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SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 06-09

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. Bhatia

  Airlift 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, Goa

  On 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 Team

  CAPTAIN 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, India

  The 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, Goa

  Around the 1960s, when environmental concerns also emerged, the supersonic transport was seen as particularly offensive due to...

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

• Dreamliner Delayed
  By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

• Cause Not Clear
  By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

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  Once Upon a time
  By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

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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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  Remember Kargil
  By Air Marshal (Retd) N. Menon, Bangalore

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  India is a very important alliance
  By Ladislav Simek, Vice President, Strategy and Strategic Programs, Aero Vodochody

  We 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 Corporation

  Modernisation of the air traffic management systems around the globe is of vital importance to business and commerce, the flying public and even the environment.