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SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 01-09

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Issue Features

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    Training : Flying Tutors

    A pilot aspiring for the Indian Airline Transport Pilot’s License to advance from a First Officer status to captaining an airliner has to work hard to earn it

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    Raytheon : ISSA creates a safety zone around airports
    By SP's Team

    Admiral (Retd) Walter F. Doran, President Raytheon Asia outlines the company’s plans to expand awareness of its products and capabilities

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    IAF Modernisation : Flash Forward
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

    As the IAF stands poised on the threshold of significant modernisation, the need of the hour is for the government to offer meaningful and timely support to accelerate the modernisation programme

  • IAF Modernisation : Awaiting AWACS
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

    The Israeli Aerospace Industries are to supply the IAF three Phalcon AWACS radar systems. India also has an indigenous programme with DRDO for the development of the AEW&C.

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    Training : Hawk-ish manoeuvres
    By Air Marshal (Retd) Narayan Menon, Bangalore

    Once the entire force of 106 Hawk trainers are inducted, there would be a significant improvement in the already high training standards of the IAF

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    Transport Aircraft : Eclipsed & edged out
    By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

    Most armed forces, including those of the major powers, are equipped with transport aircraft of the 1960s and 1970s vintage that are technologically obsolete and operationally inadequate

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    Eugene B. Ely (1886 – 1911)
    By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

    On November 14, 1910 Eugene Ely took off from a temporary platform erected on the deck of the USS Birmingham. The wheels of the plane actually hit the sea before it attained enough speed to climb away.

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    Indra : INDRA – Excellence in Airborne Solutions

    Indra is a multinational information technology and defence & security systems company with headquarters in Madrid, Spain, that recently opened an office in Delhi.

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    Technology : UAVs at the Centennial 2018
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.N. Gokhale

    Most UAV manufacturers are developing payloads and synergetic support systems for non-military applications like counter-terror operations, disaster management, border and urban surveillance, ground and sea traffic monitoring, crop diagnosis and ground mapping

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    Aero India 2009 : Curtain Raiser
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey, Bangalore

    Despite the unfavourable global developments, indications are that participation is likely to be as good if not better than in 2007

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    Industry : Embraer bullish on its range of business jets

    Upbeat and looking to consolidate its position, Embraer for the first time in India showcased the cabin cross-section of the ultra-large Lineage 1000 executive jet from January 19 to 23 in Mumbai.

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    Industry : Rising Star

    Business aviation in India, discounting an odd hiccup here and there, is in the ascendant for the coming years

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

    India plays host to the bigwigs of the global defence industry out to strut their wares and woo their prized customer. We bring you all the buzz surrounding Aero India 2009.

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    Kiran Crash Claims Pilot
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

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    Miracle On The Hudson
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

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    Engineering Metamorphosis
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

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    Walk the Line
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

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    Lifetime Commitment
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey