U 
P 
D 
A 
T 
E
Home | UPDATE | Latest Issue | Gallery | FR Profile | Datafiles

UPDATE 
Week ending January 11, 1998
+++ Boeing relaunches MD-95 as 717 +++ Airline safety improves in 1997 +++ Record year for Airbus Industrie +++ Boeing delivers 375 aircraft in 1997 +++ Minister unterzeichnen Verträge für Eurofighter +++ World airline traffic and load factors highest ever in 1997 +++ High performance Eurocopter AS 350B3 certified +++ Lunar Prospector on the way to the moon +++ Galaxy business-jet flies +++ World's 1st 'civilian spy satellite' fired into space +++ Dasa grows in 1997 +++ Boeing develops a longer-legged Jumbo +++ German GPS experiment onboard Equator-S sets world record +++ News in Brief +++

Boeing relaunches MD-95 as 717
MD-95 wird jetzt als Boeing 717 vermarktet

On January 8, Boeing announcet that it will market the former McDonnell Douglas MD-95 as the Boeing 717-200 . "The 717-200 is uniquely qualified to meet the evolving requirements of the new regional jetliner market," said Ron Woodard, president, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group. "It's a 100-seat airplane market that demands comfort, low operating costs and high schedule reliability. This is the plane to meet that need."
The announcement "embraces the 717-200 as a strong addition to the Boeing product line. The twinjet represents the merged company's commitment to continued production and development of a plane that is ideally suited to meet worldwide expansion and replacement needs in the short-haul, high-frequency 100-seat market", the company said.
Boeing anticipates that the world's airlines will need 2,500 jetliners of 80-120 seats over the next 20 years. The first three 717-200s are in final assembly at the Douglas Products Division of Boeing Commercial Airplane Group in Long Beach, Calif. The program involves a global team of 14 major supplier-partners. Currently, 900 Boeing employees are developing and building the 717-200. The first 717-200 is scheduled to be delivered to AirTran Airlines in June 1999, after a year-long flight-test program and joint certification by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Europe's Joint Airworthiness Authorities.

Back to the top of the page / Zurück zum Anfang der Seite


Airline safety improves in 1997
Flugsicherheit wurde 1997 verbessert

The airline industry carried more people and killed fewer of them in 1997 than in 1996. Preliminary figures indicate that the total number of passengers carried in 1997 topped the 1.4 billion mark. The death toll for 1997 is estimated to total about 1056. In other words, fewer than one out of every 1.3 million passengers was killed in an airplane crash. In 1996, the industry carried roughly 50 million fewer passengers, more than 1600 of whom were killed in air crashes, for roughly one death for every 800000 passengers.
In terms of hull losses, 74 airliners were totalled in 1997. The number is substantially fewer than the 82 airplanes written off as hull losses in 1996. In both years, 22 Western-built jets were total losses. According to a Dec. 30 report from U.K.-based Airclaims, 1997 was "like the curate's egg -- good in parts. Although in last year's Year End Special Bulletin, we were concerned that we might be seeing a trend in increasing numbers of total losses, we are now less certain," the Airclaims report conceded. "For the last 25 years...the average number of total losses has been around 22 and we are yet to be convinced that this is changing."
Persistent patterns remain. The number of fatal accidents continue to follow seasonal peaks: summer vacations and the Holiday Season. When the volume of traffic increases, the losses follow the same pattern. In addition, most crashes continue to occur during descent, final approach and landing. The old adage seems to hold: "When you're out of altitude, airspeed and ideas, you crash."

Back to the top of the page / Zurück zum Anfang der Seite


Record year for Airbus Industrie
Airbus mit 1997 sehr zufrieden

With orders and commitments for 671 aircraft from 55 customers, 1997 was a record year for Airbus Industrie, the company claims. Of these, 460 are enforceable purchase agreements, valued at U.S. $29.6 billion, received from 48 customers. The previous best year for enforceable purchase agreements was 1989, with 421 units. "The way in which our product family, our strategy and our people have been able to take advantage of the upturn in the market in 1997 has been outstanding," Jean Pierson, Airbus Industrie's Managing Director, said. "We are now well on course to achieving our objective of a consistent 50 percent market share early in the next century."
A total of 182 aircraft -- a 50 percent increase over 1996 -- was delivered on schedule and to specifications in 1997. This represented a turnover for the year of $11.6 billion, compared to $8.8 billion the previous year. The 1997 deliveries were: 47 A330s/A340s, eight A300s/A310s, and 127 A319s/A320s/A321s.
Production rates for 1998 will increase by a further 30 percent over 1997, to fulfill contractual obligations for deliveries of 235 aircraft this year. Airbus Industrie's firm order backlog now stands at a record 1,009 aircraft, worth $72 billion.

