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SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 04-10

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Issue Features

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    Spotlight - Comfortable & Secure
    By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

    Anglo-Italian aviation major AgustaWestland has closed a deal with the Indian Air Force for supply of 12 AW101 helicopters which will ensure a comfortable and secure travel for VVIPs across the country

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    Business Aviation- Flying High, Flying Fast
    By LeRoy Cook Missouri, USA

    The sale of large-cabin business jets is successfully surmounting the economic ebb-tide. PRICE IS NOT DETERRING THE ORDERS for these top-end corporate jets.

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    Business Aviation - Comfy Ride
    By LeRoy Cook

    With the introduction of the G650, Gulfstream Aerospace will be offering an airplane with an interior taller and wider than its current models

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    OEM - The Company has Reinforced Its Commitments Towards India

    At the backdrop of India Aviation 2010, Eric Bachelet, President and CEO, CFM International, spoke at length to Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey, Editor of SP’s AirBuz about the company’s varied initiaives in India

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    Operations - In Myriad Roles
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

    It is the transport aircraft which supports ground forces in all facets of their operations as a wonder workhorse...

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    Operations - Power Play
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

    Vayu Shakti-2010 saw the participation of 107 aircraft including MiG-21 Bison, MiG-27 UPG, MiG-29, Mirage-2000, Su-30 MKI, Jaguars, AN-32, IL-76, Mi-17 1V, Mi-35 gunships.

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    Industry - Indigenous Tech
    By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

    India’s first Light Combat Helicopter makes first flight

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    Industry - Super Hornets in the Australian Sky
    By SP’s Aviation News Desk

    Five of Boeing’s Super Hornets reached the Royal Australian Air Force recently. The remaining 19 of the 25 ordered by the air force in 2007 will reach by 2011.

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    India Aviation - Air Show Extravaganza
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey, Hyderabad

    India Aviation 2010 helped place in perspective the status of the Indian aviation industry, the opportunities on offer and the tremendous potential for growth

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    Training - Hands on Training
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey, Hyderabad

    The new CFM Training Centre is equipped to train 500 aeronautical engineers annually and will motivate other aerospace majors across the world..

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    Gustave Whitehead (1874 – 1927)
    By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

    Obsessed with flying from an early age, Gustave built an aircraft powered by a steam engine in 1899. Later, he constructed an aviation workshop in the yard of his house.

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    Industry - F-16IN is the ultimate Fourth Generation Fighter

    Orville Prins, Vice President, Business Development-India, Lockheed Martin in a conversation with photojournalist Abhishek Singh, elaborated on the advantages of the F-16IN Super Viper

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    Unmanned Cargo
    By SP’s Aviation News Desk

    Boeing A160T proved resupply capability for US Marines during a cargo delivery demonstration at the US Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in Utah

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

    India has been extremely accommodating in the demands of Russia that have been construed back home as somewhat skewed and unjust. Experts have been wondering whether it is prudent on India’s part to put all its eggs in the Russian basket.

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    Water on Moon: Chandrayaan-I Confirms
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

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    Three Paramount Aircraft Grounded
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

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    Is All Well?
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

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    Relook Needed
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

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    Safety, First
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey