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| 08.01.2006 |
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Safety: Ignorance is Bliss
Pilots have ample indications in the cockpit of engine functioning, but they won't have comparable information concerning the operation of their fuel tank inerting system. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed that fuel tanks with heat...
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New Products
XM Radio Added To Avidyne MFD Avidyne Corp. of Lincoln, Mass., and Heads Up Technologies, Carrollton, Texas, are partnering to a provide XM Satellite Radio services on Avidyne's EX500 multifunction displays with XM's WX Satellite Weather data link...
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Perspectives: New Standard for Modular Electronics
VITA has initiated a committee, VITA-58, to produce an open standard that tightly defines the dimensions of line replaceable units (LRUs) and the appropriate connectors for power, data and cooling type. Technologically speaking, it doesn't matter what...
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Norman Mineta Norman Mineta, the 14th secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), resigned his position, effective last month. Deputy Secretary Maria Cino has been named the acting DOT head. The nearly 60,000-employee agency, which includes FAA...
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Product Focus: Expanding Scope of ARINC 625 Test Equipment
The ARINC 625 commercial aviation standard for testing line replaceable units is being revised to accommodate the expanding role of electronics in new aircraft design. The resulting approach will be more inclusive and generic. At A Glance: The AMC working...
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| 07.01.2006 |
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Calendar
Calendar July 17-23 Farnborough International Airshow, Farnborough Airport, England. Call +44 (0) 20 7976 3330 or visit www.farnborough.com. 18-20 A course on practical vibration and shock testing, measurement, analysis and calibration, Cascade Tek...
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Avionics Technicians Banyan Air Service at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport has appointed John DiMattei as avionics engineer and Patrick Daniel as a technician installing avionics systems and components. DiMattei is responsible for design and engineering...
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| 06.01.2006 |
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June 22-23 RNAV and Beyond, a course sponsored by Helios Information Services at Flemings Mayfair Hotel, London, UK. Contact Helios, phone +44 207 340 1610, fax +44 207 828 6439, e-mail events@corporateteam.com or visit www.helios-is.com/rnav. July 13-14 UV...
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New Products
Lithium Ion-Powered Transceiver Icom America of Bellevue, Wash., has introduced A24Li, a high-power version of its A24 Navicom transceiver. The handheld unit features a lithium ion battery, which the company says provides 14 to 16 hours of continuous...
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Eric Schmidlin As part of a company-wide expansion of customer service for its Entegra series of flight decks, multifunction displays and traffic advisory systems, Avidyne Corp. has appointed Eric Schmidlin as director of customer service and support. He was...
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Safety: An Emergency and No Guidance
The EasyJet B737-300 crew was nonplussed but coped well with myriad electrical failures that prompted them to divert from their planned flight from Nice, France, to Luton, UK, landing instead at Lyons, France. Details of the March 2005 incident are contained...
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Electronic Flight Bag Virgin Atlantic Airways has picked Chicago-based navAero's t?BagC22 Class 2 electronic flight bag (EFB) as part of a project to equip its fleet of Airbus A340s and Boeing 747s. The installation will use navAero's EFB hardware and the...
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| 05.01.2006 |
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May 16-17 VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA) Military Embedded Electronics and Computing Conference (MEECC 2006), Hyatt Regency, Long Beach, Calif. Contact VITA, phone 480-566-6355, e-mail exec@vita.com or visit www.meecc.com. 16-21 International...
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| 05.01.2006 |
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New Products
In-Flight Entertainment Alpharetta, Ga.-based Flight Display Systems has introduced FD102ARM, a 10.2-inch widescreen liquid crystal display (LCD) for in-flight cabin entertainment. The LCD, which has split-screen and picture-in-picture functions, supports...
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New Appointments Northrop Grumman has promoted Imad Bitar to vice president of its Electromagnetic Systems Laboratory (ESL). The Los Angeles-based company also has elected retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Richard Myers to its board of directors. Bitar will report...
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Perspectives: MILS and Validated Value
The Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) project, sponsored by the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and cofunded by the F-22 and F-35 program offices, is paving the way toward independently validated, or certified, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)...
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Q&A: James Tuttle: Counter-MANPADS Moves Forward
The threat from shoulder-launched, heat-seeking missiles is real: thirty-eight attacks have been attributed to these man-portable air defense systems, or MANPADS, over the past several decades. In 2002 terrorists fired two missiles at an Israeli-registered...
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Flight Simulators Minneapolis-based Aerosim Technologies has started production of an Airbus A319/A320 flight management system trainer (FMST), virtual flight deck (VFD) and virtual procedure trainer (VPT) for an undisclosed U.S. airline. The carrier will use...
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| 04.01.2006 |
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April 19-22 Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) 49th Annual Convention and Trade Show, Wyndham Hotel, Palm Springs, Calif. Contact AEA at 816-373-6565, e-mail info@aea.net or visit www.aea.net. 23-26 American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) 78th...
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| 04.01.2006 |
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New Products
Citation 650 Cockpit Modifications FAA has granted a supplemental type certificate (STC) to Elliott Aviation, Moline, Ill., for its Elite Series cockpit upgrade on the Cessna Citation 650. This modernization replaces the cathode ray tube-based electronic...
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