Dassault Aviation’s "EASy cockpit," destined for the redesigned Falcon 900EX, the Falcon 2000EX and the Falcon 7X, embodies fundamental changes in the avionics interface. The leading concept behind the new flight deck…
The year 2001 is now behind us and virtually everyone in the civil aviation industry is glad it is. Immediately after Sept. 11, 2001, civil aviation faced its darkest hour. There was…
Free Flight will not worsen the legal position of the pilot nor relieve air traffic controllers of all liability. Rather, this emerging era of flight is likely to introduce new areas of…
Vista Controls: Parks, Sales Director Vista Controls, a Curtiss-Wright Flight Systems company, has promoted Chuck Parks to director of sales. Previously, he was the company’s national sales manager. Vista Controls, Santa Clarita,…
The candidate products have been submitted and evaluated. Four manufacturing teams anxiously await the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) downselect, scheduled for late April or early May 2002. What the agency will select…
Data Acquisition System Gould Instrument Systems, Valley View, Ohio, has introduced a data acquisition system that enables the synchronization of CANbus data frames, GPS position/time and 96 channels of traditional analog inputs.…
We enter 2002 with bittersweet feelings. This is the year prior to the 100th anniversary of powered flight and the year after the worst 12 months in commercial aviation history. In our…
Not that long ago, the air transport market faced an economic downturn but was bolstered by the strong sales of commuter/regional jets. The business aircraft market was riding the crest of the…