Business & GASafety: Throttles-Only Aircraft Control The proverbial pucker factor would have been higher had the pilots of the stricken DHL Airbus 300 been aware of the grim findings of a 1997 NASA technical paper: "Manual throttles-only control…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Satcom Antennas Although Inmarsat is still the No. 1 choice for bizjet satellite communications, the cost of these advanced antennas and electronics systems is high, and the installation is complex. So customers who don't…
Editor's NoteScan FAA's AGHME In preparation for the Jan. 20, 2005, deadline for domestic reduced vertical separation minimum (DRVSM), the FAA Tech Center in Atlantic City, N.J., is completing the development of its Aircraft…
ATM ModernizationSingle European Sky A Single European Sky (SES), with greater harmonization of air traffic control (ATC) equipment and procedures, is viewed as the answer to Europe's present fragmented air traffic management (ATM) arrangement. European politicians…
Editor's NoteSystem Design: The Struggle For Sunlight Readability Almost every avionics designer encounters that one moment when a whole project seems destined to fall off the design cliff because of sunlight readability issues. The indicators can't be clearly seen. The…
CommercialBritish Airways Avionics: Making Adjustments British Airways Avionic Engineering (BAAE), in Cardiff, Wales, is located not far from the carrier's major engine maintenance facility, a unit that was sold to outside interests as part of a reorganization…
Editor's NoteCalendar November 10-11 Airport, Port and Terminal Security Exhibition and Conference (APTS 2004), Olympia 2, London. Contact Michael Costain, International Business Events, phone +44 1892 614 166 or visit www.apts-expo.com. 15-16 Link 16,…
Business & GAEditor’s Note: Tail Wagging The Dog? The 21st century, we are told, will be "the century of Asia." Just as Europe dominated economically in the 19th century, and North America prevailed in the 20th century, so it is…