Content Archive: September 2006

Avionics

2006 AIN Product Support Survey: Part Three - Avionics

AIN asked pilots, mechanics and department managers to rank avionics suppliers in seven key categories: parts availability; parts cost; AOG (aircraf
Regulations and Government

Debate about Farnborough traffic continues

Many local residents who successfully opposed TAG Aviation’s application to increase the number of weekend and holiday movements at the UK’s Farnborough Ai

Doubts cast over VLJ overcast

The market for very light jets (VLJs) will be worth $2.52 billion over the next five years, according to a new study by UK-based consultants PMI Media.
Aircraft

Pilot Report: Cessna Mustang

The champagne corks were surely popping in Wichita on September 8 when Cessna Aircraft announced it had earned full type certification of its newest jet, t
ATC

ATC Centers Get New Com System

The FAA has finished deploying at all 20 en route centers a new communications gateway that processes radar and flight data and eliminates problems that be
Avionics

Category III landings come to bizav

Landings to below Cat I and II ILS minimums have been possible for more than three decades, but the price of admission until recently has been autoland cer

Pilatus connects with owners at regional event

Pilatus Business Aircraft held its first-ever regional operators conference on August 17.
ATC

Comair crash may lead to broader use of runway alerting systems

Honeywell hopes the Comair crash prods airline executives to take a closer look at a software upgrade for its enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGP
ATC

U.S. and Europe plan ‘seamless’ ATC

At the Farnborough Air Show this summer, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey and European Commission (EC) vice president Jacques Barrot signed a memorandum of
ATC

Industry voices concerns about the future of ADS-B

The FAA announced in August that it expects to award its ADS-B ground station contract (estimated to be for up to 500 ground stations) next July.