ATM Modernization Safety: If It Was Good Enough for The Wright Brothers ... An angle-of-attack indicator is needed in the cockpit of every airplane. "It’s the most useful piece of information you can get," declared Capt. Ron Rogers,…
Commercial Coming Up in Corporate Cockpits Here’s what is happening in business jet cockpits: Integrated avionics and liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are becoming standard equipment; Head-up displays (HUDs) are gaining in…
Military Boeing Positions for JSF Reducing avionics system development risk is key to winning the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition. So Boeing is honing its entry by using full mission…
Military Editor's Note: The Malcom Horizon While it certainly is not my intent to add to the gallons of ink used to cover the regrettable John F. Kennedy Jr. air mishap,…
Business & GA Beware of Evil Waveforms By now, most everyone in aviation is aware that Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation is not foolproof. Equipment designers know this and have found ways…
Commercial Safety: The Unknown Risks of PEDs Somehow, errant electrons traveled through the wiring and into the dark confines of the center wing tank on the Boeing 747 flying as TWA Flight…