ATM Modernization

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…

ATM Modernization

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.,…

Business & GA

Merlin'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 Modernization

New 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 Modernization

People

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 & GA

Product 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…

ATM Modernization

Industry 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…