Business & GA

System Design: What to Listen for in Digital Audio

We live in an analog universe, where every sound and color has infinite complexity, depth and resolution� Every sense–hearing, taste, smell, etc.–is analog in nature. As humans, we don't have the ability…

Business & GA

UAVs: Out of Uniform

When Greg Holland began working on commercial applications for unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) in 1993, "there was absolutely no one–and now there is quite a growing field of people with various systems,…

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Longer Legs for VHF

A drawback to standard VHF radio communication is that it is limited in range to little more than line of sight. Unlike HF and lower frequencies, VHF's transmitted waves propagate minimally around…

Editor's Note

Calendar

March   15-17 Heli-Expo 2004, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nev. Contact the Helicopter Association International, phone 703-683-4646, fax 703-683-4745, e-mail heliexpo@rotor.com or visit www.heliexpo.com. 25-26 FAA Aviation Forecast Conference, "Into…

Editor's Note

Editor's Note: FAA and New Funding Realities

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is facing a situation to which it is not accustomed. President George W. Bush submitted on Feb. 2 a $2.39-trillion budget for FY2005. But despite its gargantuan…

ATM Modernization

Feedback

Keep the Proper Perspective I certainly applaud anyone's efforts to make flying safer. However, I think it is also important to keep things in proper perspective. In the article "The More Complex…

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New Products

Digital Recorder Heim Data Systems, Belmar, N.J., a provider of data acquisition equipment, recently introduced its D Series digital recorders with Ethernet signal interface. D Series comprises two models: the D20f, with…

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People

New Officials Rockwell Collins Government Systems has named Walter "Woody" Hogle as vice president and general manager, Integrated Systems, and Ron Hornish as vice president and general manager, Sensor Systems. Hogle comes…