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| 10.01.2004 |
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Editor's Note: Cell Phones, Social Issues
"So my girlfriend tells me that he's, like, so cute, and I freak out because he's standing, like, right next to me, and I don't know what to do, so I, go 'omigod,' and..." Wait a minute. WA-A-A-I-T A MINUTE! Do I really want to be some 12 inches...
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| 09.01.2004 |
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Editor's Note: Lead-Free Avionics?
It's hard to believe that something as small as solder on a circuit board can cause a stir in a multibillion-dollar industry that builds and operates fast-moving, multiton vehicles. But it has. On Aug. 10-11, members of the commercial aviation industry...
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| 08.01.2004 |
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Editor’s Note: How Secure? How Isolated?
How isolated should pilots be while in the cockpit? Put another way, how aware should pilots be of activities in the cabin area behind them? This has been a key question ever since regulatory authorities mandated locked and hardened cockpit doors, following...
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| 07.01.2004 |
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Editor’s Note: ANSPs’ Desire To Cooperate
Cooperation is “not a sentiment — it is an economic necessity.” So said Charles Steinmetz, the inventor of alternating current. In that vein members of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO) gathered in mid-May to see how air...
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| 06.01.2004 |
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Editor’s Note: A Pause For Fresh Thought
As the rush continues to equip U.S. commercial aircraft with anti-missile systems developed for the military, a broader perspective of the threat and how to deal with it is emerging. Given the cost and complexity of onboard anti-missile technology, these...
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| 05.01.2004 |
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Allowing CPDLS to Blossom
You can't keep a good man down, the saying goes—and the same appears to be true with a good technology. Hit with budget constraints, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has had to make some difficult decisions lately regarding new technology...
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| 04.01.2004 |
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Editor's Note: U.S. Following Europe's Lead?
Has Europe overtaken the United States in air traffic management (ATM) modernization? If it hasn't, many believe it soon will. At recent aviation-related events in the Washington, D.C., area, considerable consternation was voiced about President Bush's...
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| 03.01.2004 |
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Editor's Note: FAA and New Funding Realities
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is facing a situation to which it is not accustomed. President George W. Bush submitted on Feb. 2 a $2.39-trillion budget for FY2005. But despite its gargantuan size, the proposed budget calls for a 16 percent cut in...
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| 03.01.2004 |
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Product Focus: Cockpit Switches
Pilots no doubt are oblivious to the effort that goes into the making of a lowly cockpit switch. But considerable human factors expertise is required to design a switch's shape, size, position and function. And for good reason. Just as inputting a single...
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| 02.01.2004 |
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Editor's Note: No Overnight Missile Defense
The push to equip commercial aircraft with missile defense systems took a significant step forward in early January when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) selected three contractors out of 24 and awarded each one $2 million to develop aircraft...
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| 01.01.2004 |
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Editor's Note: Adapting to a Changing World
A wag once said that prophecy involves observing the past and guessing it will happen again. Perhaps. Aviation is known to be a cyclical industry. But in addition to its economic ups and downs, the aviation industry currently is witnessing fundamental change...
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| 12.01.2003 |
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Editor's Note: Wright Flyer to the Concorde
Just as the Wright flyer was the precursor to today’s fast, sleek aircraft and the spindly biplane’s water-cooled, four-cyclinder engine was the forerunner of current multithousand-pound thrust jet engines, so too was the instrument grouping that...
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| 11.01.2003 |
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Editor's Note: A Safety Problem Often Forgotten
In this month’s system design column, Walter Shawlee 2 reminds us of a safety issue that many may have forgotten–electromagnetic interference (EMI) caused by personal electronic devices (PEDs). Walter reports that the British Civil Aviation...
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| 10.01.2003 |
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Editor’s Note: When Aircraft Take Over
Honeywell caused a stir recently when it announced its development of a system that would automatically take control of an aircraft if the pilots fail, or refuse, to prevent a crash. Called the Auto-Avoid System, this new development is meant as an...
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| 09.01.2003 |
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Editor's Note: Big-Picture Planning
Some may wonder whether, after commissions are established and lengthy reports are published, any action results in Washington, D.C. A recent briefing at the nation's capital indicates that sometimes it does. Last year, the Commission on the Future of the...
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| 08.01.2003 |
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Editor's Note: An Ongoing Rivalry
The Airbus-vs.-Boeing rivalry appears to be the ongoing prime focus at major air shows. It is a bit reminiscent of the Ford-vs.-Chevy dispute long debated by young American car lovers until Japanese and European automobile imports entered the U.S. market and...
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| 07.01.2003 |
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The Chicken and the Egg
The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) decision in late May to shelve plans that would expand its controller pilot data link communications (CPDLC) coverage beyond the airspace served by the Miami air route traffic control center is a...
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| 06.01.2003 |
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Editor's Note: Missile Defense on Airliners
Who would have thought it would come to this? First we have commercial airline pilots carrying guns. Now a bill in the U.S. Congress proposes that airliners be equipped with anti-missile systems. What’s next for air transport? Armor plating? Since 9/11...
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| 05.01.2003 |
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Should We Privatize FAA?
To privatize or not to privatize. Countries such as Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the UK have adopted various levels of privatization for their air traffic control (ATC). The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has not. But there are interest...
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| 03.01.2003 |
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Editor's Note: Advances in Satnav
Satellite navigation has made some giant strides in recent months. As we report in our story on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Capstone Program (page 17), a wide area augmentation system (WAAS)/GPS receiver was to have gained...
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