FLUG REVUE: Contents of October 2003

October 2003

25 YEARS AGO

August 1978

TAKE-OFF

Royal International Air Tattoo in Fairford
The biggest military air show in the world celebrated the centenary of the Wright brothers'

CIVIL AVIATION

Aeroflot
Reform is under way at Russia's international airline
Heavy-duty airlifter
Why LH Cargo Charter has used the An-225 for the first time
Contact Air modernised
The regional airline is upgrading its fleet to the ATR 42-500
Reorganisation of the Lufthansa team
Cirrus Airlines is going its own way
Positive trend reversal
IATA and ICAO see an end to the crisis
Market survey of midsize business jets
The golden mean: powerful and economic at the same time

SPACEFLIGHT

Spaceflight in China
China is the third nation to plan to send astronauts into space using its own resources
Space news
All the latest from around the world

TECHNOLOGY

Water on board!
How the technicians grapple with condensation water
79 Pratt & Whitney PW6000
A318 engine is undergoing testing

MILITARY AVIATION

Korea Aerospace T-50
Testing of the new jet trainer is in full swing
Recce Meet in Florennes
Reconnaissance planes show their metal
Northrop Grumman RQ-4A
Unmanned high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft enters full production
BAE Systems Hawk
The RAF is buying a new version of the trainer
Belgian army aviation
TOW firing practice in Germany
Dassault Mirage 2000
The delta-wing classic in detail
“Clean Hunter” manoeuvre
The Luftwaffe is practising deployment abroad

AIRPORTS

Expansion plans for Frankfurt airport
Germany's hub is gearing up for the next upsurge
More capacity in Düsseldorf
Why the airport detects a new political tailwind

HISTORY

100 years of powered flight – World War II

REGULARS

October editorial: MTU is up for sale
News
Books / models
Afterburner: Junkers Ju 52 restored in France
AIRSpot / dates
Preview, publisher's information

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