ATM Modernization

Safety: Pink Slips And Brown Herrings

A new advisory circular, AC 120-80, on in-flight fires rates a pink slip, according to Capt. Ken Adams. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) examiner gives a pink slip to a pilot who…

ATM Modernization

Scan

ARINC's Electronic Flight Bag ARINC Inc. has introduced a Class 2 electronic flight bag (EFB), the first Class 2 EFB for commercial airliners, it says, that can display real-time surveillance video of…

ATM Modernization

WAAS Accelerates

Nearly a year since commissioning the wide area augmentation system (WAAS) with initial capability, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is marching ahead to maximize the availability of precision-like approach capability. The satellite-based…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Wire & Cable: The Long-Awaited NPRM

After more than five years of working group meetings, research and reports, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) finally announced in early May its intent to issue the long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking…

Business & GA

Choosing An EFB For Your Bizjet

Electronic flight bags (EFBs) are quickly becoming a fixture in today's business jet cockpits. Small wonder: lightweight laptop or notebook computer-based EFBs can replace heavy paper manuals, charts and check lists. Purpose-built,…

Editor's Note

Calendar

June 7-11 13th International Flight Inspection Symposium, the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec. Contact Nav Canada, phone 613-563-3938 or visit www.navcanada.ca/ifis2004. 14-18 Eurosatory 2004, Paris-Nord-Villepinte Exhibition Center, Paris. For more information, call…

Business & GA

Sole Source Dead: Long Live Loran?

Hope that a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) could constitute a single navigational source so accurate and reliable that no other source would be needed, continues to fade. The Volpe National Transportation…

Editor's Note

Editor’s Note: A Pause For Fresh Thought

As the rush continues to equip U.S. commercial aircraft with anti-missile systems developed for the military, a broader perspective of the threat and how to deal with it is emerging. Given the…