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1994
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INTERNATIONAL Editorial Enquiries Editorial Fax Display Advertising Display Advertising Fax Classified Advertising Classified Advertising Fax +44 (81) 652 3842 +44 (81) 652 3840 +44 (81) 652 3315 +44 (81) 652 8981 +44 (81) 661 6373 +44 (81) 652 3279 Telex 892084 REEDBP G Subscriptions +44 (81) 402 8491 fax: +44 (81) 402 8383 Back issues (recent copies only) +44 (81) 652 3315 Picture Library +44 (81) 652 3427 Flight Directories +44 (707) 665151 USA Newstrade Sales Enquiries +1 (718) 392 7477 LONDON Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS, UK EDITORIAL ENQUIRES +44 (81) 652 3842 Editor Allan Winn +44 (81) 652 3882 Editor's PA Barbara Raine +44 (81) 652 3882 Deputy Editor Forbes Mulch +44 (81) 652 3852 News Editor Andrew Chuler +44 (81) 652 3843 Operations/Safety Editor ,44 (81) 652 3845 David Learmounl Business Editor Kevin OToole +44 (81) 652 3835 Commercial Aviation Editor Kieran Daly +44 (81) 652 3837 Defence Aviation Editor Douglas Barrle +44 (81) 652 3834 Technology/Industry Editor Simon Elliott +44 (81) 652 3838 Data Systems Editor Jenny Long +44 (81) 652 3847 Editorial Assistant Kale Sarslield +44 (81) 652 3842 Production Editor Chris Thornton +44 (81) 652 3850 Design Editor Mike Wells +44 (81) 652 3828 Layout Sub-editor Annabel Goddard +44 (81) 652 3848 Technical Artist Tim Hall +44 (81) 652 8047 Technical Artist David Halchard +44 (81) 652 8047 Technical Artist John Marsden , +44 (81) 652 8054 Spaceflight Correspondent Tim Furniss +44 (237) 451756 Photographer (Europe) Mark Wagner +44 (81) 944 5225 Display Advertisement Sales Group Advertismen! Manager Trevor Parker *44 (81) 652 3319 Deputy Advertisement Manager Nick Wilcox +44 (81) 652 3892 Senior Area Manager Robin Gordon +44 (81) 652 4998 Area Manager Mark Janaway +44 (81) 652 3317 Area Manager Janice Lowe +44 (81) 652 3316 Advertisement Production Howard Mason +44 (81) 652 3267 EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST European Editor Julian Moxon .33 (1) 46 29 47 61 Fax +33 (1) 46 29 47 49 Munich Correspondent Andrzej Jeziorski +49 (89) 689 1041 Fax +49 (89) 689 1045 Paris Correspondent Gilbert Sedbon +33 (1) 4825 5261 Israel Correspondent Arie Egozi +972 (3) 967 1155 Moscow Correspondent Alexander Velovich +7 (095) 393 4717 Fax +7 (095) 393 4717 Sales Director (France) Pierre Mussard Representative (Italy) Romano Ferrario +33 (1) 46 +39 (2) 29 46 29 58084 302 AMERICAS American Editor Graham Warwick Washington Correspondent Ramon •1 (404) 587 2927 Fax +1 (404) 594 1534 +1 (703) 836 7443 Fax +1 (703) 836 8344 USA West Coast Correspondent (Los Angeles) Guy Norris +1 (714) 252 8971 Fax +1 (714) 252 8972 Photographer (USA) Craig Schmitman +1 (805) 649 9192 President RBP (USA) Ray Barnes Traffic Manager JoAnn Lapp Vice President US Sales John Tidy Sales Director (Mid West and Canada) Gene Glendinning Sales Director (East Coast) Robert Hancock Business Development Director Sheena Robbins +1 (212) 867 2080 +1 (212) 867 2080 Fax *1 (212) 687 6604 +1 (714) 756 1057 Fax +1 (714) 756 2514 +1 (708) 635 9920 Fax +1 (708) 635 0602 •1 (703) 836 7444 Fax +1 (703) 836 7446 +1 (703) 836 7444 Fax +1 (703) 836 7446 ASIA/PACIFIC Asian Editor (Singapore) John Bailey Australian Correspondent Paul Phelan Sales Director Mike Hancock (Singapore) Account Manager Susan Yeo Regional Representative (Japan) Shoichi Maruyama Publisher Gavin Howe For full advertisement information +55 226 3188 Fax +65 227 1769 +61 (70) 532 791 Fax +61 (70) 533 003 +55 226 3188 +55 226 3188 Fax +65 223 6960 +81 (3) 3234 2161 Fax +81 (3) 3234 1143 +44 (81) 652 3436 see page 44. COMMENT A NEW-YEAR DREAM F ollowing an unexpected climatic in version over the Northern Hemi sphere in late December, there is an outbreak of commonsense in the world of aerospace in 1994. Among the most important results are the following:- •Airlines realise that profitability and yield are