Editor's Note

New Products

VOR/NDB Simulator Aviation Tutorials Co. LLC, Oak Creek, Wis., recently released version 2.0 of its VOR/ NDB Simulator, training software to help pilots hone their VOR and NDB navigation skills. Its graphics…

ATM Modernization

Safety: Antiseptic Air

When passengers perceive the cabin of an airliner as an incubator of deadly disease, they won’t fly. Such has been the dire case facing Cathay Pacific. The Hong Kong-based airline has been…

Editor's Note

Scan

Garmin-Equipped Twin Star Diamond Aircraft recently selected the Garmin G1000 integrated avionics suite for its new, diesel-powered DA42 Twin Star. The avionics system includes two 10-inch color TFT (thin-film transistor) displays–a primary…

Military

Typhoon: Europe’s Finest

Many believe today’s manned combat aircraft will someday be dinosaurs, succeeded by unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). If so, the Eurofighter Typhoon, currently entering service, represents Europe’s ultimate effort in man-machine integration for…

Commercial

Boeing: Integrated Avionics Takes Another Step Forward

In the Boeing 777’s first major avionics upgrade since its introduction in 1995, the distinctive twin-engine widebody jet will sport a leaner, yet more capable integrated avionics system and optional cockpit-mounted electronic…

Business & GA

Bizjet Avionics: In the Vanguard

Almost 21 years ago, in September 1992, Boeing invited a group of journalists to fly from Seattle to Chicago, to mark the first customer delivery, to United Airlines, of the company’s new,…

Commercial

Editor's Note: Missile Defense on Airliners

Who would have thought it would come to this? First we have commercial airline pilots carrying guns. Now a bill in the U.S. Congress proposes that airliners be equipped with anti-missile systems.…

ATM Modernization

Albania’s Herculean Advance for the Olympic Games

Albania is about to embark on a comprehensive air traffic management (ATM) modernization effort, in part to accommodate the anticipated spike in air travel to neighboring Greece for the 2004 Olympic Games.…