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NUMBER 4950 VOLUME 166 7-13 SEPTEMBER 2004 This week NEWS Headlines 6 Gulfstream to raise G200 bar. An-124 production to restart 7 Eurocontrol bids to find airspace. NASA awards study contracts 8 Australia buys NH90s. EA-6B system alarms auditors Air Transport 10 Loss of control after lights go out. Report questions air marshals' pasts 11 SaabTech unveils chaff and flare. Chechen women top suspect list 12 Lufthansa Technik targets A380. USA lifts Libya cargo ban 14 Alaska demands ICAS rethink. Ambiguity clouds SAA Airbus order 16 Airspace reform hits turbulence. Cebu Pacific firms up A319 order 17 Airlines weigh up automated bridge. Honeywell puts brake on FedEx MD-10 costs Defence 19 Taiwan offered early CH-53X deal. Re-winging proposed forWarthogs 20 Saab UCAV flies autonomously. UK could relocate Nimrod force 22 JDA defends flagship programmes. Russia backs Mi-28 for Turkey 24 US study recommends self- protection for UAVs. Taiwan looks at helicopter as basis forVTUAV 25 Army looks to replace Hunter Boeing satellite tossed from USN bid Business Aviation 26 ExecuJet's German connection. Eviation set for power selection 27 29 30 31 32 33 RVSM compliance likely to beat US expectations. G150 near as G200 tops 100 General Aviation Alaska calls in satellite imagery. MSW to open homebuilder centre Business Thales warms to modelling role. Eutelsat leaves Galileo contest Independent labs benefit from OEM outsourcing. E&S to sell projector line Technology Airbus prepares to bend wing. P&W succeeds with heat exchanger Spaceflight NASA to use radar to track debris. Spacehab negotiates to fill Soyuz gap REGULARS 5 Comment so Straight & Level 51 Letters 53 Classified 57 Jobs 65 Working Week 63 Job of the week Customer Support Director, Matsushita Avionics, Langley, UK Next week South Africa/IFE South Africa is bolstering its air assets with Gripens, Hawks, A109s and Super Lynxes. On the eve of the Waterkloof air show, we examine the programmes' progress. Plus: broadband battle and portable revolution - the latest moves in in-flight entertainment. About the cover Most flight testing is of upgrades to existing aircraft. The F-16 has been in service with the USAF for 20 years, but still keeps testers busy. Sky marshals - P10; ATM - P7; Networking - P34 7-13 September 2004 wvm.flightinternational.com £2.40 / USAS5.75 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL iiMinniraiEcra Pushing the limits » iW»-^ The changing face of flight testing Rogue sky marshals exposed Eurocontrol boosts ATM •II *^ ~- Networking the battlefield COVER STORY: TEST PILOTS Safety net 39 Can the US Flight Test Safety Committee get its risk- reduction message across? Our 10-page test-pilot special enters the world of fliers with everything to lose and discovers a community striving to reduce the dangers from a perilous occupation. Spin doctor 42 Test pilot schools are providing more rigorous training to meet modern demands, as Flight International discovered in an Atlas Impala high above California's Mojave desert. Put to the test 48 The UK's Boscombe Down is one of four internationally recognised test pilot schools. What will its students learn and what will they fly? DATALINKING Joining the dots 34 Can the US military surmount technological, political and financial hurdles in its bid to tune its fighting forces into network-centric warfare systems? www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 7-13 SEPTEMBER 2004 3
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