FLUG REVUE: Contents of May 2003

May 2003

25 YEARS AGO

March 1978

TAKE-OFF

Aussie Air Show
Avalon proved an interesting mixture of industry discussions and grand-scale flying atmosphere

CIVIL AVIATION

Northwest Airlines
The fourth biggest US airline and its alliance strategy
Thomas Cook AG
Delivery of the first A320 to the new group-wide standard
Civil Reserve Air Fleet
Airliners flying for the Pentagon
Concorde
Why BA is thinking about terminating its supersonic flights
easyJet
The low-cost airline has lost interest in dba
Regional airlines
New challenges for European carriers
Bell/Agusta BA609
Maiden flight of the first civil tiltrotor
Business Aviation
First flight of the Global 5000
Dassault results for 2002
Lufthansa Technik
The maintenance specialist undergoes global expansion

SPACEFLIGHT

Ariane 4 – the end of an era
The market leader is taken out of service
Spaceflight news
Buran cosmonauts have no future any more

HISTORY

Douglas DC-7
The first propeller powered passenger aircraft to fly the Atlantic non-stop

MILITARY AVIATION

Lockheed Martin F-35
Development of the Joint Strike Fighter is in full swing
Iraq war
New systems are being deployed
Lockheed Martin C-130J
Large order for the military airlifter
PZL Bryza
Small maritime reconnaissance aircraft from Poland
Lockheed Martin F-117
The invisible bomber in detail.

AIRPORTS

Fort Lauderdale
Record growth in the American cruiser paradise
Cologne/Bonn
The low-cost hub is trying to attract long haul connections
Airport news

TECHNOLOGY

Every aspect of the passenger cabin
The Aircraft Interiors 2003 exhibition in Hamburg was a meeting point for the industry
Cable technology
Ultraviolet lasers make easy work of inscription
Precision tools
Hand drills for aviation industry
A400M engine
A decision is imminent

REGULARS

May editorial: Airlines hit by Iraq war
News
Models, books
Afterburner: jet oldies in Sweden
Important dates / Airspot

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