Business & GA

Cutter Aviation Receives STC for Garmin 950

FAA issued a supplemental type certificate (STC) to Phoenix-based Cutter Aviation on Dec. 20 for the installation of the Garmin 950 glass cockpit panel package retrofit on older Piper Meridian aircraft. The…

Commercial

FCC Eases Licensing Requirements for In-Flight Wi-Fi

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in a Report and Order released last week, approved new rules to accelerate the deployment of in-flight Wi-Fi on more commercial flights in the United States. The…

Commercial

FLYHT to Supply AFIRS to Airline in Nigeria

FLYHT Aerospace Solutions signed a contract with an undisclosed Nigerian airline for the Automated Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 220. The contract requires FLYHT to install the AFIRS 220 on five Airbus A319s…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Standby Attitude Module Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics, of Wichita, Kan., introduced MD302 Standby Attitude Module (SAM), a 2-inch by 5-inch standby display. This self-contained, solid-state instrument provides attitude, altitude, airspeed and slip…

Editor's Note

System Design: Mysterious Noises Re-Visited

Many years ago, I put together an index of airframe problems and published it as an article titled “Mysterious Noises.” A lot of people have used that information to good effect since…

Editor's Note

People

Capt. Richard Carter JetBlue Airways appointed Capt. Richard Carter to system chief pilot. In his new role, Carter is responsible for developing and executing Flight Operations strategy, the safe and reliable operation…