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THINK NON-LINEAR
ENGINEERS NEED
BETTER TOOLS FOR
NEXT-GEN TESTS
TECHNOLOGY P21
STAYING SINGLE
As the short-lived merger
talks abruptly come to an
end, what next for BAE
Systems and EADS?
SITTING ON CASH
The rich are getting
richer, but they are not
spending on business
jets, says Embraer
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LONG-RANGE STRIKE
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WARNING
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a new global reach bomber?
WARNING
Can USA afford not to develop
a new global reach bomber?
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VOLUME 182
NUMBER 5362
16-22 OCTOBER 2012
PIC OF THE WEEK
YOUR PHOTOGRAPH HERE
Airspace user Duncan Monk captured this
stunning image of a two-seat 6 Sqn
Eurofighter Typhoon “one second before it
went vertical over my head” at RAF
Leuchars in Fife, Scotland. Open a gallery in
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COVER IMAGE
Group Information Graphics
Editor Gareth Burgess
created this teaser image
to accompany our feature
on the USA’s search for a
new long-range strike
bomber. See Feature
P32
General Electric traces Chinese GEnx incident to turbine
nozzle
P14
. New aircraft to be operated by air force’s
298 Sqn, with three to support training in Texas
P18
flightglobal.com/imageoftheweek
NEWS
COVER STORY
32
Heart of the battle
20
Russia signs deal for new generation Il-76
transports.
UK seeks casevac provider for Kenyan
exercises
The Long Range
Strike-Bomber is the centrepiece of the
Pentagon’s ‘AirSea Battle’ mission to
ensure US forces can hold any point on
the Earth. However, will budgetary
pressures ground a programme many
consider vital to the nation’s security?
THIS WEEK
8
Size matters as SpaceX aims big
9
NTSB sharpens criticism of G650
ight-test programme
TECHNOLOGY
21
The end of the line for linear design
10
EASA plans radical training shake-up
11
SHOW REPORT
Stark choices loom after merger fails
22
Japanese-built F-35 to debut in 2017
AIR TRANSPORT
FEATURES
30
23
Boeing positive on Japan but warns on tight
budgets
12
All goes at for Kingsher as airline
grounds its eet.
First A321 with sharklets surfaces
BOMBERS
Russian
industry is already designing a future
long-range strike aircraft to augment the
nation’s remaining Tupolev-built bombers.
But the PAK-DA must take on new roles.
Strategic intent
BUSINESS AVIATION
24
Rise in riches fails to trigger recovery.
MEBAA looks to broaden appeal of
executive jets
13
Poor discipline led A319 to land short.
Dornier crash spurs Nepal to set up
safety agency
14
Lufthansa clears air over A380 fumes.
GE traces Chinese GEnx incident to
turbine nozzle
NEWS FOCUS
25
Not just for high-iers
BUSINESS
15
An-28 off course before terrain impact.
Irkut secures funds as MS-21 metal-
cutting starts
28
If Qatar can, who can’t?
REGULARS
7 Comment
35 Straight & Level
38 Classified
41 Jobs
47 Working Week
43
JOB OF THE WEEK
DEFENCE
16
Global Hawks blaze trail in autonomous
refuelling test.
Oslo seeks approval to receive F-35s in
2015
NEXT WEEK
BUSINESS AVIATION
Ahead of NBAA, we check business
aviation’s health and nd life left in the
air taxi market, while assessing Learjet
85 prospects. Plus, our Bell 429 cutaway
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Netherlands takes delivery of rst
F-model Chinooks.
