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TRANSATLANTIC FRONT-RUNNER - A description of the Saab-Fairchild 340 regional airliner and corporate transport from its inception four years ago to the initiation of the flight test programme. BUSINESS AIRCRAFT - PAUSE FOR REFLECTION - In common with other sections of aviation activity, the corporate aircraft market has suffered badly during the current recession. John Fricker discusses the aircraft that are on the market, ready to meet the anticipated resumption of growth. AIRCRAFT DESIGN PHILOSOPHY - Roy Braybrook opens an occasional series in which he outlines the philosophies of contemporary aircraft designers. In this issue. Lee Begin of Northrop. SIBERIAN HALO - Still the world's largest helicopter, the Mil Mi-26 is making its second appearance in public at the Paris Air Show this month. We publish an exclusive cutaway drawing and a description of this mammoth aircraft with military as well as civil applications. AIRSCENE - The monthly round-up of news and background to the news presented under section headings for Military Affairs, Aircraft and Industry, Civil Affairs and new Civil and Military Aircraft Contracts. BUSINESS AIRCRAFT DIRECTORY - Complementing the article "Pause for Reflection", AIR INTERNATIONAL presents a concise guide to 30 turbine-engined aircraft (fan, jet or prop) now in production or under development for the business transport market. MODEL ENTHUSIAST - Modelling comments, and the latest kits reviewed. INTERNATIONAL SERVICE MARKINGS - The first instalment of a series of colour plates depicting the national insignia of all the world's military air arms. In this issue, Afghanistan to Haiti. SOVIET AIR POWER ENHANCEMENT - A summary of the aviation aspects in the assessment of "Soviet Military Power" contained in the document of that name recently published in a new edition by the Pentagon. FIGHTER A TO Z - Continuing the AIR INTERNATIONAL encyclopaedia of the world's fighter aircraft, from the Junkers K47to Junkers Ju 388. FRONT COVER - Israel Aircraft Industries Westwind over North America, where this biz-jet, together with the Westwind II and forthcoming Astra, is marketed by Atlantic Aviation.
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