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An Airbus A350-1000 is loaded with a shipment of who are supporting the fight against COVID-19. The company
four million protective masks for the healthcare has deployed its employees, their expertise and know-how and
systems in France, Germany, Spain and the UK in Tianjin, China on leveraging technology in the design and manufacture of ventilators
an air-bridge flight. This was the third of such missions between and 3D printed visors which are critical resources for hospitals.
Europe and China. The previous two missions were performed by FRONT PAGE COVER PHOTO of a Bell UH-1H Iroquois was taken by
an A330-800 and an A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT). Pieter Cronje. It was flown by Menno Parsons at the 2017 Rand
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury has paid tribute to all the Airbus teams Airshow.
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Defence firms to vie for virus aid 13 - 14 Serving those who serve 12
Aviation Insurance in a Covid-19 climate 18 - 19 Somerset army helicopters aid Covid-19 responses 14
Drones – why go unmanned? 22 - 24 Lower jet fuel price doesn’t mean win-win situation for airlines 17
Domestic airlines must collaborate to survive 30 - 32 From passenger to freighter configuration 26
An aviator of note 33 - 34 Air Serve in Central African Republic 27
The man who wanted to fly on Mars 44 - 45 Trenchard Aviation assists Covid-19 repatriation flights 32
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