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Advanced-vision concept inches closer to reality
October 5, 2006, 6:17 AM
August 2005

The possibility of business jets and airliners making autonomous low-visibility approaches and landings to airports without an ILS has moved closer to reality with the success of a six-month test of a flight guidance and display system featuring integration of both synthetic and enhanced vision

Jeppesen Tackling ApparentFlightDeck 3.0 Software Bug
October 5, 2006, 6:13 AM
August 2005

Jeppesen has assembled a team of engineers to look into complaints by users that the company’s latest electronic charting software, JeppView FlightDeck 3.0, can cause electronic flight bag (EFB) computers to crash without warning.

FAA DecommissionsMore than 200 NDB Approaches
October 5, 2006, 6:12 AM
August 2005

In a cost-cutting move, the FAA last month decommissioned 216 NDB approaches across the U.S.

EU Approves Joint Bid fromFormer Galileo Competitors
October 5, 2006, 6:09 AM
August 2005

The European Union (EU) has approved a joint bid from two groups that previously had competed against each other for the contract to run the $4 billion Galileo satellite navigation system.

Dassault flight tests EVS on 2000EX
October 5, 2006, 6:00 AM
August 2005

Late last month Dassault flew a Falcon 2000EX EASy with an enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) for the first time. The event marked the beginning of a series of flight tests expected to yield European certification by the middle of next year.

In The Works: Evektor EV-55
October 5, 2006, 5:58 AM
August 2005

Czech aircraft designer and manufacturer Evektor-Aerotechnik, best known for a line of light piston singles, used last month’s EAA AirVenture show to begin promoting its new EV-55 twin turboprop.

In The Works: Eclipse 500
October 5, 2006, 5:56 AM
August 2005

Eclipse Aviation’s fourth conforming Eclipse 500–and the first of its two beta-test jets–joined the flight-test fleet last month.

In The Works: Grob G160 Ranger
October 5, 2006, 5:53 AM
August 2005

Certification of the seven-seat Grob G160 Ranger turboprop single has been delayed from this quarter to the middle of next year to incorporate a new interior design and aerodynamic refinements.

Being a Business Aviation Flight Attendant
October 5, 2006, 5:48 AM
August 2005

Cindy Heffelfinger and Jessica Meckes are both business aviation contract flight attendants. But they have something else in common: they are mother and daughter.

Flight attendants seen as safety and political activists
October 5, 2006, 5:45 AM
August 2005

Beau Altman’s retrospective put the profession of business aviation flight attendant into perspective at the 10th Annual Flight Attendants Conference in Atlanta in June.

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