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Photo The height of Mount Everest and the Himalayas makes this photo - taken in 2004 - look as if it came from an airplane. An eruption of Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, which lasted only hours, was captured by an Expedition 13 crew...
[24 Apr 2008]
whitepaper To better position Canadian companies for export markets and massive events such as the Beijing and Vancouver Olympics, the National Research Council commissioned this airplane view of Canada's interactive industry: the companies, the sectors and...
[27 Mar 2008]
whitepaper Adam Aircraft's A500 airplane differs from other twin engine planes in two important ways. Adam Aircraft wanted to hold down development costs and meet rigorous requirements for FAA certification as quickly as possible.
[14 Jan 2008]
whitepaper Quest Aircraft Company has designed a new 10-place single engine utility turboprop airplane known as the Kodiak. This is a plane that's specifically designed to go places other planes can't. Quest Aircraft Company wanted to achieve FAA...
[14 Jan 2008]
News The report said: "It allows new kinds of passenger connectivity to previously isolated data networks connected to systems that perform functions required for the safe operation of the airplane. Because of this new passenger connectivity, the...
[07 Jan 2008]
News The Real ID Act says that, starting on 11 May, 2008, US citizens will need a federally approved ID card to travel on an airplane, open a bank account, collect Social Security payments or take advantage of nearly any government service.
[28 Jun 2007]
News Its software tools can be used in the creation of sophisticated products such as automobile braking systems or airplane radar, IBM said. IBM is to spend $745m to buy software-development tools company Telelogic.
[11 Jun 2007]
Round-Up One airplane modification company, LoPresti Speed Merchants, has apparently added iPod integration to its Fury line of planes, with a view to using the MP3 player as an in-flight data recorder. If you aren't reading this column cowering under your...
[23 Mar 2007]
News One airplane modification company, LoPresti Speed Merchants, has apparently added iPod integration to its Fury line of planes, with a view to using the MP3 player as an in-flight data recorder. You may be used to seeing people listen to iPods on...
[20 Mar 2007]
News Airplane passengers could soon be synching their iPods with in-flight entertainment systems following a deal between six airline companies and Apple. Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United will integrate iPods into their...
[14 Nov 2006]
News They could be used to get past airport security but not to get on an airplane, because the airline would have no record of the reservation, Soghoian said. A website that let anyone with an internet connection and a printer create fake airline...
[31 Oct 2006]
whitepaper Precision Aerostructures of Wellington, Kansas, provides manufacturing, subassembly, and component kitting capabilities for airplane fuselage and wing structures. Scheduling conflicts disrupted business when employees could no longer view...
[20 Sep 2006]
News Virgin Atlantic has announced travellers of a curious nature will be able to engage both their minds and their thumbs with a new text service. Passengers crossing the pond will soon be able to contact AQA - a text-back service that claims to be...
[09 Aug 2006]
whitepaper Based on the experiences of the author in the air and the server room, this paper explains that Microsoft's flight simulator program more accurately simulates flying an airplane than their simulation questions simulate using their operating systems.
[16 Jun 2006]
whitepaper As part of ATS's continuous improvement and lean philosophies, ATS commissioned Prudentia Consulting to develop a business case and strategy to use RFID technology for tracking airplane parts within their operations.
[10 May 2006]
Comment Make sure your toilet bag has everything you need plus some emergency medical supplies but no scissors or sharp-pointed implements (they may be confiscated on the airplane). Written in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
[27 Sep 2005]
whitepaper On Sept.images of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania airplane crash site forever changed the American psyche. The magnitude of the attack shook the very foundation of the country's sense of safety and security.
[30 Aug 2005]
whitepaper The Mobility Solutions Group of American Airlines' IT Enterprise Technology Group and the Maintenance and Engineering (M&E) IT Group wanted to develop a method for mechanics to access airplane specifications and order parts from the plane instead...
[21 Jul 2005]
News Ericsson joins the cottage industry that has begun supplying air travellers with wireless services ranging from phone calls to the high-speed Wi-Fi wireless access provided by Connexion, a division of airplane maker Boeing, which has installed its...
[14 Jun 2005]
News Among the other problems the retailer uncovered were chips reacting to low temperatures in airplane cargo-holds during transit ("It wasn't til we got 5,000 tags that we discovered that it was a really cold airplane"), and a dense reader...
[09 Jun 2005]
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