July 1997

TOPIC OF THE MONTH

Boeing 747
29 years ago, the Boeing 747 took off for its first flight. Today, after more than 40 billion flight kilometers and approximately two billion passengers, the Jumbo-Jet is still the undisputed leader of the airliner fleet.

ECONOMY

Phoenix Sky Harbour Airport
Away from the desert image
Lufthansa
Shrinking profits
British Midland
More routes to Germany

CIVIL AVIATION

FLUG REVUE airport guide
Airport access and entry, parking, lay-outs: The FLUG REVUE airport guide for stress-free traveling
Malév Hungarian Airlines
Hungary's national carrier on Western course
Airbus on the offensive
With four new models against the Boeing dominance

SPACEFLIGHT

Story Musgrave
NASA's most senior astronaut doesn't fly anymore
International space station
ESA Director Dr. Feustel-Büechl about the time schedule
DLR
Testing the Mars vehicle

COLUMNS

Editorial
News
German Air Force Association
Reader's service
Model service
Afterburner: 50th anniversary airshow of the USAF
Letter to the editor
Preview

MILITARY AVIATION

Mitsubishi F-2
Japan's new fighter-bomber in the flight test phase
Army Aviation training
New technology tuition with simulators and EC 135
Dasa/Lagardere
European defence industry restructuring gathers pace
Luftwaffe
Generalleutnant Bernhard Mende sees financial crisis McDonnell Douglas JDAM
Precision bomb on the cheap
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
The Arizona desert is currently the home for more than 5000 military aircraft which are sorted out from service

TECHNOLOGY

MTU München
Environmental friendly engine technologies
Technician training
New structure of the training courses
Hyper-X
NASA plans scramjet tests until Mach 10

HISTORY

Focke Wulf Ta 152
The Luftwaffe's fastest propeller-driven fighter

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Last updated June 4, 1997