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CONTENTS
Volume 197 Number 5720
28 JANUARY-3 FEBRUARY 2020

Stratos pushes ahead with
first prototype 716 P22 Stratos Aircraft

NEWS COVER STORY
BEHIND THE HEADLINES 28 January-3 Fe b b ruary 2020 I fl flh ig h tg o l l b b l a l .co
28 Progress in
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Dan Thisdell travelled to revolutions
Paris to report on ESA’s THIS WEEK
spaceflight ambitions 8 Bombardier looks towards A220 exit Nearing the end of its
(P20). Meanwhile, 9 EC approval key to Embraer turboprop. development cycle, the
Dominic Perry and US Navy’s ‘lifeline’ advances as CMV-22B flies H160 may appear like
just another rotorcraft –
Garrett Reim span up our 10 Return of the Max expected in June, Boeing but Airbus Helicopters HELICOPTERS
Worth
Heli-Expo preview (P24) tells carriers promises a step-change the wait
Will H160’s arrival stir Eric Raz/Airbus Helicopters
11 Details emerge of Iran 737 shootdown in performance rotorcraft demand?
£3.90 Prop forward Local hero
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Embraer advances study to Air Canada realises domestic
challenge dominant ATR 9 dream with A220 debut 15
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AIR TRANSPORT
12 Bek Air probe reveals safety problems
13 A380 makes way for A321 in Toulouse. FEATURES
Airbus trials fully automated take-off system
14 AAIB warns Portuguese airports over 24 From Switzerland, a new world order
‘confusing’ terminology Kopter is confident its much-delayed yet highly
Airbus 15 A220 gains lift under new ownership anticipated SH09 light-single can challenge status
quo in segment by offering new levels of
NEXT WEEK CUTAWAY DEFENCE performance not matched by sector’s incumbents
Don’t miss our double- 16 Stealthy 5GAT has ambitious targets 30 Vertical challenge
sided cutaway poster of 17 F-35 passes muster as airborne sensor. Strong demand for short-hop intra-city travel has
the Airbus A220. Plus, a Flight-test Gremlins end X-61A debut with crash. prompted Bell to switch its Nexus eVTOL to
Singapore air show preview UK to increase Jupiter fleet all-electric power, with potential applications in ride
18 Delayed Defiant pushes the envelope. sharing and public transport
Falco Xplorer begins airborne test campaign
34 Are biofuels the future?
REGULARS NEWS FOCUS Aviation is a hard industry to decarbonise – with
20 Now back to the Moon, via Germany demand for air travel likely to increase – but political
7 Comment backing for sustainable fuels could have a big impact
40 Straight & Level BUSINESS AVIATION 38 Logical and ecological
44 Classified 22 Stratos starts 716 prototype assembly. With Solar Impulse, Bertrand Piccard showed that
45 Jobs ‘Tough year’ triggers slip in shipments for Daher clean technology can deliver a technical triumph;
47 Working Week 23 Farnborough breaks movement record. now his mission is to convince business that going
Toyota funding offers lift to Joby electric air taxi green makes money

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