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NUMBER 4902 VOLUME 164 30 SEPTEMBER - 6 OCTOBER 2003 This week NEWS Headlines 4 Robinson studies family addition. Boeing seeks break with Lockheed Martin to clarify F/A-22 reporting 5 SIA set to prompt new order battle. NASA reviews safety panel 6 Seoul pushes KMH helicopter plan. Bedek wins race to launch 747-400 conversion Air Transport 8 BA sets out Swiss Oneworld rules. Asian crash victims win damages 9 Boeing finally finds takers for ex-SIA A340-300S. Fire halts Air Deccan flight 10 Eurocontrol set to mandate VDL-2. Air China searches for fleet additions 12 Alenia seeks ARJ21 assembly role. USA to fund missile defence effort 14 Bombardier cracks Q400 turboprop reliability problems. Russian lessor clinches deals 16 Australia to launch Tasman plan Defence 17 US DoD could purchase tankers. Belgium may lose F-16s 18 European politicians urge creation of single arms agency. Lockheed Martin begins C-5 upgrade 20 UAV study reveals reliability issues. Malaysia-Russia helicopter deal due 21 Canberra shakes up acquisition. UK Nimrod upgrade completed Business Aviation 22 China poised for business jet bonanza. Eclipse 500 confirms low-speed credentials General Aviation 25 ATSB recommends R-22 checks. China searches for SAR helicopter Helitech 26 UK MoD increases reliance on civilian-owned fleet. Europe's police pick Eurocopter 27 Bell resurrects LongRanger Business 28 Airbus threatens to blacklist failing suppliers. Evans & Sutherland cuts staff Technology 30 Ion thruster develpment moves into next phase. NASA eyes cellular neural network Spaceflight 31 NASA to accelerate space plane. SpaceDec to provide motor for Scaled Composites' X-Prize bid Liberty XL-2 set for take-off - P25 REGULARS 3 Comment 59 Letters 62 Classified 67 Appointments 73 Employment Services Index Next week Spanish special Spain has never been in the major league of aerospace nations. But the success of Airbus has helped give a boost to its industry. We look at its prospects. Also: maintenance directory for Europe/CIS, NBAA first news and Future of Flight: avionics/systems. About the cover The Hawker Horizon was photographed over Kansas by aviation photographer Paul Bowen in August during a certification test flight. NBAA preview - P32 Fractionals - P34 Census - P43 30 September-6 October 2003 E2.40/USAS5.75 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL COVER STORY/CUTAWAY Light on Horizon 46 Eight years after its launch, will Raytheon's super mid-size business jet have been worth the wait? Technical description and cutaway drawing. BUSINESS AIRCRAFT SPECIAL Signs of recovery 32 Will the NBAA show help boost a sluggish sector? Rule and divide 34 New fractionals rules are fuelling a transatlantic rift. Limited entry 38 Is there room for all the microjets set to hit market? Creeping ahead 43 Market trends in our annual business aircraft census. A stage too far 53 Is hushkitting the answer to prohibitive noise bans? Leaving it tight 56 The rush to become RVSM compliant in the USA. www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 30 SEPTEMBER - 6 OCTOBER 2003 1
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