ATM ModernizationPerspectives: Airspace Users' Equipage Dilemma The aviation community has widely endorsed the International Air Transport Association's (IATA's) strategic vision for future air traffic management (ATM). (Visit www.iata.org/whatwedo/infrastructure_strategy1.) Guided by this roadmap, one can identify the airborne capabilities…
ATM ModernizationQ&A: Nick Sabatini and John Timmerman Like it or not, unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are here to stay. The aircraft--big and small--have become a military fixture and made hundreds of flights in the national airspace system (NAS) this…
Business & GASafety: Recording At Both Ends Flight recorders need to be upgraded to facilitate accident investigation, but the improvements necessary have not gained support in the U.S. Congress, which is pushing for deployable recorders. Four congressmen on key…
ATM ModernizationScan All-Glass Kit Plane As reported in our June 2005 issue (page 13) Piper Cubs are being fitted with "glass cockpits." Now kit planes are, too. Paul Echlin, a Boeing 747 pilot with…
CommercialProduct Focus: Test Equipment For the 'More Electric' Aircraft The trend toward "more electric" aircraft, with mechanical and hydraulic components' incorporating more and more electronics, has impacted and will continue to significantly affect aircraft manufacturing, operation and maintenance. It has affected…
ATM ModernizationSafety: Disrupting the Harmony Aloft The unrestricted use of cellular telephones in flight is fraught with social and technical questions, of which the technical issues may be the more intractable. This is the picture that emerges from…
ATM ModernizationScan Thales-Sagem Thales and Sagem Defense Security have joined to develop upgrade solutions for Dassault combat aircraft, with the exception of the Mirage 2000 and Rafale. Thales' expertise will be in radars, electronic…
Business & GASpecial Report: Avoiding NFF The problem of intermittent failures in aircraft electronic equipment has long plagued operators, who receive questionable components back from avionics shops labeled "NFF" (no-fault-found). NFF occurs when a component that apparently failed…