October 1997

TOPIC OF THE MONTH

Me 109 - the world's most built interceptor
More than 33000 aircraft left the production plants until 1945. After the war, the Bf 109 was produced in Czechoslovakia and Spain. Today, only a few aircraft of the epoch-making lightweight design from aviation pioneer Professor Willy Messerschmitt are left.

ECONOMY

The new Boeing Company
The mega merger
European aerospace industry needs consolidation
Comments by German Government State Secretary for aerospace affairs
ILA '98
New focus for Berlin's airshow

CIVIL AVIATION

Uzbekistan Airways
Light and shadow of air traffic in a threshold country
Ilyushin in Tashkent
The paralyzed giant
Europe's air traffic control
Wishful thinking
Airbus A330-200
Successful first flight
Düsseldorf airport
The balance of the fire catastrophe
Interview
Düsseldorf airport's managing director Hans-Joachim Peters
KLM/Northwest Airlines
The alliance is saved

SPACEFLIGHT

Space station
What is the matter with MIR?
Astronaut Reinhold Ewald
Human or MIR, who makes the mistakes?
Launchers
New systems from Russia

MILITARY AVIATION

Tiger Meet
NATO's tiger squadrons met in Fairford
Airshow in Moscow
Antonov presents the An-70 for the first time
Dassault Aviation Rafale
Budget cuts delay the program
Russian border guard
New aircraft

TECHNOLOGY

Satellite navigation
GNSS - the ultimate solution?

HISTORY

Sud-Est Se 5000 Baroudeur
The first "off-road" jet from France

COLUMS

Editorial
German plans in Space
News
German Air Force Association
Reader service
Model aircraft service
Afterburner
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