Content Archive: January 2008

Avionics

NTSB Calls for Checks of Collins AHRS in more than 7,000 Airplanes

The NTSB has sent a letter to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey recommending that the Rockwell Collins AHC-85 attitude heading reference system (AHRS) comput
Avionics

Would-be bizav customers clamor for Boeing Connexion

Boeing has been inundated by requests from business jet operators for information about its Connexion broadband satellite communications system since the w
ATC

What is ADS-B?

Most corporate pilots know how TCAS operates and what it does, but fewer are familiar with ADS-B.

Chautauqua Pilots Rally Against ‘Alter Ego’ Rival

Pilots of Indianapolis-based Chautauqua Airlines planned to walk an informational picket line on March 28 at Louisville International, Ky., and Indianapoli
ATC

Entegra: jet tech for the pricey-piston generation

The Avidyne Entegra avionics system–particularly the revolutionary left-side primary flight display (PFD)–is new territory for most piston pilots.
Avionics

UPS brings ADS-B traffic into aviation’s mainstream

Boeing 757 and 767 pilots at United Parcel Service (UPS) will soon start using a flight-deck display that will likely be the envy of their airline and corp
Rotorcraft

Another Record Year for Eurocopter

Eurocopter, at a news conference in Paris today, disclosed its results for last year, saying it achieved an all-time high in sales that surpasses those for
Avionics

Collins High-speed Data Satcom Awarded Initial STC

The HST-900 data satcom from Rockwell Collins has received STC approval for installation in the Falcon 50, 900 and 900EX.
Aircraft

Upgraded TBM 850 Makes Debut

An upgraded EADS Socata TBM 850 turboprop single was unveiled late last week during a “discovery show” held at the company’s factory in Tarbes, France.
Aircraft

Bombardier Partners with Grob on Composite Learjet

In October, after announcing that it planned to offer a next-generation Learjet for the midsize jet market, Bombardier said that it considered the new Lear