Avionics

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BBJ Approved for North Atlantic CPDLC Trial

Boeing Business Jet operators are being invited to join an airborne trial of controller-pilot datalink communications (CPDLC) over the North Atlantic as pa

Avionics

October 8, 2007

Lufthansa Rolls Out Connexion Service on Munich to Los Angeles Route

Shown to passengers on transatlantic TWA flights, the first full-length feature film to play on an airliner was 1961’s By Love Possessed, starring Lana Tur

Avionics

October 8, 2007

Regional Carriers Select Sandel TAWS for Beech 1900s

Showing signs that it is getting back on a solid footing after nearly being KO’d by an ugly patent lawsuit, Sandel Avionics announced that three regional a

Avionics

October 8, 2007

For keeping in touch, satcom antennas provide a vital link

Nobody knows for sure who first coined the term “office in the sky,” but whoever it was, he or she must feel a certain level of vindication that this over-

Avionics

October 8, 2007

Avcon awarded group RVSM approval for Learjet 20 series

Avcon Industries recently announced it has received FAA RVSM group approval for 20-series Learjets using a modification package that the company has been d

Avionics

October 8, 2007

Budget cuts kill Miami CPDLC trials

Effective October 1, the FAA’s trials of controller/pilot datalink communications (CPDLC) at Miami will be no more.

Avionics

October 8, 2007

U.S. airspace plan will show slow progress, official warns

The multi-agency Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) now working on a roadmap for a next-generation air-transportation system (NGATS) expect

Avionics

October 8, 2007

Universal introduces the 890R, a retrofit cockpit that sizzles

Universal Avionics of Tucson, Ariz., has been quietly strengthening its foothold in the cockpit retrofit market, branching out with a variety of available

Avionics

October 8, 2007

Diamond DA-42 certification marks G1000 cockpit debut

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) last month certified the Garmin G1000 integrated avionics system as part of the type certificate for the Diamond

Aircraft

October 8, 2007

Patco Is Alive if Not So Well

In 1981 President Reagan fired virtually all aircraft traffic controllers and banned them from reapplying for controller jobs after their union, the Profes

Avionics

October 8, 2007

Eurocopter seeks OK for IFR approaches to hover

Eurocopter is making further strides toward its aim of certifying a helicopter to make IFR approaches to a hover, over a given point on the ground and at a

Rotorcraft

October 8, 2007

Surviving, with a little help from technology

“Because it is there.” If ever there was a case of a reporter taking a quote out of context, this is it.

Avionics

October 8, 2007

RVSM remains a challenge for many

With only about 15 months left to go before the start of domestic reduced vertical separation minimums (DRVSM) in the U.S., the clock is ticking for busine

ATC

October 8, 2007

Light-plane avionics star at AEA Convention

With all the recent talk about glass cockpits migrating to light airplanes, it has been an exciting 12 months not only for GA pilots and aviation enthus

Avionics

October 4, 2007

Software update packs more into FlightLogic

Recent improvements and upgrades to the software that drives Chelton’s FlightLogic synthetic-vision EFIS have been keeping the company’s R&D engineerin

Avionics

October 4, 2007

EVS Certified in GIVs with Honeywell SPZ 8000 Avionics

Responding to customer requests, Gulfstream is now offering the Kollsman infrared enhanced-vision system (EVS) to owners and operators of GIVs outfitted wi

Avionics

October 4, 2007