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Flight Display unveils new cabin management retrofit
October 20, 2009
Flight Display Systems, the little guy in the cabin electronics business with a focus on the retrofit display market, is ready for the big time.At a press conference here this morning at 10 a.m., Flight Display (Booth No. 4484) is to formally introduce its Select cabin management system (CMS) as a retrofit package. According to company president David Gray,...
moreSandel helicopter TAWS takes flight
October 20, 2009
Sandel Avionics of Vista, Calif., has begun pre-certification flight testing of a helicopter-specific terrain avoidance warning system based on its fixed-wing class-A TAWS. The system, HTAWS, will meet or exceed performance for any current class-B TAWS for helicopters, company founder and president Gerry Block told NBAA Convention News. Initial flight...
moreACSS sees brighter skies ahead
October 20, 2009
ACSS, the Phoenix-based surveillance and reconnaissance technology division of L-3 Communications (Booth No. 4000), is at NBAA’09 showcasing a number of new developments. These include new TCAS II traffic and collision avoidance system software, selection of its latest TCAS II system by Embraer, enhanced terrain avoidance warning system (TAWS) functionality...
moreInnotech Sky Berry system now OK’d for installations
October 20, 2009
Innotech Aviation has received a supplemental type certificate for its new Sky Berry system that gives business aircraft operators and their passengers a low-cost way to wirelessly receive and transmit data on their PDAs. Sky Berry uses a router provided by International Communications Group. The first system has already been installed on a Hawker 800.The...
moreNextant moving quickly on Beechjet upgrade program
October 20, 2009
Announcement of certification of the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 flight deck in the Beechjet 400A/XP led the news at Nextant Aerospace’s NBAA press conference yesterday. The Pro Line 21 retrofit, part of Nextant’s upgrade and planned remanufacture of the popular light jet, consists of two large LCD primary flight displays and one large LCD multifunction...
moreGuardian Mobility Wins STC for GPS Tracking Device
October 20, 2009
Guardian Mobility’s Guardian 3i GPS tracking device has gained a Transport Canada supplemental type certificate on Beech 1900C and 1900D turboprops and will be installed in the fleet of Northern Thunderbird Air, which offers scheduled and nonscheduled air charter services in the Pacific Northwest. Bill Hesse of Northern Thunderbird said, “We chose Guardian...
moreEMS Sky Connect’s new Forte: e-mail
October 19, 2009
Has your smart phone become an indispensable means of instant communication? If so, EMS Sky Connect, a division of EMS Technologies (Booth No. 4489), has the Christmas gift for you: unfettered in-flight access, “pole-to-pole, anywhere on the globe.”Sky Connect calls the service Forte AirMail and announced its launch yesterday here at NBAA. The system uses...
moreGarmin G3000 Brings Touchscreens to the Cockpit
October 19, 2009
Garmin this afternoon introduced an integrated avionics system for light turbine-powered airplanes. Dubbed G3000, the new system sets itself apart by using menu-driven touchscreens for accessing nearly all of the functions that pilots normally control with myriad buttons and dials. Intended for the upper echelon of the Part 23 business aircraft market, the...
moreAircell Unveils Stand-alone Airborne High-speed Internet
October 06, 2009
Airborne communications provider Aircell today unveiled its new ATG 5000 high-speed Internet unit for the business aviation market. The lightweight, “affordable” system delivers high-speed Internet service via the Aircell network and was designed specifically for aircraft operators who don’t require the integrated voice, narrowband data and network neutral...
moreRockwell Collins Preps Fusion for SVS Testing
October 01, 2009
Rockwell Collins plans to start flight trials early next week of the software load that will add a synthetic-vision presentation to the Pro Line Fusion avionics system in the company’s Challenger 601. Testing begun earlier this year aboard the Challenger and a Bombardier Global Express XRS centered on evaluations of the Fusion cockpit displays, integrated...
moreACSS Intros TCAS Change 7.1 Update
October 01, 2009
Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) is readying a software update for the Phoenix company’s TCAS II and TCAS 2000 traffic alert and collision avoidance systems to fix two potentially serious problems in the way the technology warns pilots of traffic threats. The Change 7.1 software, due out in the fourth quarter, will add so-called...
moreUVdatalink Fleet Status Upgraded
October 01, 2009
Universal Weather and Aviation enhanced its online flight-tracking application, UVdatalink Fleet Status, to help flight departments more easily track and manage their aircraft. Notably, the application now features MapQuest map graphics and faster load times. Other improvements include better capabilities for managing larger fleets; the ability to overlay...
moreFAA proposes changes to Hudson River airspace
October 01, 2009
The FAA has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) modifying the airspace over the Hudson River in the aftermath of the August 8 midair between a Liberty Helicopters sightseeing AS 350 and a Piper PA-32R-300, killing all nine people on the two aircraft.The safety enhancements in the September 16 NPRM would restructure the airspace; mandate pilot...
moreMode-S Rule Proves Debacle in Holland
September 28, 2009
Holland’s recent experience with the consequences of requiring all aircraft to be equipped with mode-S transponders may prompt a revision of similar rules by other national aviation authorities.Several years ago the EASA chose Holland for a trial of mode-S transponders that led to a directive by the Dutch CAA that all aircraft operating within Dutch...
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