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Editor's Note

People

Ron Hainsworth Cabin entertainment company Flight Display Systems, Alpharetta, Ga., named Ron Hainsworth regional sales manager of its new Wichita, Kan., sales office. Hainsworth came to Flight Display Systems from Bizjet International,…

Editor's Note

Calendar

February 5-7 Wakenet Europe Workshop 2007, Eurocontrol headquarters, Haren, Brussels. Contact Wakenet at http://wakenet-europe.eurocontrol.fr. 6-7 Commercial Space Conference — Competing in a Global Market, Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Va. Contact FAA…

Commercial

Integrated Modular Avionics: Less is More

The Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) concept, which replaces numerous separate processors and line replaceable units (LRU) with fewer, more centralized processing units, is promising significant weight reduction and maintenance savings in the…

Business & GA

Arrowhead’s Vision Enhancement

Nothing can wreck the plans of a pilot skimming the earth at 120 knots in pitch darkness like an unseen power line. Except maybe an insurgent with a rocket propelled grenade or…

Business & GA

Broadband Rolls Out

The overall adoption of high-speed, or broadband, Internet service is growing. According to a Pew study, 42 percent of Americans had broadband at home in March 2006, up 40 percent from the…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Lighting Technology

New approaches in cockpit lighting design and technology are benefiting both pilots and designers. From a design perspective, computer aided design (CAD) software is helping cockpit lighting come into its own, yielding…

Editor's Note

New Products

Charge Converter PCB Piezotronics, Depew, N.Y., introduced its 495B10 differential remote charge converter. Differential sensors and signal conditioning electronics are used in flight test applications due to their common mode noise rejection.…

Business & GA

Outlook 2007

The forecasts are impressive. Despite trepidation last year over a cooling economy and spiraling oil prices, the corporate and air-transport aircraft sectors are on the ascent, and with them the potential for…