All articles by John Croft – Page 18
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WATS 2011: iPad, the Game Changer
The iPad is expected to speed implementation of electronic flight bag (EFB) technology across aviation markets, Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen predicted in an...
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WATS 2011: Southwest-AirTran merger drives new training lines
Southwest Airlines' maintenance organisation is creating as many as 10 new maintenance training lines in large part to accommodate AirTran's fleet of Boeing...
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WATS 2011: Boeing introduces “simEFB” for 737, 777 FTDs
Boeing expects its "simulated Electronic Flight Bag" (simEFB) hardware, introduced at this week's World Aviation Training Conference and Tradeshow, to enhance...
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WATS 2011: CAE introduces 3G Tropos-6000
CAE this month introduced its third generation CAE Tropos-6000 simulation visual image generator. The new IG provides a more immersive environment, according...
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WATS 2011: iPad, the Game Changer
The iPad is expected to speed implementation of electronic flight bag (EFB) technology across aviation markets, Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen predicted in an...
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WATS 2011: Lufthansa Flight Training-Bremen Adds Sixth Mechtronix FSTD
In days prior to the World Aviation Training conference opening, Canada's Mechtronix Systems announced that Lufthansa Flight Training (LFT) is adding a sixth...
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WATS 2011: Delta rolls out aging wiring course
Delta Airlines has is now providing an electrical wiring interconnect systems (EWIS) training program to a large number of its aviation maintenance technicians...
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WATS 2011: Boeing evolves maintenance training
Boeing is evolving its training programs from "chalk and talk" toward "bolt-on" specialty courses that are increasingly on-line and distance learning enabled....
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NewsWATS 2011: Maintenance industry calls for action on fatigue
A group of 30 government, industry and academia officials is calling for a broad slate of fatigue countermeasures to be implemented in US maintenance organizations....
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Rockwell Collins breaks low-cost HUD barrier
Rockwell Collins shows off its all-new low-cost display Self-contained unit for light to midsize jets comes...
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Bidding opens for bargain Emivest facilities
More than 18,500m2 (200,000ft2) of manufacturing space in two facilities in different states will be up for auction at bargain basement prices as part of the bankruptcy sale of Emivest Aerospace, builder of the SJ30 business jet.
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NewsHawker, Nextant prepare for battle of 400s
Hawker Beechcraft has accelerated its plans to certificate an avionics upgrade package for the venerable Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400XP light business jets as competitor Nextant Aerospace prepares to begin selling similar enhancements later this year.
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FAA reveals new sleeping controller incidents, new countermeasures
The US FAA says it is assigning additional controllers on the midnight shifts at 27 air traffic control towers across the US following an incident this morning...
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Piper: tier 1 vendors ramp up PiperJet production
Piper Aircraft says it has all first-tier suppliers under contract to produce the company's $2.5 million Altaire single-engined jet, including Michigan-based...
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GAL picks up where CAF left off
Montreal-based business aviation completion supplier GAL Aviation - formerly known as CAF Aviation Consultants - reopened its doors on 11 April after a short...
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Metalcraft, not China, takes SJ30
A company linked to Utah-based parts manufacturer Metalcraft Technologies has purchased the assets of bankrupt Emivest Aerospace, builder of the SJ30 twinjet,...
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P&W on A320neo: More pressure, less cooling
Pratt & Whitney plans to boost the overall pressure ratio of its PW1100G geared turbofan engine for the A320neo to about 50:1, up 11% from the 45:1 ratio...
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New group takes fresh look at upset training
UPSET RECOVERY JOHN CROFT WASHINGTON DC Securing the edges of the envelope AN INTERNATIONAL group formed under the auspices of the UK Royal Aeronautical...
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Image generator technology: the other kind of cloud computing
Advances in image-generator technology are making the simulated flying environment ever more authentic
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Weathering heights: FAA cockpit simulator to help airline safety
A US cockpit simulator project models supply of real-time data on climatic conditions for pilots flying transoceanic routes