SP's AirBuz - ISSUE No 04-11

Issue Features

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  Infrastructure - Good Days Ahead
  By Joseph Noronha

  A strong regional airline network would relieve much of the pressure from the large airports. However, regional aviation cannot prosper without a determined programme to build or renovate at least 200 airports in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities all over the country.

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  ‘ADS-B is an aid to air traffic controllers and not a replacement’

  John Kefaliotis, Vice President, Next Generation Transportation Systems, ITT Corporation threw light on the ADS-B’s utilities.

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  Infrastructure - Toiling & Moiling
  By S.R. Swarup

  The business aviation sector is going through a quiet revolution. Growing annually at an impressive rate of 10 per cent, the aircraft industry is looking at a figure of 2,000 business aviation aircraft in India in the near future.

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  OEM - Travelling in the lap of luxury

  Be it for business or leisure, few can afford to waste precious time for travel in today’s world.

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  NextGen ATM - Reducing Air Congestion
  By Joseph Noronha

  Without a complete transformation of ATM systems, the safety of increasingly crowded skies in many parts of the globe is likely to be in jeopardy

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  Transport - Connecting Northeast
  By A.K. Sachdev

  On the anvil are Central Government’s plans to purchase small aircraft (26-30 seats) to meet the specific requirements of the region.

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  Technology - The Online Black Box
  By Mahesh Acharya

  The system performs a battery of tasks from monitoring in real time engine parameters, fuel status or any abnormal flight conditions to storing the data that is accessed by interface unit of ACARS

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  Boeing 787 - Dreamliner Lands

  The Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its India debut landing at the Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on July 13.

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  Paris Air Show - Windfall at Paris
  By R. Chandrakanth, Paris

  Air Asia grabbed headlines by ordering 200 A320neo for $18.2 billion ( Rs. 81,900 crore) and Airbus, with a record 730 orders at the Paris Air Show, was laughing all the way to the bank.

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  Hybrid Flying Car

  This roadable aircraft is expected to carry 80 litres of fuel and have a driving range of 1,310 kilometres

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  Flying Chameleon

  The flying wing model used in the DLR tests is based on a design developed as part of the EU NACRE project

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  A Win-Win Situation
  By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

  AIE is turning to the IAF to source 25 experienced pilots per year who have the potential to be trained as commanders in a short span of time.