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FLIGHT NUMBER 4599 VOLUME 152 HEAD OFFICE Quadrant House. The Quadrant. Sutton. Surrey SM2 5AS, UK. 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Cheques made payable to flight International Distributed by Marketforce Flight International is a weekly news magazine for professionals working in all sectors of the aerospace industry worldwide, serving all branches ol 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. REED *&t BUSINESS INFORMATION Y§PA • Comment 3 • Headlines Agility-optimised S-37 is revealed 4 Makers of 30-seat jets battle for US orders China signs its huge Boeing order 5 Ariane 502 lifts off successfully Boeing offers longer-range 747 8 .. .as Airbus pushes A340-500 • Air Transport KLM plans regional reshuffle 10 Fairchikl Domier nears order for 328-130 CityLine lines up CRJs 11 .. .while Maersk takes 15 of the 70-seaters Discount airlines get US slots 12 Boeing offers Sabena 737 maintenance deal BA prepares low-fare operation.... 13 FAA issues AD on ageing 737 lap joints Air France opens Lyon second hub 14 Bra/.il searches for airport investors • Defence DARPA details UCAV plans 15 Matra BAe ASRAAM scores bulls-eve [**-'.- ; ..^ - | -tfAjj&k mm ET 31 Mjk ^1 • j"5 . a- a •A^^^S^-'ivj F-16 was used hi successful ASRAAM test S Korea signs for KTX-II go-ahead 16 GKN Westland starts DIRCM tests at last UK studies joint helicopter brigades 17 Thais tackle Harrier challenges Singapore will buy more Chinooks 18 SLAM-ER end-to-end test is successful • Business SIA warns on Asian upheavals 19 .. .CNAC puts back Hong Kong listing launch BAe/Dasa buy Siemens division.... 20 Sabena shares in City Bird start-up • Simulation American order boosts E&S 21 FSI supplies more business-jet units • General Aviation Malaysia wins first aircraft export.... 22 Viking works on Orenda-powered DHC-2 CONTKNTS • Spaceflight Athena holds up Lunar Prospector 24 Russia will bring Mir down to Earth in 1999 Industry 25 • Features Survival of the fittest 26 What is the future for Japan's domestic start-ups? Flight International takes a look at the state of airline- pilot training, and asks whether attitudes are in need of an overhaul. 30 Power to change 35 IHPTET programme is at halfway stage Facing a challenge 38 Progress needed for AE3IX to stay on schedule AE3IXpartners must solve critical issues • People 41 • Letters 42 • Straight and Level 44 • Classified 45 The top international marketplace for aircraft, equipment, tuition and jobs. r As delivery of the 400th Bombardier Canadair Challenger business jet approaches, Flight International describes the Challenger 604. With cutaway drawing. ISSN0015-3710 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 5 - 11 November 1997
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