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CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL 17-23 OCTOBER 1990 NUMBER 4238 VOLUME 138 HEADLINES Air Russia takes shape AMRAAM and SFW for Desert Shield EFM makes delayed debut Supersonic transport developments UK may access improved Sidewinder SkyWest prefers Saab 2000 Swedish company probes Libya link AH-64A Apache defended United Airlines employee buyout fails NEWS: OPERATIONS Canadian airlines face cutbacks New fire-control systems coming Continental buys Boeing 757s Frontiers down: airport costs up Delta buys more MD-90-30s Indian A320s back in service Flawless mission by Discovery The return of Salyut 7 Soviets walk in space for Mir repair Casualties for US Gulf forces All Israelis to get gas masks Rafale funding is top priority US Navy picks up Penguins India's LCA under threat Patriot missile systems Israel-bound NEWS: BUSINESS 10 12 13 14 Fairchild assets sold Dubai air show to expand Sabreliner contract to be withdrawn? NEWS: TECHNICAL FAA considers new approach system 16 UK safety software programme Yugoslavs launch WIG vehicle study 17 "A330/A340 assembly plant opens 'v» Ff j| .—- s ~ .'.'..''•'•'.'-'•'•?-•'"' fill • m ••II III "" ^ ":'1 iiHf ^,jl f-fi COVER STORY Swearingen Jaffe's almost-complete SJ30 just missed I990's NBAA convention where Piaggio handed over its first Avanti (inset). We review a busy NBAA. P 28. Crossair prospers P44. Vulcain thunders P39. NEXT WEEK We flight-test the MD-11 as McDonnell Doug las prepares to deliver its latest trijet into the hands of the airlines A light aircraft from Moscow 18 Yakovlev develops parachute system Troubled C-17 now on schedule 22 NATO works on air-defence funding Brunswick's new turbojet TALD 23 Modified Goshawk's first flight ESA ready for Huygens Titan probe 26 Neutron star image from ROSAT More pictures from Magellan NBAA REPORT "Best ever" business show A record number of exhibitors NEWS MAKERS 28 A look at Deutsche Aerospace Young company seeks an identity FEATURES 30 Australian deregulation 34 New competition from November Vulcain rocket motor Testing gathers momentum 39 Crossair expands 44 A successful European regional airline COMMENT Storm warning for airlines People 3 46 Letters Straight and Level 49 51 £jg± REED BUSINESS ^ PUBLISH" " GROUP H PUBLISHING ISSN 0015-3710 Published in association with Airline Business by Reed Business Publishing Ltd, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS, England. © Copyright Reed Business Publishing Ltd 1990. Founded 1909. Second-class postage paid at RAHWAY, New Jersey, and additional entries. Postmaster: Send address corrections to: Flight International, c/o Mercury Airfreight International Ltd Inc, 2323 Randolph Avenue, Avenel, NJ 07001. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 17-23 October 1990
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