FLUG REVUE: Contents of April 2006

April 2006

25 YEARS AGO

June 1980

TAKE-OFF

Swaying airfield
Report: German Navy deck landing training with the Sea King in the Skagerrak

VIP INTERVIEW

Fabrice Brégier
The president and CEO of Eurocopter explains his global strategy

CIVIL AVIATION

Etihad Airways
On a fast track to become a global player
A380 in northern Canada
Cold weather trials for the superjumbo
Boeing 747-8
How the engineers are planning the latest version of the Jumbo
All over for the CSeries?
Bombardier puts the jet project on ice
Air safety 2005
A review of the year with produced mixed results

BUSINESS AVIATION

Bombardier Challenger 605
First flight of the new version of the widebody business jet

AIRPORTS

UPS in Cologne/Bonn
Cargo giant is expanding its hub in Germany
Airport news

JET LEGENDS
North American X-15
Flying to the edge of space

MILITARY AVIATION

Mikoyan MiG-29
Aircraft carrier and thrust vector control versions
Northrop Grumman RQ-4
Global Hawk in service
Ceibo large-scale manoeuvre
Oldies in action
Lockheed P-3 Orion
Full details on the successful ASW and maritime patrol aircraft
Practising for an emergency
The Luftwaffe take part in international manoeuvres

SPACEFLIGHT

Bound for new horizons
NASA is flying to the edge of the solar system
Space news
Stardust
Comet dust back on Earth

TECHNOLOGY

The A380 cabin
Hamburg-based specialists in charge of comfort and calm
First full engine test of the Trent 1000
High pressure compressor for 737/A320 successor
Bell Eagle Eye
Maiden flight of the tiltrotor UAV

REGULARS

April editorial: Supreme court cancels anti-terror shootdown law
News
AIRSpot
Models
Important dates
Afterburner: Sikorsky S-58C

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