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Business & GA

System Design: Effective Avionics Backlighting

Typical turn-key lighted panel design from Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing (AEM), Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, includes digital display, tacticle switches and backlit rubber keyboard. Backlit panels and controls are a critical part of cockpit…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Challenges for FAA’s Airline Safety Regulations Lead FAA is facing budgetary challenges and industry opposition to provisions of the 2010 Airline Safety and FAA Extension Act, according to a Department of Transportation’s…

Commercial

L-3 Link Updates A380 Simulator

L-3 Link’s Crawley, U.K.-based operation has updated a Lufthansa flight training A380 simulator to the latest Airbus 1.3 product baseline. The updates focused on the simulator’s aircraft systems, avionics and flight aero…

Business & GA

Astronics EVS System Approved for Bell Helicopters in China

Astronics’s Max-Viz-1500 enhanced vision system received approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for retrofit installation in Bell B206B/206L-4/407 helicopters. “Astronics concurs with Bell Helicopter’s assessment that China will be…

Business & GA

G1000 Avionics Selected for Seneca V

Piper Aircraft has selected Garmin's G1000 integrated flight deck for its twin-engine Seneca V model aircraft. “We have a strong, long-standing partnership with Piper Aircraft, and we are honored by the confidence…