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Avionics History: 1976: What a Year for Avionics

THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, as we learned in school, is America's great watershed. Rain falling to its west ends up, eventually, in the Pacific, while that falling to the East feeds the Atlantic…

Business & GA

Avionics System Design: P25 Radios: What's in Stock?

AS WAS REPORTED LAST month, the technical scope of Project 25 (P25) radio systems is broad. It provides the long-term communication compatibility path desired by government and public safety agencies and their…

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Air Traffic Control: High Frequency Upgrade at Antarctica

MCMURDO STATION, THE United States' outpost in Antarctica and flight hub for the white continent, is completing a communications upgrade that will make flights safer and air traffic control (ATC) less difficult.…

Commercial

Air Transport: How Delta Adds Safety Using the FMS

SINCE 1997, DELTA AIR LINE'S primary expansion strategy has been to strengthen its presence in Latin America, beyond its existing routes to Mexico City. It's a strategy that brings financial rewards but…

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Editor's Note: We Explain the Technology

OUR MISSION WAS TO explain the technology." That is what motivated technical writer Len Buckwalter to launch Avionics Magazine 25 years ago. And that remains the magazine's mission today. In this issue,…

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Feedback

FAA Keeps Watch on UWB At the (U.S.) Federal Aviation Administration, we have been closely involved with the ultra-wideband (UWB) issue since the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) brought to our…

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New Products

Avionics Handbook Avionicon Inc. announced the release of The Avionics Handbook, a publication that provides coverage of avionics, including elements, processes and typical systems. It presents examples of modern systems on military…

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People

Rockwell Collins: Leadership Positions Rockwell Collins has filled two new executive leadership positions as part of an organizational change in anticipation of its planned spin-off from Rockwell International Corp. Reporting to President…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Connectors

CONNECTORS, quite apparently, join different materials or segments of a material together. There is nothing mysterious about the connector's function. However, the durability and environmental stress tolerance that they must possess make…

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Safety in Avionics: A Call for Spoiler Alerts

COCKPIT VOICE RECORDING OF A wet runway landing that went badly: First officer: "We're down (pause). We're sliding." Captain: (Expletive - expletive). Unknown: Oh sh- (no interpretation needed in this G-rated magazine).…