Back to the top of the page / Zurück zum Anfang der Seite


Boeing delivers 375 aircraft in 1997
Boeing-Lieferungen erreichen 375 für 1997

Boeing Company has delivered 375 jet transports in 1997, consisting of 132 737-300/400/500s, three Next-Generation 737s, 39 747s, 46 757s, 42 767s, 59 777s, 16 MD-80s, 26 MD-90s and 12 MD-11s. The total includes one non-commercial 767 delivered during the first quarter, the fourth of four that are being modified as 767 AWACS for the government of Japan. Deliveries for the full year 1998 are expected to be about 550 airplanes.
Order intake by Boeing for 1997 was 566 commercial jet aircraft, 55 percent of the world market. Among the orders are 15 jet airliners to be made by the former McDonnell Douglas Company, which became Boeing's Douglas Products Division last August. Boeing is expected to finish this year with 53.7 percent of the market share worldwide, falling short of its goal of capturing at least 60 percent of the global commercial aircraft market in 1997. Boeing Chairman Phil Condit said however, that he is satisfied with the company's present market share. He noted that other factors such as unannounced orders may alter the percentages. Condit said Boeing may be even further ahead in the dollar value of orders because it sold more costly aircraft such as the Boeing 747.
Asia's economic crisis will affect next year's order ratio, analysts said. Slippages in orders from Asian carriers are expected to hit both manufacturers in the months ahead, especially affecting Boeing's earnings. Although Boeing said no orders have been canceled, it acknowledged this month that as many as 60 aircraft deliveries could be delayed in the next three years.

Back to the top of the page / Zurück zum Anfang der Seite


Eurofighter accord signed in Bonn
Minister unterzeichnen Verträge für Eurofighter

On December 22, Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain signed an accord in Bonn formally confirming their participation in the costly project to build a 21st-century warplane for Europe. Under the accord signed by German Defense Minister Volker Ruehe and his counterparts from Britain, George Robertson, Italy, Beniamino Andreatta and Spain, Eduardo Serra, a total of 620 Eurofighter jets will be built and delivered to the four nations between 2002 and 2014. Britain is buying 232 Eurofighters, Germany 180, Italy 121 and Spain 87. The total cost of the project is estimated at up to 65 billion dollars.
All four defense ministers attached great importance to the project, saying that it is not only necessary for their countries' defense, but will also give a boost to the international competitiveness of the European aerospace industry and will help secure several thousands of jobs.

Back to the top of the page / Zurück zum Anfang der Seite


World airline traffic and load factors highest ever in 1997
1997: Rekordjahr für den internationalen Luftverkehr

Preliminary traffic figures for 1997 released by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) point to an 8 percent increase over 1996 in total scheduled traffic of the world's airlines, as measured in tonne-kilometers performed, and a 9 percent increase in international scheduled traffic. Statistics supplied by ICAO's 185 Member States also indicate that passenger traffic in terms of passenger-kilometers performed rose by 7 percent in total and by 8 percent on international services. Capacity increases for passenger services continued to be kept in check and hence the average passenger load factors rose, for the fourth year in a row, to reach their highest annual levels, 69 percent in total and 70 percent for international services. Freight traffic in terms of tonne-kilometers grew by 11 percent both in total and internationally. The number of passengers carried worldwide on scheduled services is now approaching one and a half billion, with the number of freight tonnes carried in the order of 25 million.

