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INTERNATIONAL

17-23 FEBRUARY 2015

FLIGHTINTERNATIONAL

IAI’S SEA SENTRYIsraeli group reveals its maritime patrol concept

based on Bombardier large business jet 21

GOODBYE PAPERBritish Airways becomes first 787 operator to go

all-electronic for cabin and technical logs 15

BACK TO SCHOOL TRANSASIA PILOTS TOLD TO RETRAIN

AFTER ATR CRASH NEWS FOCUS P

17-23 FEBRUARY 2015

AUSTRALIA SPECIALMAHINDRA

UNHINDEREDHow Indian ownership freed once niche GA manufacturer to realise its global goals

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VOLUME 187 NUMBER 5476

Mahindra

COVER IMAGE

This shot of an Airvan 8

was supplied by Mahindra

Aerospace. The piston-

engined utility aircraft is

the Indian company’s

flagship product P

BEHIND THE HEADLINES

Roving Air Transport Reporter

Edward Russell paid a visit to

São José dos Campos in

Brazil, as Embraer handed

over its first of a possible

150 E175 regional jets to

American Airlines. The

76-seater will be operated by

American Eagle (P14)

NEXT WEEK HELICOPTERS

Our pre-Heli-Expo special

looks at Turbomeca, the Bell

525 and the much-anticipated

Airbus Helicopters X4 Airbus Helicopters, Bombardier

German NH90s grounded by “design flaw” P20. New Bombardier management seeks to restore finances P

Discovery Aviation

Discovery launches production of improved XL-2 P

COVER STORY

32 Big changes for the big country On the eve of

the Australian air show, our biennial country

special looks at the transformation of the nation’s

air defence fleet, with the addition of new fighters,

reconnaissance aircraft and tanker-transports – as

well as the iconic Royal Flying Doctor Service. We

also examine ructions within Australia’s formerly

fast-growing helicopter sector, while our cover story

focuses on Mahindra Aerospace, the one-time

GippsAero, now fast expanding into all continents

REGULARS

9 Comment

48 Straight & Level

49 Letters

51 Classified

54 Jobs

59 Working Week

NEWS

THIS WEEK

10 Boeing kills talk of re-engined 757

11 Bellemare comes in as Bombardier fights to survive.

Self-employment trend on rise for European pilots

12 Northrop makes clean sheet T-X pitch.

ESA’s IXV brings hypersonic re-entry a stage closer

13 Bristow ponders major order.

Mini-UAVs bring IAI and India’s Alpha together

AIR TRANSPORT

14 EASA tells ATR pilots to take it easy on approach.

First E175 for airline that saved Embraer in 1997

15 BA logs paperless first on Dreamliner.

Ryanair 737 crew took low approach.

Asiana shows intent for A321neos

16 Supplier backs rapid revival of Il-114.

Boeing brings more design and assembly

in-house

18 AirTanker starts Thomas Cook A330 conversion.

Mexican aerospace set for ‘explosion’ – analyst

DEFENCE

20 UK evaluation of F-35B begins at Edwards.

Saab boss confident of success with T-X partner.

‘Flaw’ grounds German NH90s

21 IAI reveals its Global vision for maritime patrol.

US Army Hellfire successor gets back on target

23 Embraer outlines KC-390 test plan.

Seoul renews KFX tender after lone bid frustrates

BUSINESS AVIATION

24 Midsize jet demand helps power recovery

25 Falcon 8X flight test campaign begins

GENERAL AVIATION

26 New-generation XL-2 starts production under

Discovery.

Patent progress for lightweight ejection seat.

NEWS FOCUS

27 TransAsia pilots fail in safety review

29 Can Predator prosper outside NATO?

Turbomeca