Business & GA The Ultimate in Cabin Completions Every field has its "ultimate." In automobiles, Rolls-Royce offers the ultimate in luxury. Mount Everest is the ultimate challenge for mountain climbers. The ultimate in executive air travel would be converted widebodies…
Commercial How Northwest Saves Millions with its EIDS At Northwest Airlines’ maintenance facilities in Minneapolis, Minn., engine maintenance crews save the airline millions of dollars, thanks to a state-of-the-art engine instrument display system (EIDS). Developed by Spirent Systems Wichita Inc.,…
Commercial ACARS on the Net For decades, major U.S. carriers have used the ARINC Inc. Airborne Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS), a two-way VHF data link, to exchange operational messages with pilots on the tarmac and…
Business & GA The 2-in-1 Orb'Phone Belgian-based Euro-GSM is offering a dual, in-flight telephone system that can use the Iridium and the Globalstar satellite nets simultaneously or either system independently. The company’s Orb’phone system is intended to virtually…
ATM Modernization People Components Corp of America: New Officials Components Corp. of America (CCA) has promoted James Gust and Richard Brown of CCA’s StacoSwitch subsidiary. Effective July 1, Gust, a 39-year StacoSwitch veteran, assumed the…
Commercial Product Focus: Handsets We live in a time when everyone demands constant communications. People want to stay in contact with their lives. Think of it. Fifteen years ago the cell phone business essentially did not…
ATM Modernization New Products Custom Battery Packs Atlantic Components (Atcom) of Woburn, Mass., now offers custom manufactured battery packs that can be made to solve space and design requirements or multiple power source requirements. The battery…
ATM Modernization Safety in Avionics: Cross-Wired Controls A Lufthansa A320 came within less than two feet and a few seconds of crashing during takeoff on a planned flight from Frankfurt to Paris. Preliminary reports indicate that maintenance performed on…