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SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 05-13

Issue Features

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  Office high up in the Sky
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Companies do not mind equipping their aircraft with the best of equipment, communication or ergonomics wise, as they see ‘value for money’. Retrofitting higher-specification equipment now makes up 50 per cent of all new installations on business jets.

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  Flying at Mach 5.1
  

  The unmanned X-51A Waverider travelled more than 230 nautical miles in just over six minutes

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  BREAKING NEWS

  MMRCA - Negotiations “back on track”
  By SP’s Special Correspondent

  The MoD is hoping to wrap up negotiations and begin work on a draft agreement by August-September, about three months behind schedule as per the IAF’s expectations

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  Jindal Group may add aircraft to its inventory to support its steel and power business
  By R. Chandrakanth

  In the political and business firmament of a resurgent India, ‘Young Turks’ are leading from the front.

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  Industry - Opportunity of a Lifetime
  By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil Chopra

  The MMRCA contract is humongous and could prove to be a turning point for the Indian aerospace industry and a game changer especially in the private sector.

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  Fighters - Mother of all Programmes
  By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil Chopra

  In the first part of the article on F-35 we spoke about the features of the aircraft which makes it far better than the existing aircraft.

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  Exercise Live wire - Show of Might
  By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

  Exercise Live Wire, IAF’s largest ever exercise conducted recently, tested the warfighting ability of the IAF in a networked environment

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  G650: On Record-Setting World Tour
  

  Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation’s new flagship aircraft, the G650, recently made its first appearance at an air show in China, the Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE), held from April 16 to 18 at Shanghai.

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  Arab spring in India?
  By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha

  The Jet-Etihad deal may be only the first of many such tie-ups that will lead to a radical transformation.

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  As yet Untapped
  By Group Captain (Retd) A.K. Sachdev

  The low ratio of per capita air trips in India, while being an embarrassing statistic, suggests a huge potential for air traffic growth largely in the regional sector.

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  Scaling New Heights
  By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

  The government has envisaged an investment of $12.1 billion ( Rs. 66,550 crore) in the airport sector during the Twelfth Five Year Plan period...

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  EBACE - Curtain Raiser
  By R. Chandrakanth

  EBACE retains the status of a premier annual meeting place for the European business aviation community.

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  Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918)
  By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

  There’s never been an ace quite like the “Red Baron”, who downed 80 enemy aircraft within 20 months. He was a national hero and a 20th century legend.

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  A word from Editor-in-Chief
  By Jayant Baranwal - Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

  MMRCA holds in its wake tremendous opportunities not only for the OEMs, but more importantly for the indigenous aerospace industry in the private sector in India.

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  No helicopters for VVIPs
  By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

  End of March 2013, the Indian Air Force (IAF) informed the Defence Ministry that after February 2014 there will not be a single helicopter in its elite squadron which would be fit to carry VVIPs.

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  A National Priority
  By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil Chopra

  The Defence Ministry insists that Indian private firms desist from offering imported products to the armed forces with a ‘Made in India’ tag but produce equipment indigenously.

• Getting the Act Right
  By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil Chopra

  As India is one of the fastest growing aerospace markets in the world, the procurement list of military and civil aircraft and components is going to be enormous over the next two decades.

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  Quality is the Key
  By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

  Plagued by scams and allegations of irregularities in procurement of defence equipment from abroad and especially in the recent past...