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September 3-6 Asian Aerospace International Expo & Congress 2007, AsiaWorld-Expo complex, Hong Kong. Contact organizer Reed Exhibitions, phone 852-2824-0330 or visit www.asianaerospace.com. 17-20 SAE 2007 AeroTech Congress & Exhibition, Los Angeles Convention…

Business & GA

Cover Story: Before the Storm

One expression we don’t see in newspapers these days, or hear on radio and TV, is "air pockets," those Bermuda Triangle-like potholes in the sky that airliners used to routinely fall into.…

Military

A Herculean Upgrade

Like Hercules, its mythical namesake, the C-130 airlifter is powerful and versatile. Capable of operating from rough, dirt air strips, the four-engine turboprop has been used to ferry troops into war zones,…

Business & GA

Cockpit Comebacks

With the current backlog for new aircraft extending to more than a year’s wait, more business cases are being made to retrofit avionics into legacy aircraft. Cockpit display retrofits, featuring all-digital avionics,…

Business & GA

Q&A: AEEC Reorganizes, Looks To The Future

Dennis Zvacek is manager of Avionics Engineering with American Airlines, and serves as chairman of AEEC, the ARINC conference formerly called the Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee. Zvacek first put his love of…

Business & GA

Product Focus: ATE

The automatic test equipment industry has entered what some ATE engineers say is a new golden age. With a plethora of new civil and military aircraft being developed, an imperative to transition…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Weather Receiver WSI Corp., Andover, Mass., introduced its WSI InFlight AV-300 datalink weather receiver and AV-350, a cockpit weather system enabling aircraft operators to receive WSI’s weather content plus Sirius Satellite Radio…

Business & GA

Perspectives: VoIP Pros and Cons

Much has been written and spoken about implementing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) for aeronautical applications. Leading this charge are aeronautical communications service providers and product manufacturers, hyping and promoting VoIP for…