ATM Modernization

WAAS-Capable GPS Receivers

Now that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has commissioned its wide area augmentation system (WAAS), GPS navigation will offer a level of integrity supporting precision approaches. Already two avionics manufacturers have placed…

ATM Modernization

Perspectives: RCAT-Tool to Achieve GATM

To fly the fastest, most efficient routes worldwide, air traffic control (ATC) organizations are mandating that aircraft be equipped with sophisticated avionics. Consequently, the U.S. Air Force must update its aircraft through…

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…