SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 06-09
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Issue Features
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Paris Air Show - Feasting, Fasting
Muted cheer mingled with mulish misgivings as the classic Le Bourget event this year celebrated its 100th birthday under the shadow of the global economic downturn. ALAN PEAFORD reports from the French capital.
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Business Aviation - No Plane No Gain
While the US battles negative public perception, now would be the most judicious time to buy a business jet. SP’s European correspondent Alan Peaford enumerates why.
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Regional Aviation - Promises to Keep
Will regional airlines ever thrive in India? Yes, provided airport infrastructure is improved and a unique business model introduced. Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha studies the strengths and shortfalls of the current scenario.
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Air Transporters - Room for Manoeuvre
By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. BhatiaAirlift or action—the very design of the military transport aircraft lends itself to multi-role capability
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Joseph Michel Montgolfier (1740 – 1810)
Jacques Étienne Montgolfier (1745 – 1799)
By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, GoaOn September 19, 1783, the Aerostat Réveillon built by the Montgolfiers flew with the first creatures: a sheep, a duck and a rooster...
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Expert Speak - Fractional Ownership is a Failed Model in India
By SP's TeamCAPTAIN KARAN SINGH, President, Business Aviation Association for India, spoke to SP’s Chief Special Correspondent Sangeeta Saxena
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Lockheed Martin F-16IN - EWS: Survivability Assured
By Orville Prins, Vice President, Business Development, Lockheed Martin, IndiaThe digital, multi-spectral, re-programmable advanced internal Electronic Warfare System of the F-16IN Super Viper is all about WINNING
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Commercial Aviation - Supersonic Hits Sound Barrier
By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, GoaAround the 1960s, when environmental concerns also emerged, the supersonic transport was seen as particularly offensive due to...
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Maharaja in a Mess
By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia, with inputs from Arundhati Das and Sangeeta Saxena -
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India is a very important alliance
By Ladislav Simek, Vice President, Strategy and Strategic Programs, Aero VodochodyWe do not have a defined strategy for Asian markets. We evaluate our opportunities case to case. Our eyes are on the South Asian markets.
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Modernising ATC vital for business
By Steven R. Loranger, Chairman, President and CEO, ITT CorporationModernisation of the air traffic management systems around the globe is of vital importance to business and commerce, the flying public and even the environment.
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