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NUMBER 4954 VOLUME 166 5-11 OCTOBER 2004 This week NEWS Headlines 4 EC-US subsidy deal "difficult". Lufthansa Systems database plots route to paperless cockpit 5 Eurofighter sets Tranche 2 date. Bid to seal Greek Typhoon deal 6 Rutan and Virgin plan space trips. US helicopter proposal provides bidding puzzle Air Transport 8 ATR seeks higher-thrust PW127. Garuda ramps up Citilink fleet 9 Talks on DHL expansion break down. GE nears Bombardier CRJ deal 10 Italians probe Milan incursion. Kharkov loses in An-148 revamp 13 Germany to invest in new Chinese freight operation. Copa poised to buy Embraer 190s 14 UAV technology studied for airports. Ruslan rescue plan moves closer Defence 16 Europe to draw up UAV roadmap. ATFLIR may survive USN review 17 USMC clarifies heavylift strategy. General Aviation 26 AORA wants alien rule suspended. Spanish union backs flying hours conformance Business 27 Moscow picks Fedorov to prepare "single entity". Taiwan tips major growth 28 EADS subsidiary targets US defence contracts. Kaman to write off MDHI costs Spaceflight 30 NASA considers options for return to the Moon 31 Russia postpones Soyuz launch. ESA go-ahead for global sentinels About the cover Mike Gerzanics flew the Citation Sovereign from Cessna's plant in Wichita, Kansas, with senior demonstration pilot David Bodlak. Tay - P60; Census - P37; Security - P44; Fractionals - P51 5 II October 2004 w*w.riiijMirter!Mtional.com £2.40 / USAS5.75 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 18 21 22 23 24 MEADS signs development contract Korean helicopter delayed again. Eurofighter proved in Germany Tanker delivery fuels Airbus hopes. JSF delays prompt F/A-18E/F push Business Aviation AIDC to pull out of Ae270 venture. Bombardier starts supplier search Aerion to unveil supersonic plans. Breeze opens London helipad Eurocopter studies NH90 civil variants. Lab to market fatigue testing 3 67 69 73 81 74 REGULARS Comment Uncle Roger is on holiday Letters Classified Jobs, Working Week Job of the week Sales Manager Training Services, GE Capital Aviation Training, London Gatwick Next week NBAA first news Next week's issue brings you breaking news from NBAA in Las Vegas. Plus: a cutaway of the Gulfstream G550 and an update on supersonic business jets, the unmanned combat armed rotorcraft race and maintenance directory: rest of the world (left). COVER STORY: NBAA ISSUE Mid-size marvel 54 Cessna's Citation Sovereign business jet delivers a regal performance in our fight test. Reversal of fortune 33 The NBAA prepares for its Las Vegas convention with the odds shortening on a sustained recovery. Business as usual 37 The world's corporate aircraft fleet is growing and sales are out of the doldrums, our census reveals. Fear factor 44 Public fear of terrorism still dominates US GA policy. Higher vision 48 Synthetic vision is under the spotlight: will it deliver? Piecing it back 51 Fractional ownership providers are battling to rebuild. Power shift 60 Tay 611-8C technical description and cutaway poster. www.fliqhtinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 5-11 OCTOBER 2004 1
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