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vol 17 ISSUE 5 • May • 2014
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VOL 17 ISSUE 5 • MAY • 2014
SEEN HERE IS BOMBARDIER’S
CHALLENGER 300 WHICH IS LIKELY TO
BE ONE OF THE MANY BUSINESS JETS
DISPLAYED AT EBACE 2014
LAST
WORD
Bizav in India,
INSPIRE.
ALSO:
• IAF AND DASSAULT
- A JOURNEY OF
RELATIONSHIP
EBACE
2014: A Preview
ABACE
RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24199
2014: A Report
• INDIA’S UAV
PROGRAMMES -
LONG FLIGHT
• WE SUPPORT
INDIA’S INDIGENOUS
PROGRAMMES
—UDAY YADAV,
PRESIDENT, AEROSPACE
GROUP, EATON
BIZAV IN EUROPE - TRENDING
UPWARD
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Cover IMAGE:
Business aviation sector accounts
for over $20 billion to the European
economy and employs more than
1,60,000 people across Europe.
upward mobility: Business aviation flight activity worldwide grew faster than the global
gross domestic product (GDP), and for the first time since 2008, deliveries of business
jets were higher than the previous year.
Cover image by: Bombardier
TecKnow
8 Is it a Drone or a Satellite?
military
9 Unmanned
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Show report
33 ABACE 2014
Dragon Roars
Flight to Unmanned
A Long
Independence
13 OEM
A Long Journey
Show Preview
22 Ebace 2014
High Optimism
regular
Departments
3
A Word from Editor-in-Chief
6
NewsWithViews
Lead Story
Europe:
TrendING Upward
Business aviation in Europe continues
to lag the modest global market
recovery, but there are hopeful signs.
– irAsia India Granted Air Operator’s
A
Permit
COMMERCIAL
Regional Aviation
26 Getting the Size Right
37 Hall of Fame
29 A Never Ending Debate
interview
31
Eaton
Uday
Yadav, President,
40 NewsDigest
Aerospace Group, Eaton
www.sps-aviation.com
Bernt Balchen (1899–1973)
44 LastWord
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