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1997 - 0107.PDF
FLIGHT !•.'•• • •'••••-••'gl FOUNDED 1909 NUMBER 4557 VOLUME 151 HEAD OFFICE Quadrant House. The Quadrant. Sutton. Surrey SM2 5AS. UK. 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Distributed by Matkefforce Flight International is a weekly news magazine for professionals working in all sectors of the aerospace industry worldwide, serving all branches of airframe systems, support equipment and component manufacture and all sectors of opera tion, including air transport, general aviation, defence, spaceflight and regulatory and other authorities ^2& REED rcS BUSINESS t^ INFORMATION Y§PA • Comment 3 • Headlines 1996 shows record accident rate... 4 Thai cutbacks threaten military/civil projects z\330 fire causes Airbus action 5 AMRAI takes hand in N250 approval Big three do big business in 1996.. 6 Airbus is ready to name AE-100 team • Air Transport SIA closer to Indian involvement.. 8 Airbus chooses two FANS suppliers F28 re-engineing choice imminent 9 India alters Delhi ATC rules Delta halts intra-Europe flights.... 10 Augsburg may expand with Dash 8-400 STAe plans leasing-business growth 12 Aviazur updates its Islander fleet Turboprop BN2T replace Aviazur's BN2A • Defence Philippines studies twin fighters... 14 Israel shows off anti-tank missile to Poland German Tornados will be updated 15 US Army continues to assess Starstreak Antonov alters An-70 controls 16 DarkStar flight tests set to be resumed NPO develops air-launched Alfa .. 18 Bell wins USMC UH-1N modernisation deal • General Aviation FAA demands FJ44 inspections 19 Gennany moves to approve Cessna 150 upgrade • Business Raytheon snaps up TT defence 20 France nears Aerospatiale/Dassault merger Sabena resurrects off-shore plans 21 AMJ buoyant on BAe 146 sales prospects • Spaceflight EELV passes maj or milestone 22 Mercury could be fifth Discovery's destination Ariane 4 boosts Arianespace 'record' 23 ISSN 0015-3710 CONTENTS Industry 24 Features Pre-production aircraft T3 returns-from Bosnia Joining forces 26 US Army/Air Force JSTARS in Bosnia > a o H 0) K ill > o o FLIGHT •*••¥• AIRLINE SAFETY K^ssliJHl The still- unexplained TWA 747 accident in July is among the accidents and incidents listed in our annual Flight Safety Review. 31 Carrying on 29 USN defends its need for a better F-18 Still going strong 40 Belgian air force rises above major cutbacks Breaking the ice 42 NASA is beaten to Moon's 'ice' discovery • People 43 Letters. 44 • Straight and Level 45 • Classified 46 The top international marketplace for aircraft, equipment, tuition and jobs. A look at auxilliary power units includes a guide to the products available. Also, we publish a flight test of the new Cessna 172 single-piston-engined light aircraft. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 15 - 21 January 1997 1
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