Business & GAAmerican Airlines Completes Transition to Paperless Cockpits American Airlines has replaced its paper flight manuals with electronic flight bags and discontinued paper revisions to terminal flight charts. The airline completed testing of its iPad EFB in April,…
CommercialFAA Delays Decision on In-Flight Use of Electronics FAA on Friday announced its decision to delay an ongoing safety assessment of the use of personal electronic devices (PEDs) during all phases of flight on commercial aircraft. In January, the…
CommercialPolls Show Perception of Unmanned Aircraft Becoming Less Negative Public perception of the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into civilian airspace is becoming less negative, according to two recently released public opinion polls. (The AutoCopter, a portable unmanned helicopter equipped…
Business & GASolar Impulse Completes Critical Part of Cross-Country Flight Ten years ago, investors told pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg that their plan to build a solar-powered airplane would never work. It would never fly. Yet on Sunday…
Business & GAParis: Thales Introduces Future Cockpit Avionics Concept Thales introduced the international aviation community to its future cockpit avionics concept on the first day of the Paris Air Show, the "Avionics 2020" cockpit. (Thales 2020 Avionics Cockpit. Photo,…
ATM Modernization2013 Paris Air Show Highlights The 2013 Paris Air Show has featured multi-billion dollar aircraft orders, groundbreaking partnerships and some innovative new technological concepts from some of the world's biggest aerospace companies. Although the show has not…
CommercialParis: Rockwell Collins Inks Avionics Deals With Bristow, Xiamen, China Southern Rockwell Collins had a busy second day at the 2013 Paris Air Show, announcing deals for its avionics systems with Houston, Texas-based helicopter operator Bristow Group, Xiamen Airlines and China Southern Airlines. …
CommercialAirbus Completes A350 XWB Maiden Flight Airbus completed the maiden flight on Friday with its new twin-engine wide-body aircraft, the A350 XWB. The first flight was completed about two weeks ahead of the airframe manufacturer's deadline, lasting four hours…