Business & GA

New Products

Sleeving Waytek, Chanhassen, Minn., has released its braided polyester yarn, expandable sleeving for bundling wires and protecting hoses. The sleeving, which comes in standard and heavy wall versions, slips over tubes or…

Commercial

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Jean-Michel Comtois CMC Electronics Inc.'s military aviation business unit has named Jean-Michel Comtois vice president. He has been with the company since 2000 and served as the vice president of government and…

Business & GA

Perspectives: An Ounce Of Prevention

Obsolescence problems continue to increase ownership costs, affecting the avionics systems and the test equipment used by military and civil operators, as well as their suppliers. It was a frequent topic of…

ATM Modernization

Q&A: Mike Hewitt: Business Jets Flying with FANS

On May 24, 2004, the first business jet using future air navigation system (FANS) technology crossed the Atlantic and communicated with air traffic controllers via digital messaging. The aircraft was a Boeing…

Commercial

Safety: Perils of Single-Point Failures

This is an example of a single-point failure that could have been prevented in design. The case involves a de Havilland DHC-8 that was on a passenger flight from Horn Island to…

Business & GA

Safety: Smoke: Isolating The Source

Smoke in the air conditioning system may be the biggest distracter from more serious problems in the aircraft electrical system. Therefore, if smoke in the air conditioning system can be prevented, and…

ATM Modernization

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New Lab Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing has announced the opening of an interoperability lab in Dayton, Ohio, to provide a centralized test center and product support. Visit www.cwcembedded.com. Aviation Training Swiss Aviation…