CommercialMaple Flag: Preparing for War The ramp at the Cold Lake Airport in northern Canada’s Province of Alberta is packed with airplanes. Canadian, American, British, German, Danish, Dutch, Belgian and many other nations’ aircraft are here. Several…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Flight Data Recorders A new line-up of flight data recorders, designated the data MARS104 series, is now available from Ampol Systems Inc., Elmont, N.Y. Lightweight and small in size, the recorders can…
ATM ModernizationPeople Garrett Aviation Services: Phillips, Vice President Keith Phillips recently was named vice president of sales and marketing for Garrett Aviation Services, Tempe, Ariz. He comes to Garrett from Curtiss-Wright Flight Systems, where…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Data Bus Test The predominant avionics data bus standard in commercial aviation today is ARINC 429. The first widespread application of digital data bus technology in commercial aviation, ARINC 429 has proved resilient over nearly…
CommercialSafety in Avionics: Anti-Hijacking Avionics To prevent airliners from being hijacked and employed as flying bombs in a repeat of the horrific events of Sept. 11, added security layers involving armor and avionics are being debated. The…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Falcon 20 Display Garrett Aviation Services, Tempe, Ariz., has installed the first electronic engine instrument upgrade package for a Dassault Falcon 20. Little Rock, Ark.-based Acxiom Corp. owns the aircraft. The installation…
ATM ModernizationAvionics System Design: Voodoo Audio: Part I Recent flights and discussions with flight and technical personnel have convinced me that cockpit audio remains a poorly understood area–one in which a good design requires some innovative bat wing dust and…
Business & GACompetition for Connectivity Just 18 months ago, real-time airborne Internet access seemed to be far off in the future, despite the explosive growth of terrestrial on-line technology. In fact, the in-flight entertainment (IFE) gurus, who…
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