FLUG REVUE
October 1996

40 YEARS OF FLUG REVUE

Opinions
Industry leaders congratulate FLUG REVUE on the occasion of its 40th anniversary
FLUG REVUE leads the market
A look back from 1956 until today
Readers contest
Super prizes for DM 20000 are to be won
Timeline
The most important aerospace events from 1956 until today, part 1
Convair B-58 Hustler
America's Mach 2 delta bomber flew 40 years ago

TOPIC OF THE MONTH

Farnborough International '96
- Great Britain gives OK for Eurofighter EF2000
- German missiles for the Luftwaffe
- Boeing and Airbus continue their ongoing dispute
- Sukhoi Su-37 displays its superior maneuvrability with thrust-vectoring
- New alliances for new engines
- Bell 430 in record time around the world

ECONOMY

Lufthansa
New cost cutting program to cope with the crisis
Growing world market
Teal Group predicts 26000 new aircraft sales until 2005

CIVIL AVIATION

Lufthansa CityLine
First airline in Europe that uses Head-up guidance system in the Canadair RegionalJet

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

ENVISAT
Dornier builds satellite for environmental surveillance
SOFIA
Boeing 747 with Zeiss telescope

MILITARY AVIATION

Mil Mi-24/35 "Hind"
New versions of Russia's proven attack helicopter in test
"Cooperative Chance"
Air forces of 17 NATO and PfP nations train in Hungary
Over budget and behind schedule
Great Britain's National Accounting Office takes stock of the defence programs

TECHNOLOGY

IABG tests the Airbus A330/340
Fatigue testsof the latest Airbus airliners are finished at Ottobrunn
Lufthansa Technik
New transport system for patients offered
FFV Aeorotech
Modern facility for antenna tests operational in Sweden
AGEMA Infrared Systems
Test systems checks repaired radomes
Roke Manor Research
Altitude measuring via transponder

COLUMNS

Editorial
News
German Air Force Association
Reader's pages
Next month's preview, Masthead

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Last updated August 18, 1996

FLUG REVUE October 1996