Flight International - 25.04.2017

Flight International (or Flight) is a global aerospace weekly publication. Founded in 1909, it is the world's oldest continuously-published aviation news magazine. With a team of journalists and correspondents around the world, it provides global coverage of aerospace manufacturing and aviation operations in the areas of air transport, business aviation, defense, general aviation and spaceflight. Features include the magazine's famous aircraft cutaway illustrations, flight tests of new aircraft, in-service reports and sector-by-sector analysis.

*... Boeing pulls out of contest to replace Belgium’s fighters * Global overcapacity prompts Delta widebody fleet review. ATR finally seals order from Iran Air. Analysts sound out quieter engines * Boeing shifts gears as it plans two-pronged assault on Neo. Airframer outlines modifications for 737 Max 10X, with smaller sibling now in flight test. As the 737 Max 9 begins stability and control testing, Boeing’s engineers are working to finalise a critical detail in the configuration of a proposed larger variant aimed at forming a two- pronged attack on the Airbus A321neo, which is currently dominating the market for large narrowbodies. * New twist on tilt. While making its mark as a troop transport, the V-22 has also been a story of tragedy and delay; can the new V-280 transcend the shortcomings of that first operational tiltrotor? Bell Helicopter assembly leader Jeff Josselyn begins a tour for two journalists seated inside a nearly complete tiltrotor parked within a former OH-58D modification centre at the company’s manufacturing complex in Amarillo, Texas. “The beauty is, this aircraft is based on all the lessons learned from the [Bell Boeing] V-22,” he begins, as the seated pair grab a little too eagerly at the unfamiliar controls. ...*