CommercialEditor's Note: Consequence of a Tragedy Some air accidents have more long-term impact on the aviation industry than others. The July 1 midair collision of the DHL Boeing 757-200 and the Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 trijet near the…
ATM ModernizationFeedback What About China Lake? I am always grateful when the Harrier gets good press. The AV-8B, for both the U.S. Marine Corps, UK, Italy and Spain, is a critical yet often overlooked…
MilitaryInterview: Erv Gangl Mil-Std-1553, the 30-year-old bus standard that gave rise to "plug and play" digital avionics, is taken for granted today. But its advent was a major milestone. Before the standard, avionics was largely…
ATM ModernizationIs LAAS Cat I Close at Hand? The contract for a Category I version of the Local Area Augmentation System may come soon. It would represent a giant step forward, but more giant steps will be required for the…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Discrete I/O Card The Apex Signal Division of North Atlantic Industries, Bohemia, N.Y., has announced a discrete, single-slot I/O VME card that offers enhanced diagnostics to support both embedded and test/simulation avionics…
Business & GAARINC Standards: Where They Come From, Why We Need Them We in the aviation industry know of ARINC standards but may not know how they are developed and what their significance is. We can learn more about these areas, however, by understanding…
ATM ModernizationPeople Honeywell: Cote, Board Chairman Honeywell president and chief executive officer David Cote has assumed the title of chairman of the board, with the planned retirement of Chairman Lawrence Bossidy. Cote was tapped…
CommercialPilot Report: The Simplified World of CDS/R As electromechanical instruments rapidly become a part of aviation history and electronic flight instrument systems (EFIS) are pushed to their limits, newer flat panel displays are emerging as mainstays in corporate aircraft…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Cabin Displays: The Upgrade Market Corporate operators want the latest cockpit displays. But they devote equal attention to the cabin, their home in the sky. Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are becoming larger and thinner–not just bulkhead displays,…
Business & GASafety in Avionics: Clueless in the Cockpit: Part II They were just 50 feet above the runway at Mirabel, Quebec, within seconds of touching down for an emergency landing, when the left wing separated. It had literally been burned off from…