ATM Modernization

New Products

Automatic Cutter The MMC100 automatic cutter by Eraser Co., Syracuse, N.Y., cuts materials from cellophane to copper wire, with a maximum force of 600 pounds (272 kg). Visit www.eraser.com. Sporty's Products Sporty's,…

Commercial

New Way to View Weather

Honeywell's new RDR-4000 weather radar doesn't just see storms ahead of the aircraft. It remembers what it's seen, storing weather data for more than 1.9 million cubic miles. That's a rough calculation…

Business & GA

People

New Officials Kurt Sutterer has been promoted to president of Midcoast Aviation, St. Louis, and to the new position of senior vice president of business development for Midcoast's parent company, Sabreliner Corp.…

Business & GA

Perspectives: Human Factors: Test Pilot's Viewpoint

The development of new avionics systems is an unusual discipline. It is highly technical but subtly different from traditional "engineering." When engineers say they understand something, they mean they can model it.…

Commercial

Safety: A 'Shambolic' Situation

"Shambolic" is an appropriate term for the following case involving wiring, circuit breakers and electrical system design. The expression is British slang for a disorderly or chaotic situation, which is to say…

ATM Modernization

Scan

A380 IFE Thales has demonstrated its TopSeries in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for the Airbus A380 at the Hamburg, Germany, test lab. The audio and video on-demand system will be the first passenger…

ATM Modernization

People

Bernhardt, CEO Frankfurt-based Lufthansa Systems Group GmbH, an information technology (IT) provider to the aviation industry, has appointed Klaus Bernhardt as chief executive officer of its subsidiary, Lufthansa Systems Americas, in Miami.…

Commercial

Safety: Dodging Discomfiting Questions?

A sufficient number of latent hazards can add up to one very big challenge. The case at hand involves the MD-11, an airplane whose electrical wiring and interconnection system has been under…