Systems & interiors – Page 813
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Video flight data recorder under development
If a picture paints a thousand words, why don't flight data recorders (FDRs) include video? If DM Aerospace (Hall 3/B1) has its way, they will. The company announced today that it is developing the world's first Aircraft Data Recorder, incorporating the FDR, the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and an ...
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New seat holds promise of quieter flights
Alan Dron Sadly, it won't take away the sound of that boring passenger droning on beside you, but Ultra Electronics believes that its latest noise reduction system will nevertheless make flights less tiring affairs. The company is launching its UltraQuiet seat at the show, which it claims will ...
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Rockwell wins in-flight entertainment contract
Rockwell Collins has won a contract to install in-flight entertainment systems on American Airlines' new Boeing 777 fleet. The company will provide its Total Entertainment System (TES) with first deliveries expected in the first quarter of 1999. TES is an advanced in-flight entertainment system which will allow airlines ...
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Safety shortcomings 'cause for concern'
Steve Nichols The three words on avionics suppliers' lips at Farnborough this year are "safety, safety and safety". As Guy Norris reports in this week's Flight International, the US Federal Aviation Administration expects "a serious accident every few weeks by 2015" unless major changes are made in the ...
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B/E Aerospace buys CF Taylor for $25 million
B/E Aerospace has acquired the CF Taylor commercial aircraft cabin interiors business from TI Group for about $25 million cash. CF Taylor will become part of B/E's newly formed Flight Structures and Integration Group. Source: Flight Daily News
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MiG unveils upgraded Fulcrums
Tim Ripley Two newly upgraded versions of the MiG-29 Fulcrum combat aircraft are on display at Farnborough for the first time. The ANPK MiG design bureau has brought the single seat MiG-29SMT attack version and MiG-29UBT two seat multi-role aircraft to the show. Both aircraft take the ...
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Airborne transmissions easy prey for hackers
Steve Nichols Visitors looking at the latest ACARS systems, for transmitting digital data from aircraft to ground, should beware. A High Wycombe-based company claims it has software which can hack the transmissions for just £24.99 ($40). The SkySpy software, which is being offered by ...
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State-of-the-art systems cut costs
Steve Nichols SITA is showing airshow visitors how its latest IT and telecommunication systems can cut aircraft operating costs and increase operating efficiencies. The company (Hall 1, Stand D37) is using Farnborough to demonstrate its AeroNet intranet service and launch its publicly-accessible web site (www.sita.net). Designed as ...
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Dash 8 passengers hear the difference
Passengers boarding Dash 8 aircraft are being treated to a remarkable demonstration and manufacturer Bombardier Aerospace is talking loudly about its quiet revolution. The three Dash 8 aircraft at Farnborough '98 - the 200, 300 and the latest 400 - all now have the Q designation. Q is for ...
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Ice shield approval
B/E-SMR Technologies, the recently acquired Florida-based unit of B/E Aerospace, has received supplemental-type certificates (STCs) for its newly developed Ice Shield pneumatic de-icing system on the Piper Navajo series and Raytheon Aircraft Beech King Air 200. The system incorporates new edge sealing and tapered-edge design technology . Source: Flight ...
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JAL debates global alliance
Paul Lewis/Singapore Japan Airlines (JAL) is putting the final touches to its new code-share agreement with American Airlines, but is still debating the merits of joining British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways and Qantas to form a planned new global alliance. The two carriers are due to sign an ...
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Hong Kong tackles long haul rostering
The Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (CAD) is planning pioneering new rules on maximum permissible flight hours and minimum stand down periods, which will require Cathay Pacific Airways to overhaul crew rostering for long haul flights. Cathay has until 30 November to submit its response to the CAD 371 ...
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Sporty Games
So British Airways has at last placed an order with Airbus Industrie, some 30 years after the European consortium was conceived with the primary aim of building an aircraft for BA's predecessor, British European Airways (BEA). The fiercely fought battle between Airbus and Boeing for this much prized order ...
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Japan lines up ramjet-powered ASM launch
The Japan Defence Agency (JDA) is planning to launch initial development of a new integrated ramjet-powered supersonic air-to-surface missile (ASM) as a successor to the Mitsubishi Type 93 ASM-2. Tentatively designated the ASM-3, the new missile will be powered by a combined-cycle rocket motor during launch and acceleration, and ...
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Back to basics
Paul Lewis/SEOUL & SINGAPORE Asia's embattled aerospace industry will likely reflect on 1998 with utter dismay. Once-bold Asian aeronautical ambitions to be a global player have been confined to the scrapheap after a series of setbacks. The focus is now on a post mortem examination to determine if and ...
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Seeking quiet
Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCO Airport noise regulations worldwide are becoming ever stricter, putting airframe and engine manufacturers under increasing pressure to deliver quieter aircraft. In the USA, NASA's Advanced Subsonic Technology (AST) programme is a joint government-industry research effort which names aircraft noise reduction as a primary objective. Running since ...
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Sensing safer skies
Guy Norris/SEATTLE The aviation industry's continual search for safer skies is reaching "crusade" status as the chilling implications sink in of predicted traffic growth on accident rates. The US Federal Aviation Administration, for example, expects "a serious accident" every week by 2015 unless some radical changes are made. That ...
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Meridian on course for 2000 certification
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC New Piper Aircraft flew the single-turboprop Malibu Meridian for the first time on 21 August, 10 days ahead of schedule. The Vero Beach, Florida-based manufacturer says there were "no major problems" on the maiden flight of the turboprop derivative of its Malibu Mirage high-performance piston single. ...
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UniLink for Hawker
Universal Avionics Systems UniLink air-to-ground, two-way datalink has been certified for use on the Raytheon Aircraft Hawker 800XP. UniLink enables datalink communications between ground-based service providers and an aircraft which is equipped with a Universal Avionics UNS-1 flight management system. Source: Flight International
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New software will advise flight planners on integrity of GPS
Julian Moxon/PARIS Eurocontrol has developed an internet tool for helping pilots assess the availability of global positioning system (GPS) satellites for European operations. The Augur system will provide all of the information needed to advise on GPS integrity, and, says Eurocontrol, will help aircraft operators to use GPS ...