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

Calendar

January 19-20 WAEA Technology Committee and Working Group Meetings, Hilton Los Angeles North/Glendale, Glendale, Calif. Contact World Airline Entertainment Association, phone 703-610-9021, e-mail info@waea.org or visit www.waea.org. 19-21 Nanotechnology: Science, Fabrication and…

ATM Modernization

Editor's Note: Checking Industry’s Cache Quotient

As in years past, our annual outlook report is festooned with figures, charts and graphs, all to take the economic pulse of the aviation industry and the avionics field. Typical of industry…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Cockpit Lighting

What could be more basic than cockpit illumination? Simple white light bulbs for map reading and other flightdeck chores. For years incandescents have dominated the cockpit, while cabins began to change. But…

Commercial

Editor's Note: Checking Industry's Cache Quotient

As in years past, our annual outlook report is festooned with figures, charts and graphs, all to take the economic pulse of the aviation industry and the avionics field. Typical of industry…

Business & GA

LiveTV: Fad or Future of IFE?

In 1925, a "media event" took place in the skies over London. On a converted World War I Handley-Page bomber a projector and screen were set up so passengers could view what…

Business & GA

New Products

Wire Connector Waytek Inc., Chanhassen, Minn., offers an addition to its 3M Performance Plus line of wire connectors. The 3M T/R+ can replace yellow, tan and red connectors in many field applications.…