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| 03.01.2001 |
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Editor's Note: Bats and Air Traffic Control
Ever wonder how bats–thousands of bats–are able to fly within the confines of a pitch-black cave without bumping into each other? No? Well, maybe you should–especially as a two-word phrase becomes more and more prominent in the discussion of...
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| 02.01.2001 |
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Editor's Note: How Far Will ATC Privatization Go?
It appears the United Kingdom will carry through with the partial privatization of its National Air Traffic Services (NATS) organization. Will the United States do the same with the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) air traffic services...
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| 01.01.2001 |
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Editor's Note: The Macro View
As in Januarys past, we present in this issue an outlook of the aerospace electronics industry. Unlike past January issues, however, our outlook data has not been generated by our staff of aviation journalists, but rather by Frost & Sullivan, whose...
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| 12.01.2000 |
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Editor's Note: ACs of Consequence
Rarely do I enter into the arcanum of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. But an issue was brought to my attention that surely will impact the avionics aftermarket. Bringing it to my attention was the National Air Transportation Association...
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| 11.01.2000 |
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Editor's Note: The Father of Free Flight
William B. (Bill) Cotton has flown many types of airplanes. He flew for United Airlines right up to his retirement, when on Aug. 28 he reached age 60, and he is current on the Boeing 757, B767 and B747-400. But his fondest memories of flying were in a Piper...
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| 10.01.2000 |
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Editor's Note: Topics We've Emphasized
I admit it. We’ve given Europe’s air traffic management (ATM) problems and the efforts by Eurocontrol to resolve those problems a lot of ink lately in our Global Airspace section. And this month we’ve emptied another barrel to print two more...
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| 09.01.2000 |
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Editor's Note: The Battle Continues
I warned on this space (page 4, May 2000) that the aviation industry’s battle to protect the frequency spectrum required for safe operations would leave no room for respite. But, admittedly, I didn’t realize then just how persistent the attempt to...
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| 08.01.2000 |
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Editor's Note: The Persistent PED Problem
By now, I believe we have heard enough about the threat of personal electronic devices (PEDs) in commercial aircraft to know that we have a potential safety problem needing urgent attention. Our Avionics System Design columnist, Walter Shawlee 2, has written...
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| 07.01.2000 |
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Editor's Note: Aircraft for Everyone
Here’s a thought that may send a shiver down the spines of seasoned air-transport and corporate pilots–especially if they also regularly witness the chaos on the Los Angeles freeway or Washington Beltway or London’s M25 when driving home...
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| 06.01.2000 |
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Editor's Note: Seeking the Delicate Balance
Where is the delicate balance? The digitized cockpit could grant air crewmen virtually an endless amount of flight-critical data. But such a capacity fosters the concern of creating confusion among pilots from information overload. And greater situational...
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| 05.01.2000 |
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Editor's Note: Satnav and Satcom in Jeopardy
If you don’t use it, you lose it. That’s the aphorism mouthed by the spectrum-hungry mobile satellite service (MSS) industry, which is growing faster than you can speed dial your mobile phone. This month, MSS, Internet interests, the defense and...
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| 04.01.2000 |
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Editor's Note: We're Expanding -- Even More
The comments I wrote last month to introduce our new Global Airspace section in Avionics Magazine followed the headline "We’re Expanding." But I only told you part of the story. As I noted in the March 2000 issues, we are enhancing in Avionics...
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| 03.01.2000 |
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Editor's Note: E-Commerce in Large Scale
In this issue, Joseph P. McCormack reports that, in the avionics industry, Website establishment has become universal, however, the adoption of E-commerce or, more broadly, E-business has so-far gained "mixed" reaction (see page 33). Whether or not...
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| 02.01.2000 |
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Editor's Note: A Fresh Look at the Grid
In last month’s issue, we covered the IFR Global Positioning System (GPS) "grid" used by the offshore support helicopter operators in the Gulf of Mexico. As mentioned in Rick Oeder’s story (page 32), the so-called grid concept for...
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| 01.01.2000 |
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Editor's Note: Airlines as Jugglers
What will be in future cockpits? We hope we answered that question in part in our Outlook coverage in this issue. However, for added perspective on this topic, from the user community, I refer to the keynote speaker for Avionics 99, held in late October in...
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| 12.01.1999 |
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Editor's Note: Congress' Compliant With RTCA
Congress, a wag once said, is "a body of men brought together to vote on unpopular laws." That may be a harsh definition of the U.S. Congress, but sometimes, one can only wonder what possessed legislators to lurch off in strange directions. So, it...
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| 11.01.1999 |
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Editor's Note: The Race for ADS-B
There is a race going on —a race against time. Pressure is mounting against the Cargo Airline Association (CAA), which is working feverishly to make automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) a viable contributor to safe, efficient air...
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| 10.01.1999 |
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Editor's Note: Celebrating an Industry
As you will no doubt quickly notice, two new special features have been added to Avionics Magazine. Initially obvious—because it appears on our cover—is the magazine’s new, annual recognition of the industry’s current outstanding...
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| 09.01.1999 |
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Editor's Note: The Malcom Horizon
While it certainly is not my intent to add to the gallons of ink used to cover the regrettable John F. Kennedy Jr. air mishap, I admit the tragedy did prompt a conversation with a colleague of mine on the subject of spatial disorientation (which may, or may...
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