SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 03-11
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— Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh, Indian Air Force Chief
Issue Features
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Aero India 2011 - Bigger & Better
By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. PandeySpread over 75,000 square metres, Aero India 2011 brought together 675 companies including 295 from India and 380 from 29 countries around the world
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Fly in, Fly out
AeroVironment develops world’s first fully operational life-size Hummingbird-like unmanned aircraft for DARPA
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Airline Industry - Mixed Outlook
By R. ChandrakanthThe purple patches come from the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East regions while growth in North America and Europe continue to lag.
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Regional Jets - Taxiing Slowly but Steadily
By R. ChandrakanthIndia’s fleet will grow to 650 units by 2029. India is predicted to take 600 deliveries, representing 36 per cent of the total deliveries within the Asia-Pacific region.
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Business Aviation - Buying A Jet
By Group Captain (Retd) A.K. SachdevThe decision to purchase a business jet is a complex one and it is unlikely that a non-aviation business house would have adequate in-house expertise to reach the best decision
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Centenary - 100 and Counting
By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, GoaIn the last five years prior to the centenary, domestic air travel has doubled. In 2010 alone, Indian carriers mounted a total of 5,25,504 flights on the domestic network, carrying 520.21 lakh passengers and making this the ninth largest civil aviation market in the world.
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Cockpit View - Unravelling the Super Viper
By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. ‘Jimmy’ BhatiaPulling ‘g’ was like shedding mental and physical cobwebs accumulated over eight years of ‘life after Air Force’ and proved to be highly therapeutic, to say the least
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UAVs - Unmanned & Unlimited
By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, GoaThe race is on to design and produce UAVs for ISR duties with ever-increasing time on station. In future, most likely, UAV endurance will extend to weeks, perhaps even months.
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Women Airforce Service Pilots 1942-1944
By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, GoaThe WASP proved that a military plane cannot really distinguish between male and female; only between good and bad pilots
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