Back to the top of the page / Zurück zum Anfang der Seite


High performance Eurocopter AS 350B3 certified
Zulassung für AS350B3 mit stärkerem Triebwerk

At the end of 1997, the AS 350B3 has recieved its VFR certification by the French DGA. This milestone comes just nine months after the first flight of the latest variant of the single-engined Ecureuil family. The launch customer, Swedish operator Osterman Helicopter AB, will take delivery of its first helicopter shortly. In total, 45 orders for the AS 350B3 have alredy been received, and Ecureuil/Fennec sales now approach 2100.
The AS 350B3s main change from the B2 is the Turboméca Arriel 2B powerplant, which delivers 847 shp at take-off through a gearbox that has been upgraded to 500 KW. Embodyying electronic control, single crystal turbine blades and a singel power stage, the Arriel 2B provides outstandig reliability and simplified maintenance. Other changes include dual color vehicle and engine multifunction diplays (VEMDs) and an adoption of the twin-engined Ecureuls tail-rotor. Maximum take-off weight of the AS 350B3 is 2250 kg with internal load or 2800 kg with external load.

Back to the top of the page / Zurück zum Anfang der Seite


Lunar Prospector on the way to the moon
Lunar Prospector auf dem Weg zum Mond

On 6 January at 9:28 p.m. EST (7 January at 01:28 GMT), NASA's Lunar Prospector took off for the Moon. The spacecraft was launched atop a Lockheed Martin Athena II launch vehicle from pad 46 at the new commercial launch complex at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA, the launch vehicle's three stages worked as planned. After reaching a transition orbit around the Earth at an altitude of 125 statute miles and almost three-quarters of a revolution around our planet, the vehicle's Trans Lunar Injection (TLI) stage reportedly completed a successful 64 second burn, putting the spacecraft out of the Earth orbit into its mission to the moon. The flight will take approximately 105 hours.
Lunar Prospector will conduct a one-year mission, mapping the surface composition and internal structure, volatile activity, and magnetic and gravity fields of the moon from an altitude of approximately 63 miles. Over the following six months, the craft will then accomplish additional mapping at altitudes as low as 6 miles above the moon's surface. Lunar Prospector is expected to provide definitive evidence of the presence or absence of water ice in the shaded lunar polar regions.

Back to the top of the page / Zurück zum Anfang der Seite


Galaxy business jet makes maiden flight
Erstflug des Galaxy-Jets in Israel

The first Galaxy business jet completed a two-hour, two-minute maiden flight on December 25. Adi Benaya, project pilot and co-captain Hagai Koren took off from runway 26 at Ben Gurion International Airport at 11.30 am and climbed directly to 9000 ft at 160 kts. Landing gear, flaps and slats were left extended for the duration of the flight. Maximum speed was 185 kts, and minimum was 130 kts or 1.2 stall speed. "We found the Galaxy pleasant to fly", commented Benaya. "Elevator and aileron control response and control harmony are exceptional. We are off to a great start". The second flight followed on December 31, when gear and flaps were retracted. A second flight test aircract will join the certification program early in the second quarter in 1998. Certification by the FAA is anticipated before the end of the year.

Back to the top of the page / Zurück zum Anfang der Seite


World's 1st 'civilian spy satellite' fired into space
EarlyBird 1 mit russischer Rakete gestartet

The world's first "civilian spy satellite" was launched into space just before Christmas from a Russian commercial launch site. The commercial remote-sensing satellite, built by EarthWatch Inc. of Longmont, called EarlyBird 1, is the highest-resolution remote-sensing satellite ever made available to the commercial market. It is the first of a dozen or so civilian reconnaissance craft that various companies in the United States and abroad plan to launch in the next decade. Customers, for fees ranging from 300 to 725 dollars, can order a wide variety of potentially sensitive imagery -- ranging from the walled-off backyards of their neighbors to secret military bases. EarlyBird 1 is expected to be used by governments that do not possess their own satellites, ending the monopoly on spying from space that the governments of advanced countries have held for nearly four decades.
In a statement released Wednesday, EarthWatch President Donovan Hicks called the launch "a vivid reminder that the Cold War is over. With EarlyBird 1, the people of the world will soon have easy and inexpensive access to the most refined representation of our planet ever assembled," he said.
The EarlyBird 1 has the ability to acquire 3-meter resolution black-and-white imagery, as well as 15-meter color imagery, the highest-resolution satellite imagery available from a commercial source. At 3-meter resolution, buildings, roads, bridges and other infrastructure become visible. EarthWatch was formed in March 1995 by the merger of the commercial remote-sensing teams of Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. and WorldView Imaging Corp. Its partners include Hitachi Ltd., Datron Systems Inc., Nuova Telespazio s.p.a., and MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.

