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Debut Flight
AgustaWestland prototype AW189 has completed its maiden flight |
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| TecKnow |
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Virtual Fitting Tech
Lufthansa Technik plans to fit the first complete cabin interior using a Virtual Fitcheck in two years |
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Fight over Slots
By Group Captain (Retd) A.K. Sachdev
The tussle between airlines and the MoCA over route networking is a continual process. One of the solutions lies in improving the infrastructure at the smaller airports to a level that airlines find flying to them attractive. |
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Market Outlook - Bright & Exciting
By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia
If 2011 proved to be an eventful year for the IAF in terms of new acquisitions, year 2012 promises to be even more exciting with the year expected to begin on a high note |
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Fighters - Better than the Best
By Air Marshal (Retd) A.K. Trikha, Pune
Technology carries a certain momentum of its own. Despite very high costs and the considerable margin by which the US has already outpaced its nearest competitor, buzz for a ‘sixth-generation fighter’... |
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Transport - Filling the Gap
By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia
With India’s emerging status as a regional power, the nation will indeed require the capability of swift response and power projection to safeguard its national security interests... |
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UAVs - Developments & Nuances
By Air Marshal (Retd) B.N. Gokhale, Pune
With rapid advances in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence, UAVs are increasingly becoming more versatile. |
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C-17 - A Strong Workhorse
By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa
The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III was planned to be wound up in 2004, but production has been extended again and again, and the end is not in sight. |
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Engines - Bullish on Jaguar
By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia
Honeywell claims that compared to the current Adour Mk811 engines fitted on the IAF Jaguars, its proven and mass-produced F125IN is 267.6 kg (590 lb) lighter... |
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Indo-Pak War 1971 - Victory Revisited
By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia
The most befitting tribute to the IAF’s role in the 1971 Indo-Pak War came from none other than Lt General A.A.K. Niazi, who when asked as to why he had surrendered his command when his Army was still intact... |
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| Hall of Fame |
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George Cayley (1773 - 1857)
By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa
He was a man in advance of his time—the first true scientific aerial investigator and the first to grasp the basic principles and forces of flight |
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