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Q&A: Mike Hewitt: Business Jets Flying with FANS

On May 24, 2004, the first business jet using future air navigation system (FANS) technology crossed the Atlantic and communicated with air traffic controllers via digital messaging. The aircraft was a Boeing…

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Safety: Perils of Single-Point Failures

This is an example of a single-point failure that could have been prevented in design. The case involves a de Havilland DHC-8 that was on a passenger flight from Horn Island to…

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ATC Institute The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has partnered with the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) to form an industry institute that will support the development of a state-of-the-art air traffic control…

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ATN: Harmonizing Aero Communications

There was a time when life in aeronautical communications was simple. There was analog voice radio or nothing. But how times have changed. Today we face competing technologies, divergent regional solutions, a…

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Boeing 787: Integration’s Next Step

Moving beyond current jetliners in the integration and openness of its architecture, Boeing sees the 787 Dreamliner's avionics suite as a major contributor to the economies it promises with the new mid-…

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June 13-19 Paris Air Show, Le Bourget Airport, Paris. Contact Anouck Toussaint, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.paris-air-show.com. 20-21 Joint International Symposium on Sensors and Systems for Airport Surveillance, offices of Direction Generale…

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Editor's Note: More Bizjets Using FANS?

From our Q&A this month we learn that the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) is the first corporate aircraft certified for future air navigation system (FANS) operations. But it no longer is the…