ATM ModernizationPeople FlightSafety Boeing: Gaines, Hinton, New VPs FlightSafety Boeing (FSB) Training International LLC has appointed Pat Gaines as executive vice president at its headquarters in Seattle, and Capt. Paul Hinton as vice president-flight…
Business & GASafety in Avionics: Wiring Safety: Progress or Procrastination? A White House task force report on aircraft wiring can be looked at two ways. One is that it stands as a promise of real progress. The other is that it represents…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Thomson-CSF No More The Thomson-CSF name, which has been dominant in the aerospace arena since 1968, has been dropped for that of a mathematician and philosopher born around 624 B.C. The company…
ATM ModernizationSpecial Report: Ultra Wideband: Killer App or App Killer? In a world ravenous for radio frequencies, a tantalizing telecommunications technology promises to deliver revolutionary wireless applications without further congesting the spectrum. The wonder’s name is ultra-wideband (UWB). Its champions say it…
ATM ModernizationSpecial Report: UWB: A Wakeup Call to GPS Users Some ultra-wideband (UWB) proponents say UWB is poised to change the world. USA Today, New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune have touted the benefits of this intriguing technology. USA Today went…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Bombardier Chooses ISIS Smiths Industries Aerospace is to supply its integrated standby instrument system (ISIS) as basic fit for the Learjet Models 60, 45 and 31A. Deliveries to Bombardier Aerospace began in…
Business & GAPerspectives: The Case for Cockpit Video Recorders James E. Hall, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), acknowledges that video recording in the cockpit is a controversial topic. To the many pilots opposed to the idea, video cameras…
Business & GAAvionics System Design: Flight Management Systems Written and spoken languages have been with us for a long time, but understanding what is said or written is not always clear. This often is the case in the crowded aircraft…