Back to the top of the page / Zurück zum Anfang der Seite


Dasa grows in 1997
Dasa 1997 mit hohem Wachstum

Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa, Munich) achieved considerable growth in turnover in 1997, enabling it to make a significant contribution to the Daimler group's operating result. In the 1997 fiscal year, turnover increased by roughly 23% to approximately DM 15 billion. On the whole, Dasa's figures have clearly surpassed expectations. This is partly due to the competitive initiative introduced two years ago. The number of orders at Airbus rose spectacularly in 1997 Dasa notched up further outstanding successes with the decision by Germany's Bundestag (parliament) to give the go ahead for the Eurofighter aircraft, the successful start of the new launcher rocket Ariane 5 and the take-over of Siemens' Defense Electronics Group. Added to this was the maiden flight of the new long-haul A330-200 aircraft, the start of the A340-500 and A340-600 programs and the sale of the 100th EC135 helicopter within just 18 months.

Back to the top of the page / Zurück zum Anfang der Seite


Boeing develops a longer-legged Jumbo
Reichweitenerhöhung bei der 747-400 im Angebot

Boeing is going to offer a new version of the 747-400 jumbo jet that can fly farther than conventional models. The company abandoned a larger, long-range 747 project last year. The new model, sought by the Australian airline, Qantas, could fly several hundred miles farther than the 8,000-mile range of the present four engine jumbo, depending on whether one or two additional fuel tanks were added. It would counter the planned long-range Airbus A3XX that would seat up to 600 passengers. Qantas has asked Boeing to build three of the jumbo jets, and Boeing's board of directors has given its commercial airplane group the go-ahead to offer the new version. If enough other carriers also order, the model could be delivered in late 2000, Boeing officials said.
Apart from additional fuel tanks, the new model needs strengthening around the center of the fuselage, the wings, flaps and landing gear. The airplane's seating capacity of about 420 passengers would not be increased by the additions, but the improvements could open the way to adding 50 to 60 seats.

Back to the top of the page / Zurück zum Anfang der Seite


German GPS experiment onboard Equator-S sets world record
Deutsches GPS-Experiment auf Equator-S erreicht Weltrekord

A GPS experiment in the frame of the small-satellite mission Equator-S (launched on December 2, 1997, with an Ariane rocket) now revealed that the Global Positioning System (GPS) can be used even at altitudes close to the geostationary orbit. GPS measurements could be achieved at altitudes of up to 34,000 kilometers. This is world record. The data retrieved by this experiment will have a major impact for the future use of GPS receivers onboard of geostationary satellites. So far, GPS receivers were used only below the orbital height of the GPS satellites (20,000 kilometers).
This GPS experiment was developed with funds from the German Aerospace Center (DLR), from the Institute for earth measurement and navigation (IfEN) of the University of the German armed forces in Munich, along with funds coming from DLR's space control center in Oberpfaffenhofen and the Munich based space company Kayser-Threde.

