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T:210 mm
S:190 mm
AFRAA EAA B:216 mm
Support the African air transport market 56 Over 2 million kids flown 22
FLIGHT
AFRICA
SCHOOL
Uganda rolls out travel assessment system 26 United to own and operate a flight training academy 44
Qantas opens flight training academy 45
AIRCRAFT Arizona aviation schools prepare to meet rising demand 46
Boeing, US Navy successfully link piloted, unmanned Growlers 43 TRAINING
Spanish buy PC-21 training system 20 THE 777X TAKES
AIRLINES
WOMEN IN
Qatar Airways has more than 290 aircraft on order 32
AVIATION TO THE SKIES
Hampton Middle School girls get boost from aerospace mentors 28
AIRSHOWS
Flying high 29
Singapore Airshow – rise of the Dreamliner’s second life 24 CEO for Women in Aviation 29
Technology, innovation take centre stage 25 Meet the team 30
The Pilot Insure Witbank Speed Navigation Rally 59 - 61
COLUMNS
AVIONICS
Flarepath 4
GFC600H helicopter flight control system approved 20 World Air News 57
Introducing the SpiderX 23 Hanger Talk 64 S:277 mm T:297 mm B:303 mm
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