Commercial

Cabin Comfort On The A380

The first Airbus A380 to enter commercial service, delivered to Singapore Airlines last October some 18 months later than planned, was anticipated as much for its cabin interior as for the aircraft…

Business & GA

Product Focus: GPS

It’s not every year the avionics industry gets to introduce a new class of product that didn’t exist the prior year. That’s the enviable position that manufacturers of GPS equipment are in…

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New Products

Certification Guidance A new book, "Avionics Certification: The Complete Guide to DO-178," endeavors to guide readers through the avionics certification process. The authors are Vance Hilderman, who spent 25 years designing aerospace…

Business & GA

Perspectives: Climate Uncertainties

The latest report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), political involvement and relentless media hype have created a juggernaut that is about to descend on the aviation industry.…

Commercial

Editor’s Note: A Crisis Averted

This is a column about a crisis averted. I’m referring to the Thanksgiving travel crush, which was preceded by grim prognostications of delayed and cancelled flights and a level of media coverage…

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Industry Scan

Commercial ADS-B Comments FAA on Nov. 19 extended the comment period for its Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) proposed rulemaking by 60 days until March 2008, following requests from industry associations. The Notice…

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People

Jean-Pierre Mortreaux Jean-Pierre Mortreaux, CMC Electronics president and CEO, was elected chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada. Mortreaux succeeds Don Campbell, executive vice president of CAE, who chaired the association…

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Calendar

January 7-10 Aerospace Sciences Conference and Exhibition, Grand Sierra Resort Hotel, Reno, Nev. Contact organizer, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, phone 703-264-7500 or visit www.aiaa.org. 21-23 Armed Forces Communications and Electronics…