CommercialOperating Your FMS On-line You are a commercial pilot with a layover. You’ve checked into a hotel and have some time to kill. You could watch television or read a book. Or you can practice the…
ATM ModernizationThe Avionics Exhibition in Toulouse Despite an oil crisis that had European truckers on strike and European motorists standing in line (a la the early 1970s in the United States), the avionics industry gathered in the land…
ATM ModernizationFeedback A Graphic Test I just finished reading David Evans’ column "It Ought to be in Pictures" (September 2000). I put Flight Lt. Mark Walmsley’s basic question, "Do graphic displays offer a cognitive…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Analog Test Subsystem Teradyne Inc. launched its Ai7-Series Analog Test Subsystem for advanced mixed-signal functional testing during the fall Autotestcon trade show in Anaheim, Calif. The Ai7-Series provides high-throughput testing for complex…
ATM ModernizationPeople Ixthos: Patterson, VP Operations Lynn Patterson was appointed as vice president of operations for Ixthos Inc., a DY4 company. She has worked for Ixthos for eight years in DSP engineering and product…
MilitaryProduct Focus: 1553, Still a Key Standard How is Mil-Std-1553 viewed by the primary user of the avionics bus? For an answer, Avionics Magazine interviews Bill Wilson, an avionics architecture technical expert with the Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC/ENAS) at…
Business & GASafety in Avionics: The Risk of Resetting Circuit Breakers The single most "proliferated" item of the electrical system in a modern cockpit is the circuit breaker. Sometimes known as circuit protection devices (CPDs), a moniker that literally denotes their function, breakers…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Eclipse Aviation Chooses Avidyne, BAE Systems Eclipse Aviation has chosen Avidyne and BAE Systems Aircraft Controls Inc. to supply the standard avionics in its new Eclipse 500. The suite includes integrated GPS-based…
ATM ModernizationAvionics System Design: In Praise of the Aftermarket While most focus in avionics is on new equipment, an enormous industry exists that is geared towards the repair, restoration and resale of used equipment. Original manufacturers often lose interest in systems…
MilitaryCockpit Upgrade to the Rescue Little more than three years ago, Lt. Cmdr. (now Commander) Mark Butt was the first person to research the possibility of acquiring a much needed avionics upgrade for the aging U.S. Coast…