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CONTENTS
22 AUGUST-4 SEPTEMBER 2017
22 August- 4 September flightglobal.com
Berlin fall Etihad strategy suffers a fresh
blow following cash crisis at German equity
partner 9
Freight waitBAE puts RJ100 conversions on
hold after ASL floods market with unwanted
cargo fleet 14
Tiger taleMali accident investigation
prompts users to ground their Airbus attack
helicopters 18
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FLIGHT TESTPerfect
Vision?Cirrus lets us focus on
its SF50 personal jet
Kodiak bearing up in Brazil P13. Insolvency worsens Etihad’s record with European investments P
Berlin seeks answers after fatal Mali accident P
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COVER STORY
24 Jet set go Very light jets had a bright future
until the global financial crisis turned the air
taxi dream into a nightmare. Cirrus kept its
personal Vision alive with the SF50 – we put it
to the test
FEATURES
30 AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS Flight crew not
included Boeing’s next clean-sheet airliner
probably won’t feature a fully autonomous
flightdeck, but it is exploring the technologies
that may, eventually, end the days of human
pilots
REGULARS
5 Comment
36 Straight & Level
37 Letters
39 Classified
40 Jobs
43 Working Week
NEWS
THIS WEEK
6 Hope resurfaces in search for MH
7 Avolon argues Boeing should keep tweaking
Max models
8 H225 safety doubts prevent broad-based
return, says Era.
US special forces are snared by LASSO
concept
9 Air Berlin’s fall adds to Etihad troubles
SHOW REPORT
10 Fractions adding up for Next Aviation
11 HondaJet to press ahead with growth outside
of the USA
13 Kodiak lined up for agricultural duties
AIR TRANSPORT
14 Low interest puts BAE conversions on shelf
15 Freejet gains thrust from engine switch
16 Early turn in An-26 descent behind Polar
landing mishap
17 Spoilers alert Spirit to material change
DEFENCE
18 Tiger user nations ground type amid Mali
crash mystery.
Gripen deal waits as Bulgaria reviews selection
19 USMC puts air safety in the spotlight.
Triton stays on course for early test
21 Meteor plans to make a bigger Impact
BUSINESS AVIATION
22 G500 homes in on certification target.
Air Hamburg strengthens its charter fleet with
initial Legacy 650E delivery.
Touchdown for American 767s in Patriots
move
GENERAL AVIATION
23 Lisa launches final prototype of Akoya
two-seat seaplane.
Elixir prepared for August first flight
Airbus
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Michael Gerzanics (above
right) joined Cirrus’s Matt
Bergwall for a Vision Jet
flight-test experience from
Fresno to Little Rock (P24).
In São Paulo, the LABACE
gathering drew a visit by
Stephen Trimble (P10)
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren
COVER IMAGE
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren
captured this shot of the
Vision Jet while in the
hands of our test pilot
Michael Gerzanics, who
put the SF50 through its
paces in California P
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our next issue will be on 5
September, when we bring
you our aerospace Top 100
Volume 192 Number 5601
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