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AF447 LESSONS
HOW DISASTER
COULD CHANGE
PILOT BEHAVIOUR
FEATURE P32
SIZING DOWN
Gulf Air swaps A330s for
A320neo as troubled
carrier restructures to
focus on region
BRISTOW SWITCH
North Sea helicopter
operator opts for more
S-92s to ll gap left by
EC225 grounding
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TRAINING
BACK IN
CONTROL
The life-or-death importance
of mastering upset recovery
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VOLUME 182
NUMBER 5367
20-26 NOVEMBER 2012
AF447 LESSONS
HOW DISASTER
COULD CHANGE
PILOT BEHAVIOUR
FEATURE P32
SIZING DOWN
Gulf Air swaps A330s for
A320neo as troubled
carrier restructures to
focus on region
BRISTOW SWITCH
North Sea helicopter
operator opts for more
S-92s to ll gap left by
EC225 grounding
PIC OF THE WEEK
YOUR PHOTOGRAPH HERE
AirSpace user Hounddogone shared this
shot of a Titan Airways BAe 146, on
approach to London City. Flightglobal’s
Ascend Online database lists two
146-200QC jets in Titan’s 12-aircraft fleet.
Open a gallery in flightglobal.com’s AirSpace
community for a chance to feature here
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20-26 NOVEMBER 2012
TRAINING
BACK IN
CONTROL
The life-or-death importance
of mastering upset recovery
£3.20
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COVER IMAGE
APS shared this shot of an
Extra 300 aircraft it uses
for upset-recovery training
in Phoenix, Arizona. For our
cover story, reporter Dave
Majumdar visited the
provider – and got to
perform a zoom climb.
See Cover Story
P36
P180 Avanti II boosts Piaggio presence at Airshow China
in Zhuhai
P22
. South Korean display team pilot dies in
T-50B crash
P9
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NEWS
COVER STORY
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Turning it around
Continental to go heavy on diesel engine
production
Training provider
Aviation Performance Solutions offers a
programme designed to help pilots cope
with rarely encountered upset conditions
THIS WEEK
22
Airframers raise stakes in aircraft
co-operation pact
8
Comac’s sights on single-aisle sector
9
Boeing intensies 787-10X sales pitch
23
Model display conrms ghter plans.
10
Tough talk as Europe relents on ETS
11
25
Chinese Su-35 deal back on the table
Boeing plans third 737 line for 2015
FEATURES
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BUSINESS AVIATION
The AF447
disaster sparks debate on pilot training
needs – should the focus be on control,
upset-recovery or both?
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End of the line
There’s a desperate
need to recruit new pilots as productivity
is stretched and the world’s eet is
expected to double by 2030
TRAINING
Never again
26
Bristow snaps up Sikorsky S-92s in wake
of EC225 grounding
AIR TRANSPORT
12
Gulf Air scraps its A330s for A320neo.
Afriqiyah and Qatar swaps whittle
A350-800’s tally
14
Admirers size up 787-10X’s potential.
Bombardier dismisses talk of Russian
Q400 line
27
Aircraft shipments reveal modest signs of
recovery worldwide
GENERAL AVIATION
28
UK safety branch calls for clearer S-76
torque guide
17
Brandenburg’s safety battle rages on.
Brit Air CRJ700 landed late before
Lorient overrun
SPACEFLIGHT
29
Watch this space for a new direction
DEFENCE
BUSINESS
18
Altitude limits retained as USAF lifts
F-22 restrictions
30
Hollywood comes to IFE
19
Heron ies high with Israeli air force.
Brazil bang on target for new-generation
missiles
AIRSHOW CHINA SHOW REPORT
20
Comac trumpets C919 deals.
ARJ21 delivery schedule slips
REGULARS
7 Comment
42 Straight & Level
44 Classified
47 Jobs
51 Working Week
47
JOB OF THE WEEK
NEXT WEEK
SWEDEN SPECIAL
Air force operations and plans are
spotlighted in our country report, which
also takes in Saab and Volvo Aero
updates. Plus: a military training focus
21
GE is power behind China’s rst
corporate turboprop.