Back to the top of the page / Zurück zum Anfang der Seite


NEWS IN BRIEF / KURZMELDUNGEN

The Luftwaffenmuseum at Berlin-Gatow was visited by 111000 people in 1997, a good deal more than the 70000 counted in 1996. Much of the success was attributed to the open-door event in August. For 1998, the museum is currently working on the restauration of a DC-3 (C-47), which will be presented in the colours of the RAAF in memory of its role in the Berlin airlift. The dedication is planned for June 26. In the autumn, a special show will commemorate 40 years of the Luftwaffenmuseum.
+++
On January 5, Lahr airport in southwest Germany was integrated for the first time into the night mail network of the post office. It took a full two years to get these flights (Monday-Friday) approved, and even now there is just a temporary ok from the courts. Lahr, which is a former Canadian Forces air base, is served by a Boeing 737-500, which arrives empty from Frankfurt. It gets its seats removed and a load of mail for the flight to Frankfurt and back, then is again prepared for passenger duties and flies empty to Frankfurt. To handle the flights, 14 persons will get new jobs.
+++
The 112 aircraft and helicopters of the German Marineflieger have flown 24208 hours in 1996, with the Tornado contributing the biggest slice (10292), followed by the Atlantic (4469) and the Sea Lynx (3085), the Sea King (4032 and the Do 228 (2330). During the year, the Marineflieger were involved in 36 exercises and were present at 23 foreign air shows. 196 search and rescue missions were necessary, saving 101 people in danger. Also, during the Oder floodings in the summer, 85 missions were flown.
+++
The German army is supporting Bosnia-Herzegowina with the training of 60 personnel at Bückeburg. They are introduced to the Bell UH-1, which Bosnia will get free of charge from the US Government. Also, Germany is assisting in setting up an SAR system in the country.
+++
German minister of defence Volker Rühe has announced that NH90 training will be established at Bückeburg with the army aviation helicopter school. It is not yet clear whether other nations will use the facilities as well.
+++
Just before Christmas, the German and US departments of defence have decided to terminate the search for further bodies and wreckage of the mid-air collission of a Tu-154 and a Starlifter off the coast of Namibia. According to officials, the flight-data recorders of both aircraft and the Tu-154 voice-recorder have been retrieved and are now evaluated. It is expected that a final accident report will be published in the first quarter of 1998.
+++
The night of January 22 has been scheduled as the launch date for the first Shuttle flight of 1998. Mission STS-89 will also be the eighth Shuttle flight to rendezvous and dock with Russia's MIR space station. The STS-89 mission objectives include the replacement of astronaut David Wolf (who has been onboard MIR for four months) with Andy Thomas who will be the next U.S. crew member on the station as part of the Phase One program. Furthermore, more than 7,000 lbs of experiments, supplies, and hardware are scheduled to be transferred between the two spacecraft.
+++
According to a recent research by a team of astronomers using NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) spacecraft, one of the Milky Way Galaxy's largest stars may in actuality be a double star system. The conclusion is based on unusual variations in the intensity of X-rays emitted by hot gas near the star which is called Eta Carinae and is located approximately 7,500 light years from Earth. According to the research team, the variations are caused by the presence of a massive companion star in orbit around Eta Carinae.
+++
On January 7, Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that it has been awarded a contract by Kistler Aerospace Corporation to continue the design, development and manufacture of structures for the K-1 reusable space transport vehicle program. Total value of the work under contract is $145 million. Northrop Grumman is working on structural components for the K-1's launch assist platform and orbital vehicle. The agreement announced today incorporates a preliminary development contract awarded in January 1997. The K-1 has been designed by Kistler as a two-stage vehicle for ground launch of communications satellites into low-earth orbit, where it delivers its payload and then returns to earth to be prepared for relaunch.
+++
Lockheed Martin provided government program managers with a comprehensive review of all aspects of its team's progress on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Concept Demonstration program during meetings in Fort Worth, Texas, in December. "Our second Interim Program Review concluded the first year of contract effort. It provided results of company initiatives to reduce costs across the program life cycle, detailed the progress of key demonstration programs to reduce program risk, updated the government on our progress in design and development of the technologically advanced, single-engine Preferred Weapon System Concept (PWSC) aircraft, and reviewed milestones in test and manufacture of components for the X-35 Concept Demonstration aircraft," said David J. Wheaton, vice president and program manager for Lockheed Martin's JSF team.
+++
Britain's Skynet 4D, a Ministry of Defence satellite, was to be launched on Friday (January 9) aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket. The satellite will enhance the British military's secure communications system. The satellite was built by Matra Marconi Space and is the first of three replacement satellites being launched to upgrade the present system.
+++
