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NUMBER 4948 VOLUME 166 24-30 AUGUST 2004 This week NEWS Headlines 6 SIA finalises 777-300ER deal but springs 7E7 surprise. EC declares willingness to reform aerospace subsidies 7 NOAA plans UAV fleet 8 IATA to sell satellite images. THAAD adds layer to GMD 9 Water injection makes new splash. EADS joins Embraer in OGMA bid Air Transport 12 Cambodia plans flag carrier. A320 in Atlanta emergency 13 False warning cited in Kenya crash. Anti-Manpads contracts to be decided 14 Varig debt rings Brazilian alarms. Jet Airways resumes Embraer talks 15 Flights cut to ease O'Hare delays. Qantas prepares for Asian launch 16 Australia seeks scientific flightcrew management. Irish and UK pilots team at Ryanair Defence 17 Russia approves MiG-29 upgrade. USA to address missile defence gaps 18 Delay prompts fresh defence of interceptor. South Korea tests EH 101 and S-92 19 Dragon Eye UAV to be improved. Singapore seeks light helicopter data 20 Indonesian fighter plan in doubt. UK Eurofighters will have cannons Business Aviation 21 Business jet orders recover. Hushkit supplier widens its stage 22 Embraer to g row business range. China orders amphibians General Aviation 23 BAEC stays true to avgas strategy. Taiwan set to resume firefighter competition Business 24 SP Aerospace bankruptcy threatens NH90 supplies. $5 billion deal for Intelsat agreed The Flight Interview 25 SR Technics chairman Frank Turner Technology 26 Bremen powers up line to produce A340 spoiler. University sides with synthetic jets Spaceflight 27 Pluto launch faces generator hitch. Kistler banks on ex-Boeing men REGULARS 5 Comment 6i Straight & Level 62 Letters 64 Classified 68 Jobs , 77 Working Week 75 Job of the week Logistics Control Manager, bmibaby, Derby, UK Next week Pilot training David Learmount looks at the controversial issue of pilot flight upset training, cited as a possible factor in the 2001 AA587 Airbus A300 crash in New York. Plus: after SpaceShipOne's breakthrough, will red tape strangle the sub orbital space tourism industry? About the cover The C-27J - a Lockheed Martin and Alenia joint venture - flies over the Alps before service entry with initial customers, Greece and Italy. Kenyan crash - P13; World Airliner Census - P34 24-30 August 2004 www.tlightinternational.com £2.40 / USAS5.75 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL Practical tactica "I\C-27J Spartan: half a Hercules; at >\ ri Kenyan crash probe quest! cockpit drill; World Airliner Csrisii; the global yulde b why iY&z y/riai COVER STORY No small measure 28 Does the twin-turboprop Lockheed Martin Alenia Tactical Transport Systems C-27J Spartan merit its nickname of "half a Hercules"? Can it define a new standard for aircraft in its class? Flight International test pilot Mike Gerzanics went to Turin to find answers in our test flight of the medium tactical airlifter, a significant enhancement of an already capable tactical transport and an aircraft which shares systems with its C-130J big brother. WORLD AIRLINER CENSUS Optimism reigns 34 Growth in the world's airliner fleet is back on track and looks set for a period of healthy development. Today, the total number of aircraft in the global fleet stands at 24,562 aircraft. The level of idle aircraft, however, is a cause of concern, as is the 5% shrink in the Russian/CIS-built fleet. Our World Airliner Census, compiled with The Flight Group's newly acquired data arm AvSoft, delivers a comprehensive breakdown of the world's fleet, and details exactly who is flying what, where and how many, plus details of aircraft on order www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 24-30 AUGUST 2004 3
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