ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan World War II Bomber Sports Modern Avionics Those of you who plan to attend Sun N’ Fun 2000 in Lakeland, Fla., in April are in for a treat. The Experimental Aircraft Association…
Business & GACan PRM and TCAS Work Together? A Pilot’s View: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) commissioned a precision runway monitoring (PRM) installation at Minneapolis last year. It allows terminal controllers to operate simultaneous, independent instrument landing system (ILS) approaches…
MilitaryNATO's Nine-Way Enhanced AWACS The Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet has served as a surveillance aircraft for the North Atlantic Treaty Association (NATO) for close to 20 years. The Boeing E-3 Sentry (B707 airframe)…
CommercialAvionics System Design: How to Prevent Incidents from PEDS More e-mail has come my way on the issues associated with personal electronic devices (PEDs) in aircraft than any other topic. I am indebted to the many readers who provided me with…
Business & GATaking the High Ground with ASTOR Since the beginning of armed conflict, those that have held the high ground had great advantages. Not only does the enemy have to fight uphill, but also they can be observed much…
Business & GAADS-B: North to Alaska In May 2000, Alaskan pilots will be at the cutting edge of the largest Free Flight testing initiative planned to date. This is the Capstone project, a three-year, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: A Fresh Look at the Grid In last month’s issue, we covered the IFR Global Positioning System (GPS) "grid" used by the offshore support helicopter operators in the Gulf of Mexico. As mentioned in Rick Oeder’s story (page…
ATM ModernizationHow JPO Sees the Future of GPS What are the plans for the Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation of satellites now that we have entered the 21st century? In an exclusive interview, Charlotte Adams, the editor of Global Positioning…