FLUG REVUE: Contents of May 2006

May 2006

25 YEARS AGO

June 1980

TAKE-OFF

Thunder City
Flying adventure in South Africa with Lightning and Buccaneer

VIP INTERVIEW

Marwan Lahoud
MBDA's strategy

ILA-EXTRA

A380 evacuation tests
Simulated emergency with maximum number of passengers in Hamburg
Dr. Thomas Enders
The president of the BDLI points out: success is to be taken for granted!
ILA in Berlin
Facts and figures since 1992
Eurofighter
Intensive test program with new weapons
IPS
Delay of two years
Heavy duty helicopter
Eurocopter studies successor of CH-53
Airbus A400M
Parts manufacturing has begun
Power wonder TP400-D6
The engine for the A400M completes its first run with propeller
Luftwaffe modernizes CL-601
In search for a successor
Sports flying
Red Bull comes to Berlin
Large regional jets
The competition from the East advances
Space flight at ILA
ILA Space World – Business and Entertainment
Service
Getting there, admission, opening times
The aircraft
Overview of exhibited aircraft types

CIVIL AVIATION

Air France-KLM
Europe's industry giant is expanding into Germany
LTU reorganisation
The reforming plans of the new majority shareholder, Wöhrl
ITB Berlin
Industry meeting with emphasis on aviation

MILITARY AVIATION

The Viraat aircraft carrier
India's Sea Harriers in service
Lockheed Martin F-35A
First prototype leaves factory in Fort Worth
Farewell
Japan retires the Fuji T-1 and Mitsubishi F-2
Avionics tests
Boeing is developing improved data bus
Luftwaffe on exercise in South Africa
Live firing during “Good Hope 2””

AIRPORTS

Addis Ababa
Eastern Africa's modern hub

INDUSTRY

Heli-Expo
Business is booming
Asian Aerospace
Contented exhibitors want to stay in Singapore

SPACEFLIGHT

Premiers for Thomas Reiter
The German ESA astronaut will spend six months on the ISS
Space news

TECHNOLOGY

Engine nacelles
New technologies for A380, 787 and co.
Pratt & Whitney builds CFM56 spare parts
Northrop Grumman develops oblique flying wing
Composite material out of paper

HISTORY

Dassault Mirage III
The Delta fighter aircraft turned into an export hit for the French

REGULARS

May editorial: BBI approved
News
AIRSpot
Afterburner: Mitsubishi Zero

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