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FLIGHT WMZMM •••'••••••.'»W1 FOUNDED 1909 NUMBER 4576 VOLUME 151 HEAD OFFICE Quadrant House. The Quadrant. Sutton. Surrey SM2 5AS, UK. 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';• --;tesionals working in all sectors of the aerospace MM) wwiavMde. senng an branches of airframe systems, support eouipment and component manufacture and all sectors of opera tion, including air transport, general aviation, defence, spaceflight and regulatory and other authorities. • Comment 3 • Headlines Pace quickens on 747IGW work... 4 Swedes hold Baltic trainer talks Tensions mount over Eurofighter 5 UK industry appeals for government funds Bell rings the changes in Romania 6 Europeans seek airport alliance • Russian Aerospace '97 Minister warns on restructuring... 8 ARIA has second thoughts on Western aircraft ...but Air Ukraine presses on 9 Bilateral obstacles exasperate FAA • Air Transport Three new 737 studies revealed.... 12 British Midland expands maintenance Fokker plans maintenance growth 14 Air New Zealand switches to GE Airbus limits A3 XX engine choice 16 FAA demands icing action on EMB-120 • Defence Samsung acts to save KTX-II 18 Overheating curtails first MDC X-36 flight Boeing plans 707 cockpit update... 19 .. .and USAF looks at re-engineing scheme UK looks at UAV options 20 Israel tests MiG-29 Fulcrums Israel has had a close look at the Fulcrum Japan plans Hawkeye update 21 • Business KLM profit fall leads to cuts 22 Strong dollar hits SIA results • General Aviation Avions Mudry is taken over 23 AIDHS nears first MD 600N delivery • Spaceflight Space station to be manned in 1999 30 Boeing sets deadline for Teledesic selection CONTENTS • Industry 27 • News Analysis Modernise or compromise 28 US defence faces stark choices in cost debate • People 30 • Features All change in Hong Kong 31 Cathay Pacific reshuffles its management The road beyond Damascus 33 Israel's defence industry faces private shake-up Maintenance directory part 2 39 Covering Africa, Asia and Australasia A Boeing 747 has been blown up in the name of research. The ultimate aim is to make aircraft more resistant to terrorist bombs 62 MASK W*GKU'/fl-a-T l\TVW*TKH*i. Affordable training 64 Skyfox has high hopes for its Gazelle trainer • Letters 66 • Straight and Level 67 • Classified 68 The top international marketplace for aircraft, equipment, tuition and jobs. Flight International's annual military flight- safety review examines how safety is being advanced by an increasingly international exchange of ideas and information. We also list 19% military accidents >0 KSRESS WBPA PUBLISHING x ,™~"0"- ISSN0015-3710 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 28 May - 3 June 1997
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