REGA, aircraft
maintenance manager, Switzerland
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CONTENTS
IN THIS ISSUE
Companies listed
AAR ............................................................... 8
Afriqiyah Airways ..........................................12
AgustaWestland ....................................... 8, 28
Airbus ....................................8, 12, 14, 21, 27
Airbus Military................................................ 8
Air France ....................................................17
Air Lease......................................................31
Antonov ................................................... 8, 28
Aviage Systems............................................23
Aviation Partners..........................................26
AVIC...........................................20, 22, 23, 25
Azerbaijan Airlines.......................................... 8
BAE Systems ...............................................18
Bell Helicopter .......................................25, 28
Beriev ..........................................................18
BOC Aviation ................................................31
Boeing .........................8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 25, 29
Bombardier .................................8, 14, 17, 22
Bristow Group ..............................................26
Brit Air..........................................................17
British Airways ..............................................31
CAIGA ..........................................................21
Cathay Pacic ..............................................14
CATIC ...........................................................23
Cessna ........................................................21
Chengdu Airlines ..........................................20
China Eastern Airlines ..................................20
China Southern Airlines................................21
Comac...............................................8, 20, 22
Dassault ......................................................26
Denel ...........................................................19
Ducommun ..................................................31
EADS ....................................................... 8, 30
Eclipse Aerospace........................................26
Embraer .......................................................21
Eurocopter .............................................. 8, 26
FL Technics Jets ............................................26
Gama Aviation .............................................26
Garmin ........................................................28
GE Aviation ............................................23, 31
GECAS .........................................................20
GippsAero ....................................................26
Gulf Air.........................................................12
Gulfstream ...................................................26
H&P General Aviation Service ......................25
Hawker Pacic Aerospace ............................28
Hebei Aviation Group ...................................20
Hindustan Aeronautics .................................31
Honeywell ....................................................28
International Airlines Group ..........................31
Israel Aerospace Industries ..........................19
Korea Aerospace Industries............................ 9
Libyan Airlines ..............................................12
Lockheed Martin ....................9, 18, 19, 30, 31
LOT Polish Airlines .......................................... 9
Mectron .......................................................19
Northrop Grumman................................18, 19
Parker Aerospace .........................................31
Piaggio Aero.................................................22
Pilatus Aircraft..............................................27
Qatar Airways .....................................8, 12, 14
Rockwell Collins .....................................10, 28
Rolls-Royce ..................................................31
Sierra Nevada ..............................................29
Sikorsky ...........................................21, 26, 28
Southwest Airlines........................................30
SpaceX ........................................................29
StandardAero ..............................................31
Starlite Aviation............................................27
Stratajet ......................................................27
Sukhoi .........................................................25
Thales ..........................................................30
Tupolev .......................................................... 8
WestJet ........................................................31
West Star Aviation ........................................26
BEHIND THE
HEADLINES
THE WEEK ON THE WEB
flightglobal.com
Photographers
Law Kian Yan
and
joined
Flightglobal staff from Singapore
and London at
James Robbins
Dave Majumdar shot video showing recovery of a ScanEagle
UAV at
’s ight-test site in Gilliam County, Oregon, and
posted it to defence blog
Insitu
.
Visit ightglobal.com/zhuhai to
read
Airshow China
The DEW Line
. On Ariel View,
Arie
Egozi
pondered whether the
Obama’s re-election might
affect the
pro-
duced by the team; turn to P20
for their show report. Dominic
Perry ew Seattle-Doha on
interactive magazines
air force’s
plans, and noted, “The
Israeli
Qatar
Iranian
Airways’
rst Boeing 787.
threat, the civil war in
Syria
,
which in recent days has
crawled towards the
with Israel, and other defence
issues mean it is not a good time for tensions between
Washington
border
.” Egozi also explained how the
souring of Israel’s relationship with
and
Jerusalem
led to Elbit suing
the nation’s former government over a cancelled deal. The
Image of the Day
Turkey
blog carried a photo (
above
) taken at the
Aviation Nation 2012
event at
Nellis AFB
and posted by
AirSpace user
flyvertosset
. It shows a North American P-51
Mustang
, two F-86
Sabres
and a Lockheed Martin F-22.
Find all these items at
flightglobal.com/wotw
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Last week, we asked for your take on the:
CSeries delay:
You said:
It’s a complex programme:
what do you expect?
This better be
the last one
It’s already too
late for CSeries
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HIGH FLIERS
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In focus:
Boeing 747-8 technical description & cutaway
2
IAG slashes Iberia A340s but indicates additional BA 777s
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Iberia to cut 4,500 staff and reduce eet by 25 aircraft
4
Video:
Citation overrun at Sao Paulo Congonhas downtown airport
5
Qatar interested in proposed 787-10X: Al Baker
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 Safran is recruiting engineers for
some Very Important Missions
Safran engineers power thousands
of rescue missions a year
Thanks to the Arriel helicopter engine designed by Safran engineers,
holder of many international records, Eric, a search & rescue worker
in the Alps, can continue helping mountain climbers in diculty.
Yet another innovation from Safran that’s more than just a new
technology.
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The Arriel family of turboshaft engines was
designed by Safran for light and medium single-
or twin-engine helicopters. Over 10,000 have
been produced to date, logging 35 million hours
in ight for 1,300 customers in 110 countries.
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