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NUMBER 4905 VOLUME 164 21-27 OCTOBER 2003 This week NEWS Headlines 4 Sales drought takes 757's scalp. Flight testing snags affect Typhoon and F/A-22 5 EADS Casa raises helicopter hopes. Bombardier plans consolidation 6 Safety audit threatens Olympic's game plan. NASA set for second X-43 attempt Air Transport 8 Passenger payout rules ushered in. Concorde proves safer tyre design 9 P&W completes first phase of PW6000 turbofan test effort. Airlines prepare for Singapore onslaught 10 Boeing studies 747-based transport for 7E7 assemblies. Real-time cockpit video under study 12 Anti-missile teams line up bid. Aeroflot aims to double numbers as it starts fleet renewal 13 Qantas in fleet acquisition talks. Shake-up for Belgian market Defence 14 Singapore eyes 2012 for JSF. USAF forces pace on mini-datalink 16 Hungary urges air force shake-up. 17 Peru maps military aviation revival. Global Hawk lands in Germany 20 R-R to offer Hawk re-engining. Budget cuts hit Israeli space plans Business Aviation 21 Hawker winglets set for approval. NICE system gets go-ahead 22 Quieter Gulfstreams will cost less. JetEquity wants to buy Skyport General Aviation 23 Eurocopter hopes Subang centre will lift Eurocopter sales. Seabird and Royal Jordanian Academy sign MoLI The Flight Interview 24 Chief executive Marshall Larsen readies Goodrich for the recovery. Business 26 New delay holds back US plan to reform export tax. UK R&D holds up despite slowdown Spaceflight 28 NASA to add second safety flight. Orbital Sciences gears up for OSP with realignment 29 Training & Simulation Tyndall AFB pilots start F/A-22 Raptor training. FSI hosts new generation of simulation software REGULARS 3 Comment 74 Straight & Level 75 Letters 77 Classified 82 Appointments 89 Employment Services Index Next week World Airliners part 2 Part two of our annual directory focuses on regional aircraft, with a programme and market update on every type. We also analyse the major trends in the marketplace over the past year. Plus: a look at progress in Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft. About the cover Flight International's Mark Wagner has spent much of the past month capturing Concorde's last departures from London Heathrow. He shot BA's flight 001 to New York Kennedy in August. 21-27 October 2003 E2.40/USAS5.75 LIGHT I O N A L The final roar 8 pilots, politicians and engineers relive their part in supersonic project Original Concorde • Rebuilding Iraq's aviation • World Airliners part 1 COVER STORY/CUTAWAY Concorde: flawed icon 34 To mark the end of the supersonic era, eight pilots, engineers and politicians involved in Concorde's early days describe what it was like to be part of aviation's most ambitious project. Plus: Frank Munger's original cutaway, and Tim Brown's side elevation drawings of Concorde colour schemes. IRAQI AVIATION The lost years 30 How do you rebuild a country's aviation system after years of neglect and war? That is the task facing Iraq's occupation authority as it battles to open airports, establish air traffic control and connect Iraq to the world again. Tim Ripley reports from Basra on its success so far. DIRECTORY: WORLD AIRLINERS Speed limit 47 With airlines in crisis, the last year has seen market emphasis switch to efficiency from speed. Part one of our two-part annual directory is the definitive guide to all airliner types with100-plus seats. www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 21-27 OCTOBER 2003 1
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