Business & GA

Bell/Agusta Avionics for a Hybrid

The description of the tiltrotor is as simple as it has been frequently given: It is a hybrid aircraft that flies like a turboprop but lands and takes off like a helicopter.…

Business & GA

Phones: Voice-to-Date Evolution Enters the Cabin

Once a luxury, today a necessity, and now that we have them, it’s hard to imagine living without them. We’re talking about phones. On aircraft, they’re sophisticated avionics systems. While all phones…

Commercial

A3XX: Headlong Into Ethernet Technology

When, as seems likely, Europe’s giant new A3XX airliner program is launched, it will set records in data, as well as passenger transport. Although the avionics architecture–and the data network that underpins…

Military

Safer Flying in the Military

Whether you fly an airliner or a jet fighter, the optimum word in safety is "avoidance." Avoid hitting the ground and avoid hitting other aircraft. Today’s military aircraft operate in an environment…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Pitot Static Test Set British-based Druck Ltd. has introduced the ADTS 505 portable pitot static test set for a range of fixed- and rotary-wing civil aircraft. In the United States, the unit…

ATM Modernization

People

Smiths Industries: Mawer, Marketing Director Bill Mawer has joined Smiths Industries as marketing director for the company’s Aerospace Group. Based at Smiths Industries’ headquarters in Northwest London, he is responsible for group…

Business & GA

Safety in Avionics: Wiring: A National Concern

It’s official. Old electrical wiring embedded in the thousands of ground, water and air vehicles is a threat to the safety of America’s transportation system. So declareth a Wire System Safety Interagency…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

ALSIM Simulators JAR Approved The French simulator manufacturer, ALSIM, recently received Europe’s JAR Std. 3A certification for its line of computer-based simulators, which had already adhered to U.S. Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR)…

Business & GA

Avionics System Design: Flight-Following Via E-mail

Knowing where a plane or helicopter really is has considerable value to ground-based personnel. We are all used to positive flight control via radar for the purpose of traffic routing and collision…

Business & GA

Satcom for Your Citation

For the owner of a Cessna Citation III, the Aero-M satellite communication (satcom) system proved to be an ideal choice. He flies his business aircraft regularly to the Caribbean, where the commonly…