Commercial

British 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 Note

Calendar

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 & GA

Autonomous Flight Management: A Third Way

Pilots who now can choose to fly under visual or instrument flight rules (VFR or IFR) may someday have a third option: autonomous flight rules, or AFR. Using flight plans and aircraft…

Editor's Note

Calendar

October 12-14 NBAA 57th Annual Meeting and Convention, Las Vegas Conference Center, Las Vegas, Nev. Contact National Business Aviation Association, phone 202-783-9000, e-mail info@nbaa.org. 12-14 Night Vision 2004, Hotel Ibis, London. Contact…

ATM Modernization

Cape Verde: Modernized ATM in the Mid-Atlantic

Three hundred and twelve miles (500 km) off the bulge of western Africa lies a group of volcanic islands that were once a vital stepping stone for piston-engine airliners crossing the Atlantic…

Business & GA

Editor's Note: Cell Phones, Social Issues

"So my girlfriend tells me that he's, like, so cute, and I freak out because he's standing, like, right next to me, and I don't know what to do, so I, go…

Commercial

Safety: Dysfunctional Doors

The biggest piece of avionics-related equipment to be installed recently in transport-category aircraft isn't on the instrument panel in front of the pilots. It's behind them: the hardened, electrically locked cockpit doors…

ATM Modernization

Feedback

New Perspective of Lead-Free I read with interest the September Editor's Note on lead-free avionics (page 6) and the Safety column in the same issue (page 55) on tin whiskers. In the…