Yak-130 trainer enters Russian use
Licensed engineers,
British Airways Maintenance, Cardiff, UK
I AM GLOBAL
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conTenTs
in This issue
Companies listed
AgustaWestland.................................8, 16, 18
Air Berlin......................................................28
AirBridge Cargo ............................................14
Airbus ................. 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 21, 23, 24
Airbus Military..............................................20
Air France-KLM ......................................10, 28
A J Walter Aviation........................................29
Alaska Airlines ............................................... 8
Antonov .......................................................15
ATR ..............................................................23
Aviastar-SP ..................................................20
BAE Systems ...............................................11
Bell Helicopter .............................................18
Beriev ..........................................................22
Boeing...................... 8, 10, 14, 18, 20, 23, 24
Bombardier .....................................12, 22, 24
Bristow ........................................................29
British Airways..............................................29
CFM International ....................................8, 12
Cougar Helicopters ......................................29
Dassault ................................................11, 24
Dornier ........................................................13
EADS .....................................................11, 21
Embraer................................................... 8, 24
Emirates ......................................................28
Etihad..........................................................28
Eurocopter .............................................16, 20
Euroighter ...................................................11
Frazer-Nash Consultancy..............................21
Fuji Heavy Industries ....................................10
GE Aviation ..................................................28
General Electric ...........................................14
Gulfstream............................................... 9, 24
Hirobo .........................................................23
Honeywell ....................................................29
Ilyushin........................................................20
Interjet.........................................................15
Irkut.......................................................15, 18
Kaman Aerospace........................................29
Kawasaki .....................................................23
Kineco Private..............................................29
Kingisher Airlines ........................................12
Kotlin-Novator..............................................20
Link .............................................................23
Lockheed Martin ..........................9, 16, 20, 22
Lufthansa ..............................................14, 28
Middle East Airlines .....................................28
Mikoyan ......................................................... 8
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries..........................22
NetJets .................................................... 9, 25
NH Industries...............................................16
Northrop Grumman................................11, 16
Parker Hanniin ............................................29
Pratt & Whitney ............................................12
Qantas...................................................14, 28
Qatar Airways .........................................12, 28
Rolls-Royce............................................14, 22
Royal Jordanian Airlines ...............................28
Saab ....................................................... 8, 11
Saudia.........................................................28
ShinMaywa ..................................................22
Sikorsky.......................................................29
Singapore Airlines ........................................14
Sita Air.........................................................13
SpaceX .......................................................... 8
Sukhoi .........................................................15
Superjet International ..................................15
Syrian Arab Airlines ........................................ 8
Tupolev ........................................................ 30
United Aircraft ..............................................20
Vertis Aviation ..............................................29
Wind Jet.......................................................13
Yakovlev.......................................................18
behind The
headlines
The week on The web
lightglobal.com
Japan’s International Aerospace
Exhibition in Nagoya takes place
every four years. Our deputy
Asia editor Greg Waldron
(
below
) was there to ind out
about some of the latest devel-
opments in the country’s self-
contained aerospace industry
(
P22
). He also took some time
out during the show to take a
ride above Nagoya in an EC135
courtesy of Eurocopter. Our
Americas managing editor
Stephen Trimble was in Brazil
with Embraer (
P24
), while Air
Transport reporter Michael
Gubisch was covering his main-
tenance beat in Amsterdam for
MRO Europe (
P10
).
Singer sarah brightman once lost her heart to a starship
trooper. Now she is planning to ly to the International Space
Station, courtesy of space adventures, as David Todd
explains on our dedi-
cated spacelight blog,
Hyperbola. Israel has one
of the toughest aviation
security environments in
the world, but, according
to Ariel View’s arie
Egozi, the authorities are
taking a more relaxed
view to alcohol, perfume and other liquids bought duty-free
at Tel Aviv’s ben gurion airport, thanks to some new
technology. On The Networker, blogger Miyuru Sandaruwan
analyses how Emirates’ tie-up with Qantas and Qatar
airways’ joining Oneworld has changed the shape of the
global airline marketplace. Plus, the latest offer for those
signing up for our members-only FG Club is a chance to
download the 2012 world airliner Census.
Find all these items at
lightglobal.com/wotw
QuesTion of The week
Last week, we asked: Which engine maker will win the battle to
power Boeing’s 777X: You said:
35
%
33
%
32
%
GE
Rolls-Royce
Pratt & Whitney
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