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REGULARS DRONES

Flarepath 3 Russian VKS to employ thunder and lightning 32
WAN Snippets 46 Russian drone strikes in Syria 32
Hangar Talk 48 The insect-like drones turn to nature to stay flying 45

AFRICA ELECTRIC

Allied Air takes delivery of Africa’s first B737-800 freighter 17 Rolls-Royce and Tecnam join foces with Winderøe 38

Rolls-Royce lifted by Vertical Aerospace 38
Regional airlines implement code-sharing agreement 18
Ethiopian, Airlink may be Africa’s post-pandemic winners 21 GENERAL
Bill Sykes, Group Captain, aviation historian dies 27 AVIATION

An end to their rule 34
AIRCRAFT
Hartzell receives Voyager prop STC 36
NetJets to purchase 20 AS2 supersonic business jets 42
HELICOPTERS
AIRLINES
Twin engine helicopter sales trending up 6
Filling the gap 18 Aerodynamic rotor head casing makes helicopters fly faster 10

A bigger Boeing for Africa 20 Leonardo plans continuous improvement 12 - 13

Tanzania Charter Air takes to the skies 30 Rescue chopper flies farther 24
AIRPORTS MILITARY

Astral’s first Middle East hub 26 Russia introduced anti-UAV system at Idex 2021 19

DuPage Airport becomes vaccine site 45 Building a smarter ISR aircraft 22

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