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SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 09-12

Issue Features

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  The First Pick
  By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

  A leading proponent of new technologies, always foraying into areas where it perceived a competitive advantage, Embraer today has become one of the companies driving the aircraft industry.
  

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  VVIP Helicopter - Coming Soon
  By SP’s Special Correspondent

  New VVIP choppers will begin arriving this month

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  Attack Helicopters - Apache on Top
  By SP’s Special Correspondent

  Boeing AH-64D is likely to be officially declared the winner of the IAF’s attack helicopter competition

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  A Long Wait
  By Group Captain (Retd) A.K. Sachdev

  Despite being geographically located in an ideal position to serve as a hub for international business traffic, India continues to wait for an infrastructure policy permitting FBOs to thrive and prosper

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  ‘Our airplanes perform better onshort runways with increased safety margins’
  

  Sean McGeough, President, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Hawker Beechcraft

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  Cessna - Green Way to Business
  By SP’s Correspondent

  Cessna is working with customers, suppliers, industry groups and government authorities in a variety of capacities...

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  New Kids on the Block
  By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

  The new regional airlines and those on the horizon are still few and far between.There’s room for many more to improve air connectivity to India’s distant airports.

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  High Potential
  By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

  Upbeat as always about the Indian market, Keskar described India as the “big gorilla” and the “shining star” while releasing the Boeing 2012 India Market Outlook on September 4.

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  Special Mission - On Specific Operation
  By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

  The IAF is seeking to induct up to nine special mission aircraft of which two would be for airborne SIGINT and the remaining seven would be configured for multi-mission role...

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  AEW&CS - IAF’s Eye in the Sky
  By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

  With the induction of the Embraer 145 AEW&CS aircraft, the IAF has indeed embarked on a new journey.

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  ‘Boeing sees great value in partnering with India’
  

  Dennis D. Swanson is now the International Business Development Vice President for Boeing Defense, Space and Security in India. Swanson spoke at length about Boeing’s plans to deepen its presence in the country through long-term and strategy partnerships.

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  Neil Armstrong (1930-2012)
  By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

  Like so many other celebrated astronauts, he could have chosen to bask in the heroic afterglow of his stunning achievement. However, he remained an unassuming and deeply private man—a reluctant hero—to the end.

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

  There is little doubt that India’s civil aviation sector is poised for an astronomical growth. But lack of infrastructure in practically all departments of civil aviation could spoil the party.

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  IAF Chief hints at design flaw in Su-30 MKI
  By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

• Technology to Offset, At Last!
  By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

  For the first time, the aim of the offset policy has been spelt out clearly, making it easier for vendors to understand and structure their offset obligations to satisfy Indian objectives

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  Paving The Way for ToT
  By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

  It is clear that India will have to wait for many more decades before it can realise its publically much touted dream of attaining self-sufficiency to meet its defence needs

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  Unwarranted Delays
  By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

  There is undoubtedly a compelling urgency to finalise the MMRCA deal without further delay to ensure that for the IAF...

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  Dream-liner Comes True
  

  Boeing celebrates delivery of Air India’s first 787 Dreamliner