Editor's Note

Safety: Faulty Maintenance, Faulty Airmanship

"The aircraft departed Stansted carrying the same fault with which it had arrived," the accident report concluded. In that sentence lies the tale of how one flight crew successfully coped with a…

Business & GA

Scan

FlightLogic on Helos Chelton Flight Systems' electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) with synthetic vision recently received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval in a helicopter. The approval was achieved as part of Alaska's…

Editor's Note

RF Connectors: SSMA, SMA, ETC.

In my last column (July 2003), we looked at the design issues associated with popular N, BNC and TNC radio frequency (RF) coax connectors. This month, we will look at the other…

Business & GA

Europe’s Answer: UAVs in Controlled Airspace

Europe’s experience of operating unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) within its controlled airspace is considerable. Predators, Hunters and other UAVs operating during the conflicts in Kosovo and Bosnia, for example, were successfully sequenced…

Editor's Note

Calendar

September 8-12 University of Kansas Aerospace Short Courses: "Aviation Weather Hazards," Seattle; "Digital Flight Control Systems: Analysis and Design," San Diego; "Flight Test Principles and Practices," San Diego; "Fundamental Avionics," San Diego;…

Editor's Note

Avionics Magazine’s Customer Support Guide

Ever want to make a purchase or inquiry or schedule a service, but didn’t know whom to contact? We suspect you have, which is why we have compiled the following listing. It…

Commercial

Editor's Note: An Ongoing Rivalry

The Airbus-vs.-Boeing rivalry appears to be the ongoing prime focus at major air shows. It is a bit reminiscent of the Ford-vs.-Chevy dispute long debated by young American car lovers until Japanese…

Commercial

Part 1: EFBs: Shifting Into High Gear

Whether they are simple laptops or fully installed and certified devices, computers for pilot reference and calculations appear destined to enter aircraft cockpits. What follows are recent developments that support the inevitability…