Content Archive: August 2008

Cabin Interior and Electronics

Avionics Update: Sirius satellite radio reaches for the sky

As anyone who has it or has tried it can attest, satellite radio is seriously cool.
Avionics

UPSAT buy yet another coup for nimble Garmin

It’s a David-and-Goliath story, but lately it has been getting tougher to tell just who’s the Goliath.On the one hand Garmin’s proposed buyout
ATC

FAA roadmap calls for gradual introduction of Rnav and RNP

The FAA has released a “roadmap” for performance-based navigation that would enable pilots to use Rnav and RNP (required navigation performance) procedures
Avionics

Avionics Update: WSI starts shipments of cockpit weather link

Just in time for the Oshkosh airshow last month, WSI announced FAA manufacturing approval for the company’s InFlight weather briefing system.
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: Mil/Kamov merger forseen

The merger of Russia’s two leading helicopter makers is inevitable, according to Sergey Mikheyev, constructor general of Kamov, one of the two companies in
Aircraft

Embraer 170 soldiers on toward November approval

Brazil’s Embraer remains firmly on target for November certification of its much-heralded but delay-prone Embraer 170, according to company vice president

SkyWest adds US Airways code share

The trend toward consolidation and alliances among major airlines may concern some in the Justice Department, but it hasn’t restricted opportunities for re
Accidents

Rotorcraft Update: Indian helo crash claims 27

In one of the highest death tolls from a civil helicopter crash in recent memory, 27 offshore oil workers as well as the crew of a Mil Mi-172 were killed A
Safety

More helicopter operators opt for cold weather pre-heating

As we round the corner past the U.S.
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: CHC nails $44 million in new business

North Sea operations giant CHC Helicopter has won contracts worth $44 million to provide helicopter service throughout the world.