Airbus Industrie of North America, Inc. has expanded its Washington, D.C. office with the addition of Melvin G. Goodweather as Senior Director, Congressional Affairs. He will represent the legislative goals and interests of Airbus on Capitol Hill.
+++
Hong Kong-based Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. suffered a critical setback on Christmas Day as the Russian Proton rocket carrying the company's latest satellite failed to place the spacecraft into geotransfer orbit. The doomed bird, Asiasat 3, was supposed to orbit at 105.5 degrees E and replace Asiasat 1, which is to be retired late next year. The failure represents the only unsuccessful commercial satellite launch of 1997. However, a Delta II rocket carrying a Global Positioning System satellite for the U.S. Air Force exploded in January 1997, the year's only other serious rocket mishap.
+++
The Russian Space Agency had a successful year in 1997 launching 29 rockets to send 48 satellites into the orbit, the Interfax news agency reported. Of the 48 satellites, 18 belonged to the U.S., one each to Germany, Luxembourg and China, and the rest to Russia. Four cargo ships and two manned Soyuz-TM ships were sent to the MIR space station, where three Russian and three American astronauts worked together. There were six space walks made from MIR with a total duration of 33 hours and 12 minutes. During the walk on November 3, cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyov sent up an operating model of the first Russian satellite in honor of the 40th anniversary of Sputnik.
+++
On December 22, the U.S. Air Force today selected TRW as its prime integration contractor to manage the nation's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) program into the next century. The $84.9 million contract, which becomes effective Feb. 2, 1998, and runs through Sept. 30, 1998, includes 14 one-year options through 2012. Total program value over the years is estimated at approximately $3.4 billion.
+++
Full-scale production of the first AH-64D Apache multi-mission combat helicopter for The Royal Netherlands Air Force is under way at the Boeing helicopter plant in Mesa. While work is just getting started on the new Royal Netherlands AH-64D, The Boeing Company has been working since early 1997 remanufacturing existing U.S. Army AH-64A Apaches into the advanced AH-64D configuration. The production rate for the Army jumps from two to three aircraft a month in January.
+++
Lockheed Martin added to its order book just before Christmas as 10 more C-130J aircraft were ordered by the U.S. government, increasing to 42 the number of new aircraft sold this year. This week's order brings to 28 the number of C-130Js sold to the U.S. Department of Defense, 24 of those in 1997. The Italian Air Force also ordered 18 of the new airlifters last month.
+++
During the night of December 21-22 1997, Arianespace successfully launched the INTELSAT 804 telecommunications satellite. This is the fourth International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation satellite launched this year by the European launcher, following Intelsat 801 (Flight 94), 802 (Flight 96) and 803 (Flight 100). Flight 104 was carried out by an Ariane 42L, the version of the European launcher with two liquid-propellant strap-on boosters. It used the 74th Ariane 4 launcher out of the 116 ordered to date from the European space industry. This was the 12th Ariane launch in 1997, including 11 Ariane 4s and one Ariane 5. Liftoff from the Europe Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana took place at: 9:17 pm local time in Kourou, 21 December 1997
+++
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group confirmed Olympic Airways, the flag carrier for Greece, has ordered eight Boeing 737-800s. The order is valued at $408 million, with deliveries scheduled to begin in early 2000. The 737-800s will replace the carrier's earlier 737 and 727 models.
+++
New York based TRW has decided to drop its $3,2 billion Odyssey project after six years of unsuccessfully trying to find investors for the satellite communication program. Instead, TRW has acquired a 7-percent equity share of its long-time London-based competitor ICO Global Communications. This arrangement enables TRW to have a partnership interest in a satellite project which is under development by ICO and which is similar to the Odyssey project. Odyssey, which was begun by TRW in spring of 1991, reportedly never attracted the needed number investors to get the program aloft and operating. Finally TRW realized that it was lagging behind its competitors, such as ICO, and decided to abandon the project.
+++
The Canadian Government has announced that 15 Cormorant helicopters have been selected to meet the search and rescue requirement of the Canadian forces. The EH 101 variant is built by Agusta and GKN Westland. Cormorant was selected agains CH-47, S-70 and Cougar offerings. The sale of the helicopters adds to the 83 EH101s ordered so far.
+++
Eurowings will open a new route between Berlin Tempelhof and Riga on January 26, flying one rountrip per day except on Saturdays. ATR 42 turboprops will be used.
+++

Back to the top of the page / Zurück zum Anfang der Seite


Previous updates are still available:
Die News der letzten Wochen ist nach wie vor abrufbar:

*December 21, 1997 *December 14, 1997 *December 7, 1997

*November 30, 1997 *November 23, 1997 *November 16, 1997 *November 9, 1997 *November 2, 1997

*October 26, 1997 *October 19, 1997 *October 12, 1997 *October 5, 1997

*January to September 1997 *September to December 1996

Home | UPDATE | Latest Issue | Gallery | FR Profile | Datafiles
Copyright 1998 by Motor-Presse Stuttgart. All rights reserved.
Last updated January 9, 1998
FLUG REVUE, Ubierstr. 83, 53173 Bonn, Germany