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Aviationwww.spsaviation.net NOVEMBER • 2010 Infocus: President Barack Obama visit FINALLY Business Aviation in Middle East E-jets Programme NBAA Show Report Interview: Honeywell India’s F414for Pritam Bhavnani RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24199 WATCH EXHAUSTIVE EXCITING VIDEO LIBRARY OF FOOTAGES! PHOTOGRAPHS Best of Air Force Day Join us on Facebook Join us on Linkedin DO YOU THINK AIR INDIA EXPRESS CAN AFFORD A RE-BRANDING EXCERCISE ? Follow us on Twitter Yes No Don’t Know Join the poll and comment Winner of the last month’s photo contest: Anurag Verma Winners get one year subscription of SP’s Aviation magazine A Word from Editor Acknowledging how India had emerged as a world power, Obama sought to enhance the partnership on many counts. The takeaways included deals worth $10 billion including selection of GE F414 for the Tejas Mk II programme ovember’S HIGHPOINT HAS BEEN the ventional aircraft and helicopters cannot carry. The Skylifter visit of the US President Barack Obama. The team is aiming for a payload capacity of up to 150 tonnes, three-day visit further strengthened Indo-US even to remote areas. News with Views also highlights Chi- alliance and Obama termed it as “one of the na’s second unmanned lunar probe, Chang’E 2, as part of defining partnerships of the 21st century”. the first stage of a three-step moon mission, which in the Acknowledging that India had emerged as a next stage will culminate in a soft-landing on the moon. world power, Obama sought to enhance the partnership In the civil aviation sector, R. Chandrakanth, who has Non many counts. The takeaways from his visit included been in the Middle East for about three years, writes on how deals worth $10 billion designed to create 50,000 Ameri- the Middle Eastern countries are competing to become the can jobs; closer cooperation in the areas of security; region’s aviation hub.