Business & GA

Avionics System Design: Saving the Pilot Part II

Read Part I here. Almost every time a pilot flies, he or she encounters unexpected results from the aircraft and its systems. For most flights, the situation remains stable and within acceptable…

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AFE: (Acronyms Forever)

What happens when you are in an industry that involves aerospace, computers and the military? For one thing, when you read industry literature, you become inundated with acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations. I’m…

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Feedback

Missing an Important Factor It seems to me that the editor’s note, "Consequence of a Tragedy" (September 2002, page 6), misses the most important factor in the European midair collision between a…

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New Products

Air Data Line Switching GE Druck has introduced a new air data line switching unit, designed to enhance the operation of air data test sets by simplifying the testing of multiple pitot-static…

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People

WAEA: New Officials The World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) has elected Sue Luxem as president for a one-year term. Luxem is product manager, in-flight media, for American Airlines. Other new WAEA officials…

Commercial

Product Focus: Aircraft Recorders in Transition

In anticipation of new regulations, standards bodies are preparing for aircraft recorders that store not only voice and data but also digital data link messages. As aircraft/air traffic control voice communications evolve…

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RNP Revs Up

The Federal aviation Administration (FAA) has sharpened its focus on publicly supported, required navigation performance (RNP) procedures and formed an RNP program office to speed the process along. FAA pledged in July…

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Industry Scan

CPDLC Off and Running Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC), the government-industry program to reduce frequency congestion and increase communications clarity and reliability, became a reality on Oct. 7, 2002, at 7:38 a.m.,…