Business & GA

The Desire to Be Interactive

In the booming in-flight entertainment (IFE) market—estimated at $1.7 billion in 1999—"interactivity" is the buzzword for the future. Yet nearly everyone in the industry has a different interpretation of just what interactivity…

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People

Honeywell: Smith, President & CEO Michael A. Smith, former acting president of Honeywell Space and Aviation Control, has been named president and CEO of the company’s new (following the merger with AlliedSignal)…

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New Products

Loop Resistance Tester The Boeing Co. has developed an instrument that allows the integrity of cable shielding to be tested without de-mating the connectors. The Loop Resistance Tester (LRT) works by magnetically…

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Safety in Avionics: Data Link and Stuck Microphones

Increasingly crowded skies generate colorful descriptions of the problem. Here’s one harried air traffic controller’s scatological characterization of the situation for Newark International Airport in New Jersey: "[Newark] tries to put 10…

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Industry Scan

Belgian Police Receive Enhanced MD 520N The Belgian Gendarmerie (Belgian National Police) was scheduled to take delivery by the end of 1999 of its multimission MD 520N (Model 500N)—fitted with customized avionics…

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Testing Standards: Making Giant Strides

The search for maximal test instrument interchangeability with minimal test program modifications has made a lot of progress in the last five years. But work by the Interchangeable Virtual Instruments (IVI) Foundation,…

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Editor's Note: Airlines as Jugglers

What will be in future cockpits? We hope we answered that question in part in our Outlook coverage in this issue. However, for added perspective on this topic, from the user community,…

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Fast Moving IFE

Matsushita has increased its market lead, Sony is for sale, and live television is making its air transport debut. These and other developments are occurring rapidly in the fast-paced, highly competitive in-flight…