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SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 07-11

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Issue Features

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    Paris, Je t’aime
    By R. Chandrakanth in Paris

    In any major international air show, the presence of new combat jets takes on iconic proportions, but at Le Bourget this time, it was civil aviation which overshadowed military

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    Motor Glider

    World’s first serial hybrid electric aircraft was on aerial display at the Paris Air Show

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    Final Countdown

    The wings and fuselage of the nEUROn UCAV demonstrator were mated in early June at the Istres, France flight-test base of Dassault Aviation

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    ‘People & mission would be my focus’

    Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal N.A.K. Browne

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    Rafale - A Fighter Pilot’s Dream
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

    Dassault Rafale is the first omnirole combat aircraft by design. It has the capability to carry out different complex combat assignments during the same sortie, be it ground attack, beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air combat or interceptions.

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    Hard Sell

    The CEO of Cassidian Air Systems, Bernhard Gerwert outlines the plans for Eurofighter to SP’s Aviation.

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    ‘ITT to participate in India’s pilot ADS-B programme’

    John T. Kefaliotis, Vice President, Next Generation Systems, ITT Defense and Information Solutions

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    The Fine Art of Fencing
    By R. Chandrakanth

    It was the best ever show for Airbus which had record breaking orders. In terms of units, it was the best ever and in terms of value, it was the second best.

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    Airbus Dances to AirAsia Tunes
    By R. Chandrakanth

    AirAsia’s first aircraft deal with Airbus was at the 2005 Paris Air Show. In six years, the airline has ordered 375 planes and 35 for AirAsia X.

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    Global MRO in India
    By R. Chandrakanth

    Air France-KLM MRO to ‘gradually increase’ stake in Max Aerospace

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    CAE C-130J Simulators soon in Hindon

    At the Paris Air Show 2011, R. Chandrakanth interviewed Chris Stellwag, Director, Marketing Communications (Military), CAE.

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    Fly Smart
    By LeRoy Cook, Missouri, USA

    The economy of scale does not follow acquisition of a bigger aircraft, which will need a larger hangar, more expensive maintenance, and steeper operating costs.

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    Fully Digital
    By John Rosanvallon, President and CEO, Dassault Falcon Jet

    More than 20 Falcon aircraft are currently operating in India. Almost half of the new aircraft orders are for the Dassault flagship Falcon 7X

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    Better Returns
    By Daniel Keady Vice President-Sales South Asia-Pacific/India, Hawker Beechcraft

    Studies have found that businesses which use business aviation as a solution to some of their transportation challenges return more to shareholders than companies in the same industry that do not utilise business aviation

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    No Plane No Gain
    By LeRoy Cook, Missouri, USA

    Not having a company airplane can be hazardous to the financial health of a business, because of opportunities lost and contacts missed.

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    Teasers at the Show
    By R. Chandrakanth

    While programmes from the new players are on, Embraer, Bombardier and ATR (turboprop) are on their toes, not just to keep in shape, but also to stave off the imminent competition, albeit delayed

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    Glenn Curtiss (1878 - 1930)
    By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

    Glenn Curtiss’s immense contribution to aviation, like that of many other pilots of the period, tends to be overshadowed by the legend of the Wright Brothers.

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

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    Hypers on Horizon
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

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    Pilatus PC-7: IAF’s Trainer Aircraft
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

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    F-35 Offer
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey