Pilatus PC-21 HUD

Pilatus Aircraft's new PC-21 basic and advanced trainer will include an advanced Sparrowhawk head-up display system, from a contract announced at Asian Aerospace yesterday by the US Flight Visions company. Robert Atac, its president, said: "The PC-21 represents the future for military training. It has low operational costs, and yet the performance to cover at least 70-80% of the military pilot's training scenario".

EADS SOCATA has flown one of its TBM700 single-turboprop business aircraft some 7,086 nautical miles in 27 flying hours from its Tarbes factory airfield to Singapore, for the Asian Aerospace show. Leaving France on February 22, the TBM700 landed at Changi at 23.20 hours local on February 24, refueling en route at Corfu, Luxor, Dubai, New Delhi, and Chiang Mai, in Thailand. From Singapore, it will continue on to Australia for its demonstration tour.