The name Nurtanio is a tribute to Nurtanio Pringgoadisuryo, one of the first aviation pioneers in Indonesia, who designed the Sikumbang, an indigenous all metal aircraft (maiden flight: 1 August 1954). As a result of his death caused by a flight training accident on 1 March 1966, the existing Aviation Industry Preparation Agency was renamed Nurtanio Aviation Industry Institution LLC (Lembaga Industri Penerbangan Nurtanio or LIPNUR).
On 26 April 1976, mandated by Government Act No. 15, in Jakarta, PT. Industri Pesawat Terbang Nurtanio (IPTN or Nurtanio) was officially established with Dr. B.J. Habibie as the President and CEO. The infrastructure was completed and inaugurated on 23 August 1976 by President Suharto. The new body was a merger between LIPNUR and Pertamina's Advanced Technology Division.
Initially, IPTN manufactured the NBO 105 (MBB Bo 105) under license from MBB, followed by the NC 212 (CASA C-212 Aviocar) under license from CASA. The CASA-Nurtanio CN-235 was jointly developed with CASA.
On 11 October 1985, the name PT. Industri Pesawat Terbang Nurtanio was changed to the PT. Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara. Nusantara signifies the Indonesian 17,000 island archipelago.
Following the 1997 Asian financial crisis, a major restructuring program was implemented. IPTN was re-introduced as PT. Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) or Indonesian Aerospace (IAe). IAe was officially inaugurated by the President of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid, in Bandung on 24 August 2000.
Nurtanio-Bölkow Bo 105
The NBO 105 (MBB Bo 105) was manufactured under license from MBB by IPTN from 1976.
Nurtanio-Bölkow Bo 105C (NBO 105CB), registration NV-412, built ????, serial number ???? Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS), Denpasar, Bali, 19 May 2016
