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CONTENTS
28 JANUARY-3 FEBRUARY 2020
Volume 197 Number 5720
Stratos Aircraft
THIS WEEK
8 Bombardier looks towards A220 exit
9 EC approval key to Embraer turboprop.
US Navy’s ‘lifeline’ advances as CMV-22B flies
10 Return of the Max expected in June, Boeing
tells carriers
11 Details emerge of Iran 737 shootdown
AIR TRANSPORT
12 Bek Air probe reveals safety problems
13 A380 makes way for A321 in Toulouse.
Airbus trials fully automated take-off system
14 AAIB warns Portuguese airports over
‘confusing’ terminology
15 A220 gains lift under new ownership
DEFENCE
16 Stealthy 5GAT has ambitious targets
17 F-35 passes muster as airborne sensor.
Flight-test Gremlins end X-61A debut with crash.
UK to increase Jupiter fleet
18 Delayed Defiant pushes the envelope.
Falco Xplorer begins airborne test campaign
NEWS FOCUS
20 Now back to the Moon, via Germany
BUSINESS AVIATION
22 Stratos starts 716 prototype assembly.
‘Tough year’ triggers slip in shipments for Daher
23 Farnborough breaks movement record.
Toyota funding offers lift to Joby electric air taxi
Airbus
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Dan Thisdell travelled to
Paris to report on ESA’s
spaceflight ambitions
(P20). Meanwhile,
Dominic Perry and
Garrett Reim span up our
Heli-Expo preview (P24)
NEXT WEEK CUTAWAY
Don’t miss our double-
sided cutaway poster of
the Airbus A220. Plus, a
Singapore air show preview
Stratos pushes ahead with
first prototype 716 P
COVER STORY
28 Progress in
revolutions
Nearing the end of its
development cycle, the
H160 may appear like
just another rotorcraft –
but Airbus Helicopters
promises a step-change
in performance
24 From Switzerland, a new world order
Kopter is confident its much-delayed yet highly
anticipated SH09 light-single can challenge status
quo in segment by offering new levels of
performance not matched by sector’s incumbents
30 Vertical challenge
Strong demand for short-hop intra-city travel has
prompted Bell to switch its Nexus eVTOL to
all-electric power, with potential applications in ride
sharing and public transport
34 Are biofuels the future?
Aviation is a hard industry to decarbonise – with
demand for air travel likely to increase – but political
backing for sustainable fuels could have a big impact
38 Logical and ecological
With Solar Impulse, Bertrand Piccard showed that
clean technology can deliver a technical triumph;
now his mission is to convince business that going
green makes money
NEWS
FEATURES
REGULARS
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