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NUMBER 4871 VOLUME 163 25 FEBRUARY - 3 MARCH 2003 This week NEWS Headlines 6 NASA sets out Spaceplane requirements. SIA launches airliner contest 7 Boeing looks at tilt-wing demonstrator. BAE restructures Nimrod schedule 8 Largest airborne telescope installed on 747SR DoD revises UCAV roadmap Air Transport 10 7E7 family plan emerges. US DoJ sets out flight school rules 11 Emirates orders on the horizon. Lufthansa and R-R plan joint venture 12 Asiana brightens Star prospects. Pemco hardens conversion plans 13 Engine Alliance speeds GP7200 test plans. Eurocontrol runway warning 14 EGPWS upgrade set to strengthen airport safety. First Indian regional jets ready Defence 15 Raytheon offers Paveway IV to UK. Boeing and Northrop enter battle management team talks 16 Budget pressure forces Germany/Italy rethink on MPA. T-50 goes supersonic 17 Australia defers interim fighter. Denel begins A109LUH assembly 18 F/A-18 demonstrates precision. Roxel propels European missiles Business Aviation 19 Bexair mulls fleet growth. Adam A500 heads for certification 20 Delta AirElite fills business jet gap. Gulfstream set to widen missile protection option General Aviation 21 Airspace reform to profit Australian flight schools. Diamond DA42 reaches milestone Business 22 Lockheed Martin acts to shore up Alenia ties. Taiwan renews efforts to sell CAL> 23 Civil slump hits Snecma but Thales flourishes with defence. Market relieved after BAE deal Technology 24 Airbus combs airflow in quest for quieter aircraft. ESA explores asteroid defences Spaceflight 25 Russia to strengthen ISS support. Columbia break-up began above California Landing gear boost DA42-P21 REGULARS 5 Comment 39 Straight & Level 4i Classified 46 Appointments 53 Employment Services Index Next week Civil simulators What is new in civil simulators? We list who offers what. Our focus on freight examines Boeing's cargo strategy and asks how operators in the USA are coping with tough security laws aimed at stopping the freight sector being a terrorist soft target 25 February-3 March 2003 E2.40/USASS.75 FLIGHT O N A L laiTHSI BOTT) 9CJ3H H3WSC n « r- I AL_>< Ifi. * BAE breathes new life into trainer - but can it convert to orders? aytheon launches Paveway IV bomb Security crisis for US flight schools COVER STORY Unfinished symphony 26 BAE's Hawk advanced jet trainer is almost 30 years old and still performing strongly. Our flight test of the Hawk New Demonstrator Aircraft, the latest in a long line to bear the Hawk name, finds that although the jet closely resembles its predecessors, beneath its skin it is almost a totally new aircraft. But does it live up to the Hawk reputation of being a good flying aircraft? TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION Honing the Hawk 32 BAE's Hawk has been in continuous development since 1976, with elements from the newest versions for Australia and South Africa likely to be the basis for a further development for the UK Royal Air Force. But does the Hawk, which lacks fly-by-wire, supersonic speed and low-observable characteristics, match up to newer competitors such as the Aermacchi 346, the EADS Mako and Korea Aerospace Industries/Lockheed Martin T-50 Golden Eagle? SPACEFLIGHT Playing with fire 36 Nuclear-powered spacecraft could allow mankind to explore the outer reaches of the solar system more quickly and more thoroughly - and they are back on the agenda thanks to revitalised leadership at NASA. But will the public warm to the idea? www.fliqhtinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 25 FEBRUARY - 3 MARCH 2003 3
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