in-flight
Has in-flight entertainment got wings in the iPod era?
News Airlines should scrap in-flight entertainment systems because they cannot compete with the thousands of songs and scores of movies that can be stored on modern media players, according to an aviation... [03 Jul 2009]
Take a trip to the future of air travel
News For instance, if you are getting out of your car at the airport, the app that has the details of your flight realises you have not checked-in and lights up and asks you whether you want to... [03 Jul 2009]
British Airways: No mobiles on old planes
News British Airways CEO Willie Walsh has said the airline will not extend in-flight mobile comms to any of its aircraft already in service. BA CIO Paul Coby predicted "exciting" new... [01 Jul 2009]
Bell Helicopter Soars to New Performance Heights After Selecting the AMD Opteron Processor
White Paper With more than 50 years experience of testing and flight innovation, Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, is a $1.6 billion, leading producer of vertical lift aircraft for commercial and military customers. [25 Jun 2009]
Empirical Differences Between COTS Middleware Scheduling Strategies
White Paper Second, they offer recommendations based on these results for developers of mission-critical DRE systems, such as the Boeing Bold Stroke platform used in the Adaptive Software Flight Demonstration (ASFD)... [25 Jun 2009]
Development of a Data Acquisition System for Light Airplanes Flight Tests
White Paper Flight tests are important mainly in the development phase, providing data to model validation and to check some premisses that have been made in previous phases. These tasks are useful... [25 Jun 2009]
Northrop Grumman Connects Pilots From Globally Dispersed U.S. Air Force Bases for Pre-Mission, Interactive Flight Simulation Training
White Paper Air Force tasked Northrop Grumman in 2001 with developing and implementing a secure, private high-speed global network that, for the first time, would allow pilots, in multiple locations to t rain... [25 Jun 2009]
Automated Fulfillment for Leading German Travel Agent
White Paper Travel Overland has been established in the German market as the leading provider of flight tickets for more than 25 years. Reduced commission rates from airlines in September 2004 has... [25 Jun 2009]
The Strategic Role of IT Culture in Business Performance
White Paper Hear an expert panel discuss the challenges that IT faces integrating itself into company culture and attracting, retaining and developing top-flight IT professionals. The role of IT is evolving. Once viewed as simply a... [25 Jun 2009]
Tower Travel Contact Center Takes Flight With the Avaya IP Office Solution
White Paper Tower Travel Management is one of the largest independent, full-service travel agencies specializing in corporate travel in the U.S. Tower Travel Management wanted to have multiple call center locations... [25 Jun 2009]
Tips and Tricks for Tuning CFD Codes
White Paper There are also a variety of other aerospace uses such as analyzing blood flow in the human body under a variety of conditions such as high-g flight and low-g flight (space... [25 Jun 2009]
U.S. Air Force Trains for Long-Term Goals: Air Education and Training Command Maximizes Resources With SAS
White Paper Providing everything from flight school and graduate education to basic training and distance learning, the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) is responsible for replenishing the Air Force with trained and... [25 Jun 2009]
Microsoft's Simulation Exams Don't Live Up to the Hype
White Paper 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... [25 Jun 2009]
Zebra Smart Labels Pass In-Flight Test With Flying Colors
White Paper Most aircraft parts, including all Line Replaceable Units (LRUs) that are checked before each flight, are already permanently identified with bar code and human-readable information according to the Air Transport... [25 Jun 2009]
NASA Optimizes Operations by Tracking Hazardous Materials With RFID
White Paper NASA Dryden Flight Research Center is demonstrating a project called ChemSecure, designed to improve the management of hazardous materials to enhance security and safety, while significantly reducing ongoing supply chain... [25 Jun 2009]