Rockwell Collins: New avionics for a safer runway

Blog  |  www.flightglobal.com | Oct 29, 2009

Two high profile events of late - A Delta 767 landing on a taxiway in Atlanta and a near-miss between a Boeing 757 and Embraer E190 at LAX - highlight the need for new in-cockpit runway safety systems for aviation,...

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/as-the-croft-flies/2009/10/rockwell-collins-new-avionics-for-a-safer-runway.html

Airlines find navigation key to cut fuel cost

Blog  |  avindia.blogspot.com | Sep 16, 2009

Mumbai: Airlines flying to and from Mumbai, Delhi, and Ahmedabad airports have saved at least Rs25 crore worth of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) in the past year thanks to the performance-based navigation system. DNA had reported the launch of the system at Mumbai airport in September 2008."With the

http://avindia.blogspot.com/2009/09/airlines-find-navigation-key-to-cut.html

RTCA Revising Two ADS-B Avionics Standards Docs

Blog  |  www.aviationweek.com | Sep 3, 2009

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N999LJ Learjet Crash - ATC Radio Communication MP3

Blog  |  blog.flightstory.net | Nov 19, 2008

The FAA has released two audio files containing the ATC radio communication with Learjet LR60 N999LJ that overran runway 11 while departing Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) on September 19. Links to audio files (MP3) Columbia Local Control (23.10 MB) Columbia Clearance Delivery (12.05 MB)

http://blog.flightstory.net/1015/n999lj-learjet-crash-atc-radio-communication-mp3/

The New Kitbuilt Rules: Endangering the Freedom of the Many for the Excesses of the Few

Just two weeks before the big show, the FAA, months late, finally dropped into our world drafts of revised and combined Advisory Circulars that dramatically change the requirements for licensing Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft and complicate the situation almost beyond belief.

http://www.avweb.com/blogs/insider/AVwebInsiderBlog_BackwardOwnerBuiltRules_198392-1.html?type=pf

Hot topic, cool head - Runway Girl

Blog  |  www.flightglobal.com | Oct 20, 2009

Carl Biersack, executive director of the Inflight Passenger Communications Coalition (which includes stakeholders AeroMobile and OnAir), has written an opinion piece about the USA's farcical ban on the in-flight use of cell phones (you know, those things we can't live...

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/runway-girl/2009/10/hot-topic-cool-head.html

NBAA 2009: Garmin unveils most complex integrated avionics suite to date - As The Croft Flies

Blog  |  www.flightglobal.com | Oct 19, 2009

Garmin today unveiled its most complex integrated avionics suite to date. Called the G3000, the system features Garmin's trademark synthetic vision and runway safety programs as well as a three-axis dual channel, fail passive digital auto flight system. Along with...

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/as-the-croft-flies/2009/10/nbaa-2009-garmin-unveils-most-complex-integrated-avionics-suite-to-date.html

Peltola hits the ground running - Runway Girl

Blog  |  www.flightglobal.com | Aug 11, 2009

Flight Global's new IFE&C channel yesterday reported that former Aircell head of sales and marketing Bill Peltola has moved to AeroMechanical Services and that AMS is making progress in streaming FDR data to the ground. And lo, here today is a hefty press...

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/runway-girl/2009/08/peltola-hits-the-ground-runnin.html

V2 Brute? Or is it not so brutal? - Runway Girl

Blog  |  www.flightglobal.com | Jul 14, 2009

Standardization. Standardization. Standardization. We've been hearing more and more about standardization in the passenger communications sector. Call it the new mantra (Or semi-new. Okay, maybe it's not new at all, but it might be poised to gain traction). Airbus told...

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/runway-girl/2009/07/v2-brute-or-is-it-not-so-bruta.html

ViaSat's Bill Sullivan on Lufthansa's shift - Runway Girl

Blog  |  www.flightglobal.com | Jun 26, 2009

I had a good chat with ViaSat strategy director Bill Sullivan yesterday evening. We talked about the company's strategy to bring Ku-band and Ka-band connectivity to airlines, either directly or through partnerships. Be sure to keep an eye on Flight...

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/runway-girl/2009/06/viasats-bill-sullivan-on-lufth.html