Business & GAMerlin's Magic When I started flying in the early 1980s, my best resource for up-to-date weather information was someone at the other end of my VHF communications radio–a person on the ground. But in…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Exam Preps To assist students preparing for the private pilot and instrument rating oral exams, Sporty’s Pilot Shop has created two CD-ROMs, each with more than 420 oral exam questions. The questions…
ATM ModernizationPeople Pro Star Aviation: New Officials Don White has been appointed president of Pro Star Aviation, an avionics maintenance and repair facility based at the Manchester, N.H., airport. He previously was vice president…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Connectors: Copper Controversy Arch rivals in the air transport marketplace, Boeing and Airbus are in complete agreement on one matter: When fiber optic technology is mature enough to replace the copper wiring in aircraft, its…
Business & GASafety in Avionics: Breaking the Electrical Arcing Cycle Imagine a cockpit without the phalanxes of button-type circuit breakers. The breakers have been distributed to where they are needed throughout the aircraft. In fact, the breakers are of a new arc…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan RVSM Brings Results Eurocontrol officials believe recent efforts to improve traffic flow in Europe have paid off, and they submit as proof figures revealing that, while air traffic in Europe dropped by…
ATM ModernizationATC Modernization: Reaching New Peaks in Switzerland Swiss air traffic control (ATC) has become high-profile–largely due to the tragic July 1, 2002, midair collision between a Russian Tu 154M airliner and a DHL B757 cargo plane near the Swiss-German…
Business & GAMinidrones: Near Term Tested in Kosovo and Afghanistan, unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are here to stay. But behemoths like Global Hawk and Predator dominate, despite their cost, complex logistics and vulnerability. Tactical UAVs exist, but…