Business & GA

Safety: Recording At Both Ends

Flight recorders need to be upgraded to facilitate accident investigation, but the improvements necessary have not gained support in the U.S. Congress, which is pushing for deployable recorders. Four congressmen on key…

ATM Modernization

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All-Glass Kit Plane As reported in our June 2005 issue (page 13) Piper Cubs are being fitted with "glass cockpits." Now kit planes are, too. Paul Echlin, a Boeing 747 pilot with…

Commercial

Product Focus: Test Equipment For the 'More Electric' Aircraft

The trend toward "more electric" aircraft, with mechanical and hydraulic components' incorporating more and more electronics, has impacted and will continue to significantly affect aircraft manufacturing, operation and maintenance. It has affected…

ATM Modernization

UAV Avionics: Raising the Bar

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) aims high for the first generation of purpose-built, armed unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). Its Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) program, which unites earlier…

ATM Modernization

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September 13-16 Institute of Navigation (ION) Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) 2005, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, Calif. Contact ION, phone 703-383-9688, e-mail membership@ion.org or visit www.ion.org. 13-16 Defence Systems and…

Business & GA

Editor's Note: Resolving NFF

In this issue we unearth the challenges of both isolating the root causes and conceiving solutions for no fault found (NFF) (see story), a complex problem affecting operators, maintenance facilities and original…

ATM Modernization

Input/Output: UAVs and the Regulatory Gap

Unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are a force to be reckoned with--not just by enemy troops. So despite its reservations, FAA is beginning to act. At a UAV event just before the Paris…

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LPV or RNP: Which Way for Business Aviation

Thales recently won an FAA award for up to 300 ILS systems, to be installed between 2007 and 2013. Many will replace older equipment, but at least 100 systems will provide precision…