ATM Modernization

Editor's Note: Bats and Air Traffic Control

Ever wonder how bats–thousands of bats–are able to fly within the confines of a pitch-black cave without bumping into each other? No? Well, maybe you should–especially as a two-word phrase becomes more…

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Feedback

Airborne Silent Movies In your "Outlook" coverage in the January 2001 issue (page 30), you say in-flight movies go back more than 35 years. In fact, they go back much more than…

Business & GA

One-on-One with Smiths Aerospace's John Ferrie

Smiths Aerospace is a company on the move. Last year, it forged ahead aggressively, acquiring three companies and announcing the merger with TI Group Plc, further consolidating Europe’s top tier of aerospace…

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People

L-3 Communications: Didier, VP-Business Development L-3 Communications Display Systems named David Didier vice president-business development. Didier was one of the founders of Avionic Displays Corp. whose military business was acquired by L-3…

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New Products

Flight Recorder Smiths Aerospace has introduced its new Model 3257A series of flight recorders into the civil market. The recorders support existing and future requirements for solid-state cockpit voice and flight data…

Business & GA

Systems That Permit Everyone to Fly

When Orville and Wilbur Wright began developing a vehicle that could fly, people no doubt laughed and shook their heads. "Poppycock. Man wasn’t meant to fly," they probably proclaimed. But the brothers…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

First Continuum on G-IIs Rockwell Collins announced in January the first certification of its Pro Line 21 Continuum avionics upgrade package, for the Gulfstream II and IIB business aircraft. The installation includes…

Commercial

Product Focus: Aircraft Wiring

Trapped in an aluminum tube at 33,000 feet with wires leading to the high-load circuit breakers cracked, arced, shorted or fused–an unpleasant scenario. Capt. Paul McCarthy, executive air safety chairman for the…