR) and MiG-29 were developed by Aerostar in co-operation with Elbit Systems.

The company has produced more than 1800 Yak-52 aircraft, in three versions - IAK-52, IAK-52W and IAK-52TW.

Aerostar (video game)

Aerostar (エアロスター) is a 1991 shoot'em-up video game developed and published by Vic Tokai in 1991 for the Nintendo Game Boy. The cover art was illustrated by Lawrence Fletcher.

Plot

After the end of the Sixth World War, the Earth has been rendered inhospitable and uninhabitable by humanity. The Intergalactic Council ruled that Earth could once again be used by humans and sent people there to restore civilization there. Meanwhile, mutants have prospered in the long-lost wastelands of Earth and were unwilling to allow the humans to have it again. The Intergalactic Council has sent in a lone fighter called Aerostar to defend the Earth from a second act of total destruction.

Gameplay

The player controls a futuristic airplane that can only fly over certain roads. However, the aircraft can ascend and descend into other roads at the cost of being able to use firearms.

There are a variety of power-ups in the game; including missiles and lasers. Large bosses challenge the player in each level. There are three difficulty levels: easy, normal, and hard. Graphic details in the game include coastal streets, futuristic levels with instant-death spikes, jungles, and a fight in outer space.

Aerostar (disambiguation)

Aerostar can refer to any of the following: