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| 12.01.2008 |
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Aviationtoday.com: Masters No More
The interrelated dangers now facing aviation are unprecedented in scope, as the global financial system grapples with its worst crisis since the Great Depression. In the context of the wider economy, aviation is a lagging indicator, a fact that begs the...
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| 11.01.2008 |
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Aviationtoday.com: NextGen Internet
The next major war won’t be fought on land, sea or air; it will be fought in cyberspace. The rapid flow of information over the Internet is an integral component of Network-Centric Operations, particularly the U.S. Army’s Future Combat System...
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| 10.01.2008 |
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Aviationtoday.com: Seeing the Weather
Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning. That was the famous weather forecast uttered by the "Hippy Dippy Weatherman," an indelible character created by the late comedian, George Carlin...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Aviationtoday.Com: Ruing Britannia
Most aviation journalists dread the rigors and indignities of the Farnborough Airshow, but it’s undoubtedly Europe’s biggest aviation event of the year. So, in mid-July, that’s exactly where I went. During the previous Farnborough that I...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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Aviationtoday.com: The Final Frontier
Aerospace activity beyond the stratosphere is often given short shrift by the media at international air shows, but according to analyst briefings at both the Berlin and Farnborough air shows this year, space will afford continued growth for aerospace...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Aviationtoday.Com: Dateline: Berlin
You don’t have to possess the perceptiveness of the famous correspondent William L. Shirer, who covered Berlin during the 1930s and 1940s, to recognize that Berlin is a modern miracle. A mere 63 years ago, Allied bombers reduced the city to little more...
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| 06.01.2008 |
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Aviationtoday.Com: Of Flying Robots
The headline to this column seems like the title of a bad science fiction movie from the 1950s, but it actually describes the new reality of warfare. Unpiloted drones are the darlings of reformers in the Pentagon who promote net-centric, transformational...
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| 03.01.2008 |
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Aviationtoday.com: Of Man and Machine
The editorial Muse strikes at odd hours. Around midnight on a Saturday, after massive infusions of caffeine (Jamaican Blue Mountain, freshly ground), I finally faced my nagging deadline and booted up my laptop. With synapses firing at a frenetic clip, it was...
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| 02.01.2008 |
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Aviationtoday.com: Flightplan to Where?
Aviation is in the throes of transition. Witness ADS-B, NextGen and composite construction. At the Web site Aviation Today and its affiliated publications, we don’t just cover these and other important trends — we try to anticipate and decipher...
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| 01.01.2008 |
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Aviationtoday.com: Integrating Iridium
It’s a truism among military commanders and corporate managers alike: better technology doesn’t necessarily lead to victory. Rather, victory goes to those who use technology better. Likewise, air operators are seeking better performance from...
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| 12.01.2007 |
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Aviationtoday.com: The Unfriendly Skies
Crammed in the back of an overcrowded fuselage, I couldn’t help but ponder the irony: Here I was, wending my way to an aviation trade show, eager to attend press conferences about the industry’s latest technologies, but my flight was 45 minutes...
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| 11.01.2007 |
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Aviationtoday.com: Helicopter Finance
As the helicopter market enjoys unprecedented prosperity and purchasers contend with order backlogs that can stretch back for months, if not years, the actual "value" of a rotorcraft becomes crucial — and more difficult to pin down. In turn...
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| 10.01.2007 |
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Aviationtoday.com: Eyes in the Skies
Heroes typically are made of flesh and blood, but that’s all changing. The world’s militaries, as well as vulnerable civilian airports, are increasingly turning to UAVs and other types of airborne surveillance systems to protect troops and...
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| 09.01.2007 |
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Aviationtoday.com: An Unlikely Connection
Technological change is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal," Albert Einstein once said. Those of us in the aviation industry perhaps know what he meant. Notably, bewildering change continues to wreak havoc in the field of aeronautical...
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| 08.01.2007 |
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Aviationtoday.com: Business Jets: Boom or Bubble?
There’s an old adage on Wall Street: Don’t confuse a bull market with brains. The steep ascendancy of the business jet comes to mind. When a market is prospering, most players do well and everyone looks like a genius. The rising tide lifts all...
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| 07.01.2007 |
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Aviationtoday.com: Sold Out in Seattle
Seattle is famous for three things: self-consciously hip musicians attired like lumberjacks; a citizenry infatuated with overpriced gourmet coffee; and, most importantly for our purposes, aircraft manufacturing. During a recent visit to this spectacularly...
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| 06.01.2007 |
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Aviationtoday.com: Power of Partnership
Okay, class, take a look at the blackboard: it reads 1 + 1 = 3. That’s the equation when industry experts engage in truly open communication. It’s the dynamic I saw unfold at the recent Avionics Maintenance Conference (AMC) in Phoenix. Yes...
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| 05.01.2007 |
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AviationToday.com: Dead Trees and EFBs
Digitization pervades all aspects of our lives, to the point where reality is defined by sequences of 1s and 0s. Anything that can be digitized inevitably becomes so. Consider the Product Focus in this issue of Avionics magazine: Electronic Flight Bags...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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AviationToday.com: Miami Advice
I seize on any chance to visit Florida, especially during the cold months, so it was with great alacrity that I recently accepted an invitation to chat in person with the folks at Avionica, an avionics company based in Miami. To be sure, my motivation for...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Aviationtoday.com: The Battle of Ideas
Some folks bristle when columnists hurl prognostications from Mount Olympus, but making predictions is a time-honored staple of magazine journalism, and who am I to part with tradition. So, here goes. I’ll dust off my crystal ball and tell you what I...
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