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FOQA: Training Tool, And More

Flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) started in Europe, but has take root in North America and Asia, enhancing safety and reducing costs for numerous airlines. The practice, moreover, is endorsed not only…

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Input/Output: Cost of ADS-B: A First Take

Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) looks to be the future of surveillance in the National Airspace System (NAS). Although FAA has announced only a preliminary decision, ADS-B is a good bet--sooner rather than…

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New Products

LED Lighting Emteq Cabin and Lighting Systems, New Berlin, Wis., has announced its patent-pending Fluorescent Tube Replacement, which allows operators to replace the fluorescent tubes in their aircraft with light emitting diode…

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People

Wolfe, Vick, Daniels Landmark Aviation, formerly Garrett/Piedmont Hawthorne/Associated, recently named Roger Wolfe as its chief executive officer (CEO) and Shawn Vick as its president. Frank Klaus announced in September his retirement as…

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Perspectives: Data Link In Europe: An Overview

Today most air traffic control (ATC) data link services in Europe are based on ACARS, a technology designed for airline operational communications over the VHF band. Departure clearance, digital automatic terminal information…

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Q&A: Alex Hendriks

RNAV/RNP: Eurocontrol's Vision Europe, with its multiple states, diverse airspace and projected 6 percent annual growth in air traffic, poses a difficult air traffic management (ATM) challenge. Eurocontrol, the senior body charged…

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Safety: Weather Radar: A Cautionary Tale

This is a tale of the best avionics in the world being used incorrectly and therefore ineffectively. The story concerns weather radar and begins with the object lesson: All of the flight…

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Scan

NASA Demos Enhanced and Synthetic Vision NASA recently demonstrated BAE Systems' enhanced vision system (EVS) technology on a head-up display (HUD) in the agency's B757 test bed aircraft. BAE showed the ability…