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— General Manoj Pande, Indian Army Chief

 
 
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— Admiral R. Hari Kumar, Indian Navy Chief

My compliments to SP Guide Publications for informative and credible reportage on contemporary aerospace issues over the past six decades.

— Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari, Indian Air Force Chief

SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 03-11

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Issue Features

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    Aero India 2011 - Bigger & Better
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

    Spread over 75,000 square metres, Aero India 2011 brought together 675 companies including 295 from India and 380 from 29 countries around the world

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    Tail-less Unmanned

    Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS-D aircraft for US Navy completes first flight

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    Fly in, Fly out

    AeroVironment develops world’s first fully operational life-size Hummingbird-like unmanned aircraft for DARPA

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    Airline Industry - Mixed Outlook
    By R. Chandrakanth

    The purple patches come from the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East regions while growth in North America and Europe continue to lag.

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    Regional Jets - Taxiing Slowly but Steadily
    By R. Chandrakanth

    India’s fleet will grow to 650 units by 2029. India is predicted to take 600 deliveries, representing 36 per cent of the total deliveries within the Asia-Pacific region.

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    Business Aviation - Buying A Jet
    By Group Captain (Retd) A.K. Sachdev

    The decision to purchase a business jet is a complex one and it is unlikely that a non-aviation business house would have adequate in-house expertise to reach the best decision

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    Centenary - 100 and Counting
    By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

    In the last five years prior to the centenary, domestic air travel has doubled. In 2010 alone, Indian carriers mounted a total of 5,25,504 flights on the domestic network, carrying 520.21 lakh passengers and making this the ninth largest civil aviation market in the world.

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    Aero India 2011 - Snapshots
    By SP Guide Pubns

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    Cockpit View - Unravelling the Super Viper
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. ‘Jimmy’ Bhatia

    Pulling ‘g’ was like shedding mental and physical cobwebs accumulated over eight years of ‘life after Air Force’ and proved to be highly therapeutic, to say the least

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    UAVs - Unmanned & Unlimited
    By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

    The race is on to design and produce UAVs for ISR duties with ever-increasing time on station. In future, most likely, UAV endurance will extend to weeks, perhaps even months.

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    Women Airforce Service Pilots 1942-1944
    By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

    The WASP proved that a military plane cannot really distinguish between male and female; only between good and bad pilots

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

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    MMRCA deal by September
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

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    Phase out MiG-21
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

  • Defence Allocation Up
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

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    Vague Assurances
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

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    Crisis of Confidence
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey