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SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 10-2017

Issue Features

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  BUSINESS AVIATION | ROLE
  Benefits Businesses
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Business aviation is a tool that helps executives to remain connected with clients and allows them to utilise their travel time for work, thanks to the office in the sky

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  BUSINESS AVIATION | NBAA 2017
  NBAA Going Strong on 70...
  By R. Chandrakanth

  The event featured about 1,100 exhibitors, including more than 100 new exhibitors. Attendees represented all 50 US states, and dozens of countries.

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  BUSINESS AVIATION | FALCON
  Whatever it Takes
  By R. Chandrakanth

  With a Falcon, one can easily compress a two-day airline ordeal into one quick, out-andback journey and reach new growth markets faster and more frequently

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  REGIONAL AVIATION | OEM
  Profits for the Operator & Comfort for the Passenger
  By R. Chandrakanth

  The largest aircraft in the E-Jet E2 family, the E195-E2 has been designed to maximise returns and efficiency on high-density routes

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  CIVIL | ENGINES
  Setting Benchmarks
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Aircraft powered by the LEAP engine are flying more than 95 per cent of available days. This is simply unprecedented for a new engine.

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  MILITARY | OPERATIONS
  Expressway Landings
  By Air Chief Marshal Fali H. Major (Retd)

  Air operations from expressways & highways have combat potential & other spin-offs

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  MILITARY | OPERATIONS
  Expressway Landings
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  An important operational achievement, the exercise of activating portions of highways for landing and takeoff by military aircraft will become a regular feature in the peacetime training programme of the IAF.

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  MILITARY | EXERCISE
  Exercise Indra–2017
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  Exercise INDRA-2017 provided an opportunity to the armed forces of both countries to train in counter terrorism operations in a multinational scenario in a joint tri-service environment

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  MILITARY | ANNIVERSARY
  IAF 85th Anniversary
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  While the 85th anniversary of the IAF was celebrated across the nation, the main event at the national level was the Air Force Day Parade at Air Force Station, Hindon

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  SPACE | CASSINI
  Mission Accomplished
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Cassini-Huygens has been described by NASA’s Planetary Science Division Director as a “mission of firsts” that has revolutionized human understanding of the Saturn system, including its moons and rings, and our understanding of where life might be found in the Solar System.

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

  Companies that utilise business aircraft outperform non-aviation users in several important financial measures, including annual earnings growth, stock and dividend growth, total share price, market capitalisation and other financial yardsticks

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  NEWS WITH VIEWS
  Ready for Full-Fledged War
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  Addressing a press conference on the occasion of the 85th Anniversary of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) said that the IAF was fully prepared to fight a full-fledged war at short notice.

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  HALL OF FAME
  Sophie Mary Heath (1896-1939)
  By Joseph Noronha

  Sophie Mary Heath proved that her abilities equalled or exceeded that of most male pilots by setting numerous flight records, including women’s seaplane and light aircraft altitude records

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  LAST WORD
  TOT: A Must
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  One of the important objectives of the ‘Make in India’ programme and the Strategic Partnership model is to ultimately develop a credible technological and industrial base in India