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| 08.01.2009 |
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Enter Superjet
If Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) can keep up the pace on a challenging test and certification program, it will begin deliveries of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 to Armenian airline Armavia and launch customer Aeroflot by December. With the advent of the...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Letters
Spreading Wealth Envy I am not going to belabor our obvious political differences, but please stop misquoting Rush Limbaugh (Editor’s Note, April 2009, page 6). I was listening to that show — one more time for the left wing propaganda machine, the...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Industry Scan
Pilot Report: Bendix/King AV80R Portable Multifunction Display The day finally arrived and here it was — a new Bendix/King AV80R portable MFD. The unit came with a 4GB SD card, which contained an extensive aviation and automotive database as well as...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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People
Jay LaFoy L-3 Avionics Systems, of Grand Rapids, Mich., named Jay LaFoy president of the company. LaFoy will oversee all aspects of the L-3 Avionics Systems business. LaFoy has more than 25 years of aviation industry experience in the areas of operations...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Calendar
July 22-25 Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA) Annual Convention, Savannah, Ga. Contact ALEA, phone 301-631-2406 or visit www.alea.org. 27-Aug. 2 EAA AirVenture 2009, Wittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, Wis. Visit www.airventure.org. August 10-13...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Poseidon On Patrol
With the first flight of the Boeing P-8A Poseidon test aircraft in April, the U.S. Navy moved closer to a modernized patrol fleet ready for net-centric warfare in open ocean and cluttered coastal environments. Aircraft T2, the mission system flight-test...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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New Products
Battery Tester Concorde Battery Corp., West Covina, Calif., introduced the BC-5000 Battery Capacity Tester (Concorde P/N 4163). The company said the tester, which weighs 10 pounds and measures 12 inches long, 9 inches wide and 10 inches high, has been market...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Editor’s Note
It’s auspicious for NextGen that new FAA Administrator J. Randolph "Randy" Babbitt chose to make his first public speech outside of Congress at the RTCA Symposium in June. Babbitt is not a newcomer to the NextGen effort — prior to being...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Airline Broadband
Airline passengers want the ability to send e-mail and access the Internet in flight, and U.S. airlines are responding to that demand, rolling out a series of in-flight broadband trials. For passengers, especially business travelers, the attraction is the...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Product Focus: GPS WAAS
With manufacturers only recently releasing their first-generation GPS WAAS products, operators are just now getting their hands around current capabilities of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). However, the imminent expansion of WAAS-like capabilities...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Aviationtoday.com
Required Navigation Performance (RNP) is an underlying capability of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). You might think, because NextGen seems to be languishing in bureaucratic limbo, RNP is of no practical use today. Think again. RNP...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Perspectives: Mapping Turbulence
Let’s stop flying into turbulence to find it! Let’s avoid beverage spills in our laps and flight attendants bouncing around the cabin. There exists a unique form of GPS processing with subsequent mathematical procedures to produce a national map...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Bigger, Faster, Safer, Smarter
Bigger, stronger, faster is a motto that aptly describes, but only in part, Gulfstream’s goals for its new G650 ultra long range business jet, slated for market entry in 2012. The G650 will also be safer, smarter, quieter, cleaner, easier to fly and...
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| 06.01.2009 |
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Industry Scan
Avionics Webinar: Providers Outline EFB Installation Considerations The business case for aircraft operators to deploy electronic flight bags (EFBs) is strong, but there are important trade-offs to consider when deciding between a portable Class 2 or an...
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| 06.01.2009 |
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People
Mike Stolarik QinetiQ North America, of McLean, Va., named Mike Stolarik president and chief operating officer. Stolarik is a 30-year industry veteran. Prior to this appointment, he was president of QinetiQ North America’s Mission Solutions Group...
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| 06.01.2009 |
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Calendar
June 10-11 RTCA Annual Symposium, Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles Hotel, Chantilly, Va. Visit www.rtca.org. 15-21 International Paris Air Show, Le Bourget Exhibition Center, Paris. Visit www.paris-air-show.com. 30 Required Navigation Performance (RNP)...
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| 06.01.2009 |
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Serious Squall
The Dassault Aviation Rafale is the newest combat aircraft serving France’s Air Force and Navy. Over the past few years, the twin-engine fighter has replaced the Armée de l’Air’s older Jaguar fighter-bombers and the...
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| 06.01.2009 |
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Editor’s Note: Task Force Meets
The RTCA task force assigned the unenviable task of recommending "mid-term" NextGen operational capabilities to FAA, as in those capabilities that can be achieved by 2018, wasn’t given a lot of rope to work with. Conceived in January and...
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| 06.01.2009 |
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A350: Extra Wide Responsibility
The Airbus A350XWB represents different opportunities for different avionics suppliers, but some common themes emerge in equipping the new wide body. Under a new Airbus supplier policy, major avionics vendors have been involved much earlier in the systems...
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| 06.01.2009 |
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Product Focus: RNP Consulting
With its proven ability to ease air-traffic congestion, save fuel and facilitate approaches to airports that are encumbered by weather or terrain, performance-based navigation (PBN) is now an option being considered by airlines and Air Navigation Service...
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