July 2012

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Features

GRIZZLY GAINS GROUND
Nigel Pittaway visited Airbus Military at Toulouse and provides an update on the A400M Grizzly.

LONDON’S AIR SECURITY PLAN
Ian Harding reports on a recent nine-day exercise staged by the UK MoD for its Olympics air security plan.

LOW-KEY START FOR BOEING’S NEW JUMBO
Andreas Spaeth joined the inaugural flight of Lufthansa’s Boeing 747-8I from Frankfurt to Washington DC.

SUPER HORNET – BOEING’S MULTI-ROLE STRIKE FIGHTER
AIR International’s 52-page supplement on Boeing’s Super Hornet covering; weapons and systems, power plant, strike test, top gun, test pilot’s school, carrier operations and ops with the Royal Australian Air Force.

FRISIAN FLAG A DUTCH MASTER CLASS
In April Leeuwarden AB in the Netherlands hosted exercise Frisian Flag. Kees van der Mark and Arnaud Boxman report.

A380's DIFFICULT YEAR
Mark Broadbent provides an update on the Airbus A380 programme.

KOREA'S EAGLE SOARS
South Korea's supersonic T-50 Golden Eagle advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft is profiled by Mark Broadbent.

FROM DREAMS TO REALITY
Mark Broadbent outlines some of the challenges still facing the next-generation Boeing 787 Dreamliner programme.

E II R
Ian Harding reports from RAF Odiham on the recent Queen’s Diamond Jubilee flypast.

102 WHAT”S COOKING
Mark Broadbent reports on commercial aircraft programme news

WEDGETAIL REDEFINES AEW&C
Australia’s Boeing 737-based AEW&C platform is now beginning to display system maturity. Nigel Pittaway reports from Williamtown.

AGUSTAWESTLAND’s AW169
AIR International reviews the 4.5-tonne helicopter following the type’s maiden flight on May 10.

GENERATION X
Bruce Hales-Dutton assesses the chances of Boeing launching a new family of airliners based on the triple-seven, dubbed the ‘777X’.

TANKER TRIALS
In service with two major air forces, Airbus Military is upbeat about further export sales of the A330 MRTT. Nigel Pittaway reports.

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