worth more than market share, and agree that none will set fares below cost. •The US Department of Defense confirms a proper production order for the most important military transport of this decade, the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey. *Europe and the USA conclude an air- services agreement which supersedes all existing bilaterals, and centralises control of all European slot allo cations on a fair basis. •The UK actually or ders an attack heli copter and stales a firm policy on replacing the maritime-patrol Nim- rod aircraft. •BAA and the UK Civil Aviation Author ity agree that London Heathrow needs not only a fifth terminal, but a dedicated com muter runway as well. •The European Commission's new rules for airline subsidies state categorically that, henceforth, no government will pay any subsidies to any airline unless it is specifi cally to support a sole operator on a route which can sustain only turboprop aircraft of less than 50 seats. •The state-owned European airlines agree to merge into no more than six international carriers. In response, the USA agrees to withdraw Chapter 11 protection for un sound airlines. •NASA and the European Space Agency abandon all their plans for a future Freedom Space Station and instead agree to update the existing Russian Mir station. •The US Government scraps foreign owner ship restrictions on US airlines, subject only to the provision that, for every 10% stake that it takes in a US carrier, a foreign firm must guarantee to remove 2.5% of that carrier's existing domestic and transatlantic capacity. •The world's commuter-aircraft manufac turers coalesce into just two rival groups each making only one family of turboprops. •Lockheed, Saab and Eurofighter agree a Airlines realise that profitability and yield are worth more than market share, and agree that none will set fares helow cost." common standard for digital fly-by-wire software control laws, and successfully test- fly the F-22, Gripen and Eurofighter 2000 using that software. •The European Union decides to back up its multi-national rapid reaction force by purchasing fleets of EH. 101 transport heli copters and re-engined Lockheed C-5C heavy transports. •The Japanese Government puts compul sory purchase orders on enough land to build a proper international airport and imposes landing fees 20% of those charged at Tokyo Narita. •The organisers of the major European trade airshows get to gether and agree that there will be just one such show, held every two years. •A US, CIS and Euro pean consortium agrees to build a new- generation supersonic transport (SST). Ten major customers show faith in the project by taking risk-sharing stakes of 5% each. •The major manufacturers not involved in the international SST project agree to form another consortium to build a 600-seat subsonic airliner, on which there will be only two engine options. •European governments agree to merge all their national aerospace-research efforts into one properly funded, independent NASA- style body. •The USA and Europe strike a deal over the aircraft sections of the GATT trade agree ment: no more than 20% of a project may be government funded, direcdy or indirectly. •ICAO becomes an equal partner with the CIS and US military in a merged GPS/ GLONASS satellite-based navigation system, and the Europeans join the international effort to perfect an autonomous differential GPS-based Category Illb landing system. •The US Government puts a legal cap on product-liability payments, pending the dis mantling of the system altogether. In return, the certification rules for kit-built aircraft are tightened, and the simple recreational- pilot licence is withdrawn. Ah well, it was a nice dream, wasn't it? We wish you a prosperous and successful New Year, despite the improbability of any of these predictions coming true. D FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 5-77 January. 1994
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