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The Year that WAS

Issue: 12-2008
IN NOVEMBER, CHINA PUBLISHED ITS FIRST MAP OF THE ENTIRE LUNAR SURFACE USING IMAGERY OBTAINED BY THE CHANG’E 1 LUNAR ORBITING UNMANNED SPACECRAFT
CELEBRATING 76 YEARS OF THE IAF, AIR CHIEF MARSHAL F.H. MAJOR FELICITATED OUTSTANDING UNITS ON OCTOBER 8
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATOR BOBBY STURGELL OFFICIALLY DECLARED THE THREE-DAY NBAA 2008 SHOW OPEN ON OCTOBER 6 IN ORLANDO, USA;
GREEN GIANT AIRBUS A380 OVERSHADOWS THE PUSHPAK IN INDIA AVIATION 2008 HELD AT HYDERABAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FROM OCTOBER 15 TO 18;
SP’S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JAYANT BARANWAL FLANKED BY DIGNITARIES AT THE LAUNCH OF SP’S AIRBUZ IN NEW
DEFENCE MINISTER A.K. ANTONY INAUGURATED DEFEXPO 2008 IN DELHI ON FEBRUARY 16;
AIR INDIA RECEIVED THE AIRBUS AT INDIA AVIATION
A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE DISPLAY AT THE SIX-DAY ILA BERLIN AIRSHOW 2008 HELD FROM MAY 27;
CONTRACT FOR SIX SUPER HERCULES C-130J FROM LOCKHEED MARTIN WAS INKED WITH THE US GOVERNMENT ON FEBRUARY 7;
ON JULY 28, SIR RICHARD BRANSON UNVEILED THE WHITEKNIGHTTWO, THE MOTHERSHIP FOR SPACESHIPTWO WHICH IN TURN WILL LAUNCH IN MIDAIR AND SEND TWO CREW AND SIX PASSENGERS HURTLING INTO SPACE;
JAYANT BARANWAL WITH MP NAVEEN JINDAL AT DEFEXPO 2008;
MANAGER BRUMLEY SMITH AT THE LAUNCH OF CESSNA PILOT CENTRE AT RAIPUR ON JANUARY 16;
JULES VERNE ON ITS MAIDEN ATV MISSION DOCKED WITH INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON APRIL 3;
IAF’S SARANG HELICOPTER DISPLAY TEAM WAS ADJUDGED ‘THE BEST’ AT ILA BERLIN AIRSHOW;
INDIAN NAVY CHIEF ADMIRAL SUREESH MEHTA AT THE HELIPOWER INDIA 2008 SEMINAR;
CAPTAIN SATISH SHARMA (SECOND FROM RIGHT) WITH ROBERT VADRA AT THE INAUGURATION OF INDIA AVIATION 2008;
DIRECTOR GENERAL INFANTRY LT GENERAL RAJENDER SINGH AT SP’S STALL DURING DEFEXPO 2008