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NUMBER 4939 VOLUME 165 22-28 JUNE 2004 This week NEWS Headlines Boeing lands $3.9bn MMA deal. Hollow victory for airlines Dassault/EADS plan future combat. Alcatel completes space merger Commission calls for NASA revamp. United in loan appeal Bombardier sets narrowbody goal. KMH contest kick started Air Transport 8 Boeing reveals "Sky Suites" vision. Airbus unveils A380 plan 9 SAS and crew accused over fuel. Independence celebrates opening 10 JetBlue to fit HUDs on 190 fleet. China lands A380 subcontract work 11 Virgin America ready for take-off. Supply snags delay An-148 flight 12 Boeing near to 7E7 deal in Europe. Lion Air forges ahead with expansion 13 Emirates agrees routes plan with Airservices Australia. Two carriers fill Royal Tongan gap Eurosatory 14 EADS to inject $120m into Euromale. Italy readies airship for first flight 16 Bell picks team for European push. Armed mini-UAV for anti-terrorism Defence 17 USA scales back BMC2 wish list. Impalas to fill Brazilian training gap 18 South Korea plans budget boost. China ready to launch HC120 19 Joint transport aircraft set to pile on the pounds. India to join exercise Cope Thunder Business Aviation 20 CAE aims for convertible device. Jet Aviation breaks Dubai ground 21 Bell ready to launch 427IFR. Sikorsky flies first production S-92 General Aviation 22 Smiths to take HUMS to next level. Australia to study standbys for NVFR Business 23 Finmeccanica eyes Gamesa. Asia Pacific fuels market recovery 24 Storm brews in USA over offsets. Snecma head rules out mergers Technology 25 Electrostatic field revisited. EOS system to clear space debris Spaceflight 26 ESA broadens long-term vision. World wide web reaches for Mars 3 40 41 43 47 51 REGULARS Comment Straight & Level Letters Classified Jobs Job of the week Maintenance engineer, Rolls-Royce, Derby, UK Next week Future of tiltrotors Three years ago, the V-22 Osprey appeared dead in the water. Now, as it faces new milestones with increased confidence, other tiltrotor programmes are regaining momentum. Plus: GA safety - how to stop the same types of crashes happening year after year. About the cover Bell/Agusta Aerospace has produced four flight-test AB139s. We flew the third test aircraft in northern Italy, with test pilot Bruno Bellucci. Maritime win - P4; 747 bunks - P8; NASA future - P6 22-28 June 2004 www.flightinternational.com £2.40 / USAS5.75 FLIGHT COVER STORY Medium rare 28 Flight International is first to flight test the Bell/Agusta Aerospace AB139 helicopter. With the introduction of medium twin-turbines a rarity, will the aircraft impress a market eager for new equipment? SPACE SHUTTLE Return mission 34 With 15 return to flight recommendations highlighted after the Columbia accident, NASA has been designing and developing radical safety measures in preparation for forthcoming Space Shuttle mission STS 114. Will they be enough? FIREFIGHTERS Under fire 38 The unexpected demise of the USA's ageing fleet of waterbombers has ignited a debate about the management of public-sector aircraft. With the fire season in the western states approaching, how will the firefighting authorities cope without them? And which agency will take ultimate responsibility for oversight of the fleet? www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 22-28 JUNE 2004 1
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