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Gripens on Guard at Nato's Edge MISSING LINK FREIGHTER FEES ROTARY POWER THE ELECTRONIC Cargo carriers face new Start-up Mistral pushing BAG OF TRICKS IN Boeing technical support to beat pistons with light THE COCKPIT charges for passenger jet engine family built on FLIGHFEATURE P26 conversions 10 WankelT technology 22 fl ightglobal.com INTERNATIONAL 2-8 JUNE 2009 OPERATIONS REPORT GRIPENS ON GUARD AT NATO’S EDGE How Czechs met challenge of nation’s rst overseas air policing mission over Baltic £2.95 USA$8.99 CONTENTS IN THIS ISSUE BEHIND THE Companies and aircraft HEADLINES THE WEEK ON THE WEB Aero Vodochody ...........................................18 Aerospace Industries Association ...................7 Craig Hoyle (pictured) journeyed fl ightglobal.com AgustaWestland ...........................................22 to the Baltic states to visit the Air Transport Association of America ...............8 Sir Airbus ....................................7, 14, 21, 23, 24 Czech air force’s historic rst Last week was the 65th anniversary of the death of AirTran Airways .............................................25 Geoffrey de Havilland, creator of the Mosquito, among Airways New Zealand ...................................22 Gripen detachment for NATO Aurora Flight Sciences..................................23 (cover story P30), and also heard other iconic aircraft. Have a look at the obituary on the Flight Australian Department of Defence ...............15 about Lithuania’s air force plans blog and see a great image on Avantair .......................................................21 Aviation Partners ..........................................21 (P18). Stephen Trimble visited Image of the Day blog. Next AVIC International ........................................25 Ottawa for the CANSEC defence week Flightglobal will welcome Banner Aerospace........................................25 Beagle Aerospace ........................................25 and security exhibition (P16) and aviation’s highest-pro le entre- Bell Helicopter .............................................20 saw Boeing UAV innovation in preneur, Sir Richard Boeing ...................... 7, 10, 12, 15, 16, 24, 25 Seattle (P24). Elsewhere, Bombardier ...........................................11, 14 Branson, chairman of the Andrew Doyle joined former F1 Bristow Group ..............................................25 Virgin Group, as our Guest British Airways ..........................................9, 12 world champion Niki Lauda in Canadian air force .......................................16 Editor on 8 June. He’ll be Cessna ..................................................20, 21 Vienna to mark the entry into CitationShares .............................................20 service of his rst Embraer 190 rolling up his sleeves and getting involved in the day to day Dallas Airmotive ...........................................21 running of the site. Plus you can win a ight. Submit a Dassault ......................................................21 (P6), and Kieran Daly looked Deccan 360 ................................................24 inside the paperless cockpit in question to Sir Richard before 8 June and you could win a Department of National Defence ..................16 EADS ...........................................................25 Malahide (P26). free return fl ight anywhere in the Virgin network. Read Eaton Aerospace ..........................................25 Stephen Trimble’s post “Random 10 List: things I learned Elbit Systems ...............................................25 Elta Systems ................................................15 on the F-35 factory tour”, of which number eight is: “The lift Esperia Aviation Services .............................22 fan inlet door is also known within the factory as the ’57 Euro ghter ...................................................16 European Aviation Safety Agency .....14, 21, 22 Chevy hood.” See a blog post about Etihad sponsoring European Space Agency ................................9 English Premiership football club Manchester City. Its logo Gastops .......................................................16 Gates and Partners ......................................25 will adorn the kit for the next three years. General Atomics...........................................18 General Electric .....................................11, 16 Greenwich AeroGroup ..................................25 Gulf Coast Helicopters .................................22 Find all these items at fl ightglobal.com/wotw Gulfstream ...................................................20 Hawker Beechcraft .......................................22 Horizon Air ...................................................11 QUESTION OF THE WEEK Ilyushin ........................................................15 Last week, we asked: What’s your favourite means of following Indian air force.............................................15 Innocon .......................................................18 aviation? You said: Insitu Group .................................................24 For a full list of reader services, editorial Online Discussion Blogs Twitter Magazines International Air Transport Association ..........14 and advertising contacts see P35 news forums Israel Aerospace Industries ....................15, 25 EDITORIAL % % % % % Italian air force .............................................18 +44 (0) 20 8652 3842 Klyne Aviation ..............................................21 ight.international@ ightglobal.com Lease Corporation International ...................14 64 6 4 1 25 Lider Aviacao ...............................................25 DISPLAY ADVERTISING Lithuanian air force ......................................18 +44 (0) 20 8652 3315 Total votes: 1,222 dawn.hartwell@ ightglobal.com Lockheed Martin ....................................15, 16 This week, we ask: Cockpit automation is cutting pilot workload: Lufthansa ....................................................14 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Mistral Engines ............................................22 + 44 (0) 20 8652 4897 Good – reduces potential for error NASA .............................................................7 ight.classi ed@ ightglobal.com Bad – makes mistakes more likely Navtech .......................................................25 RECRUITMENT ADVERTISING Vote at fl ightglobal.com/poll Petroleum Air Services .................................22 +44 (0) 20 8652 4900 Piaggio ........................................................21 [email protected] Pratt & Whitney ................................11, 16, 21 WEBMASTER HIGH FLIERS Qinetiq.........................................................25 andrew.costerton@ ightglobal.com The top fi ve stories for the week 20 – 26 May. Rolls-Royce ..................................................16 SUBSCRIPTIONS Safran .........................................................25 +44 (0) 1444 445 454 1 Flightblogger: video captures 787 rst engine start SaxonAir ......................................................21 [email protected] 2 Sikorsky .......................................................22 Airbus production issues delay next Qantas A380 delivery Space Foundation .........................................7 REPRINTS 3 Picture: Boeing completes 747-8F forward fuselage assembly +44 (0) 20 8652 8612 [email protected] Spidertracks ................................................22 4 UK government sounds warning on A400M Swiss International Air Lines .........................14 FLIGHT DAILY NEWS TAF Linhas Aereas ........................................25 +44 (0) 8652 3096 5 British Airways to ground 16 747s and 757s for winter Textron .........................................................20 andrew.doyle@ ightglobal.com Flightglobal gets around 800,000 visitors from 220 US Federal Aviation Administration .......7, 8, 20 ACAS US Marine Corps ......................................7, 24 +44 (0) 1788 540 898 countries viewing 6 million pages each month US Navy .......................................................24 acassales@ ightglobal.com 4 | Flight International | 2-8 June 2009 ightglobal.com DEFENCE Explore 100 years of aviation history as it appeared in the original pages of Flight: fl ightglobal.com/archive INTELLIGENCE ARIE EGOZI TEL AVIV Innocon proposes UAV to Uganda ganda is seeking to deploy is 12h, with an operational range Uunmanned air vehicles for of 95km (51nm). intelligence-gathering missions The Ugandan government sev- along its borders. The government eral years ago acquired a P92 Echo is assessing a proposal from Israe- Super light aircraft modifi ed with li manufacturer Innocon. an electro-optical payload by In- Kampala is evaluating Inno- nocon, and briefl y used the asset Aero Vodochody con’s Mini Falcon I UAV, says before its was grounded after suf- The L-159 is currently “not an ambition but a dream” for Lithuania chief executive Zvika Nave. The fering technical problems. vehicle has a wingspan of 4.99m Uganda’s army currently uses AIR DEFENCE CRAIG HOYLE SIAULIAI (16.3ft), a maximum launch a twin-engined Vulcanair P68 Ex-Czech L-159s weight of 85kg (187lb) and carries equipped with an Israeli-made a retractable payload. payload that is controlled from a on Lithuanian air Mission endurance for the UAV ground station. ■ UNMANNED SYSTEMS PINO MODOLA GENOA force wish list Italy nishes improved Nation could take responsibility for own airspace from 2018 Predator A UAV testing ιτηυανιαν αιρ φορχε λεαδερσ
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