FLUG REVUE: Contents of January 2003

January
2003

25 YEARS AGO

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December 1977

TAKE-OFF

Neptune Festival Air Show
US Navy super show at the Tomcat's home base Oceana

CIVIL AVIATION

Turkish Airlines
Fleet modernisation to catch up
Germanwings
Successful launch of low-cost flights from Cologne/Bonn
Oath of allegiance
Ryanair CEO hints at enlarging its 737 fleet still more
Boeing 777-300ER
The biggest twinjet in the world has become even more powerful in its latest version which was rolled out recently
Leasing
How the complex leasing market works

SPACEFLIGHT

Maiden flight of the Soyuz TMA-1
Frank de Winne was the first Belgian researcher on board the ISS
OHB centrifuges for the station
New hardware from German specialist
The fifth stage of completion of the ISS
Step by step pictured
NASDA tests HSFD
Small test model of spacecraft makes maiden flight on Pacific island

AIRPORTS

Phoenix Sky Harbor
Desert hub reaches for the skies
Torp-Sandefjord
Low-cost airlines are booming in southern Norway
Airport news

MILITARY AVIATION

Sukhoi Su-27
A detailed look at the most pwerfull Russian fighter
Afghanistan
German Army Aviation in challenging out-of area operations
Luftwaffe
Transall commuter service to Kabul
Fighter Wing 73
MiG-29 on training tour in the US
Bundeswehr pilots
Poor prospects in the civilian market
RAH-66 Comanche
Unit numbers drastically reduced in latest restructuring of the troubled programme
Boeing Pelican
Giant ground-effect machine studied by the Phantom Works
Poland
Fighter tenders submitted by Dassault, Saab and Lockheed Martin

TECHNOLOGY

Airbus A380
The technology behind the birth of a giant aircraft
New graphics generator from CAE
Civil simulators get ever more realistic
Airbags for passengers
New safety device promises less injuries
CF34 selected for ARJ21
US engine selected for Chinese regional jet

HISTORY

Fiat G.91
Light close air support aircraft for NATO

REGULARS

January editorial: NATO expands
News
PC simulation: X-plane
Books
Modelling service
Afterburner: Edwards open house
Dates/Air Spot
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