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NUMBER 4929 VOLUME 165 13-19 APRIL 2004 This week NEWS Headlines 4 Northrop Grumman gets radical in radar proposal. IATA predicts surge in demand for advance passenger information 5 USA warns Europe on Open Skies. P&W ready to run STOVL F135 6 Costs rule out Pratt & Whitney in race to power 7E7. Airbus to provide VIP A380 8 UK faces helicopter shortfall. US Navy buys V-22 Osprey Air Transport 9 Cebu could save 717 programme. Threatened rule changes scare ERA 10 Eurofly targets business class. Airbus studies wheel weight effects 13 Europe to name unsafe airlines. Air India looks abroad for pilots 14 Qantas invests in low-cost start-up. Links could lead to pan-Balkan airline Defence 16 BAE pushes to grow Nimrod work. South Korea urged to join JSF team 17 Lockheed Martin reworks MMA payload configuration. Dutch Apaches in Afghanistan 18 MH-60R avionics snags ironed out. Firescout ready for first armed trials 19 Balkan trainer revived. Series Mi-28N Night Hunter flies Business Aviation 21 Start-up aims for public transport. Small business body attacks FAA 22 G160 to boost Grab's GA focus. LHT cuts BizJet value as interiors work slumps 24 25 26 28 29 General Aviation Australia acts to reduce accidents. Surveillance demand prompts Reims to enhance F406 Business MTU cuts jobs as it gears up for stock market. Air Canada hunts for saviour US government props up satellite services market. LHT agrees LOT overhaul deal Technology EADS uses vacuum process in A380 production. Algorithms to help UAVs Spaceflight Hubble successor design gets go- ahead for testing. PanAmSat suffers satellite failure troubles REGULARS 3 Comment 70 Straight & Level 71 Letters 73 Classified 76 Appointments si Employment Services Index Next week Regional airlines Our regional airlines special looks at the changing shape of the US marketplace as the majors reassess their networks. There is a revealing in-service report on Bombardier's CRJ700 and CRJ900 and we examine Russia's regional jet plans. About the cover Flight International's test pilot Mike Gerzanics flew Gulfstream's long-range G550 from the manufacturer's test facility in Savannah. Simulators - P44; 7E7 power - P6; Latin America - P36 13-19 April 2004 www.flightinternational.com £2.40 / USAS5.75 FLIGHT I O N A L The ultimate Gulfstream Can G550 ~--~. outperform its long-range rivals? Civil simulator census Pratt suffers 7E7 power loss Latin American business aviation COVER STORY: FLIGHT TEST Longer ranger 30 A guaranteed non-stop business jet flight from New York to Hong Kong? We test fly Gulfstream's new G550, an aircraft that promises this and more. BUSINESS AVIATION Latin appeal 36 The second Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition is being held in Brazil this week in a climate of optimism among manufacturers SURVEILLANCE Common solution 40 Who will win the battle for the US Aerial Common Sensor contract? Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are locking horns for the deal. CIVIL SIMULATORS Trying times 44 In a tough market, civil simulator manufacturers are starting to turn the corner. Our census lists who offers what and where. www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 13-19 APRIL 2004 1
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