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2001
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September 1976 |
TAKE OFF
Royal International Air TattooThe biggest military air show in the world celebrates its 30th anniversary.
CIVIL AVIATION
Bombardier CRJExpansion of the regional aircraft family
Singapore Airlines
Why SIA is upgrading its Business Class: interview with Senior Executive Vice President Michael Tan
Freight hub Alaska
We visit the "end of the world", where cargo planes fly huge distances to supply the wilderness
Cargolux expanding
Growing with 747-400s into the most modern cargo fleet
Cutbacks at Lufthansa
A slimming-down programme with smaller aircraft and fewer destinations
Mil Mi-26
The biggest helicopter of the world in detail
SPACEFLIGHT
ESA parabolic flight campaignGermans were among the students who got the opportunity to experience weightlessness at first hand
Russian launcher rocket
Baikal - rocket or aircraft?
Shuttle mission STS-105
Changing of the crew on board the International Space Station
AIRPORTS
Singapore ChangiWhy Asia's south-eastern hub is a hit with the passengers
Docks for the A380
A British boffin presents his ideas on how to radically speed up passenger processing for ultra-large aircraft
Airport news
News from the world of airports
MILITARY AVIATION
Joint Strike FighterBoeing and Lockheed Martin have completed their last flight tests
Lockheed Martin F-22
Pentagon gives the green light to enter low-rate initial production
Eurocopter Tiger
Victory in Australia
Tandem Thrust '01
Major exercise in Queensland
RAF Brüggen
Last base in Germany is closed
Reorganisation
The first changes of the Luftwaffe structure have already been implemented
TECHNOLOGY
Elbe Flugzeugwerke DresdenAirbus freighters "made in Germany"
Stratospheric research
Record for an infrared balloon
Flexible tanks for Embraer
Helios solar aircraft
NASA flying vehicle is to serve as an alternative to satellites
B-52B retired
NASA's oldest carrier platform is taken out of service
HISTORY
VFW-Fokker VFW 614The sad story of the first West German regional jet
REGULARS
October editorialNews
Important dates, readers' letters
Modelling service
Afterburner: Fiat G.46 flies again
Survey, books
Impressum, preview
