Content Archive: August 2008

Aircraft

In The Works: Sukhoi S-21 SSBJ

At best, a total of 300 to 400 supersonic business jets (SSBJs) could be sold over the next 30 years, according to Andrei Ilyin, general director at Sukhoi
Aircraft

In The Works: Ibis Aerospace Ae270 Spirit

With Czech certification of the Ae270 turboprop single now expected in the fourth quarter of this year (earlier anticipated in September) and FAA approval
Charter & Fractional

European scheduled charter firm rethinks fleet composition

Club Airways, the European scheduled business jet service, is broadening its fleet beyond Learjet 45s and is also rethinking its planned route network.
Aircraft

Improving air safety by thinking inside the box

It is impossible to ignore the role technology has played in making the art of powered, heavier-than-air flight incrementally safer for the successive gene
Avionics

Radio navaid 'snapshot' a glimpse of tomorrow

At recent public hearings in Washington, D.C., and Albuquerque, N.M., DOD and DOT representatives reviewed the departments’ policies toward the provision o
Avionics

Avionics Update: Garmin G1000 cockpit makes debut at Oshkosh

The wraps officially came off Garmin’s new G1000 integrated avionics system late last month at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture airshow i
Avionics

Avionics Update: OPSAT secures blanket approval for WAAS navigator

The FAA has issued a technical standard order and blanket installation approval covering 850 aircraft models for the CNX80 all-in-one GPS navcom from Salem
Avionics

Avionics Update: Avidyne demonstrates Nexcom digital radio

As part of the FAA’s Nexcom initiative to develop next-generation digital datalink radios for general aviation, Avidyne last month announced it has success
ATC

Avionics Update: Arinc's digital ATIS package aimed at smaller airports

You’ve probably never given it much thought, but recording and updating those ATIS voice messages is a royal pain in the neck for controllers.