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Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Mobile myth busting
Comment Without exception, mobile phones must be turned off during airplane flights. They are as equally susceptible to inference as those on an airplane. The 2.4GHz 0.1W radiation for the Wi-Fi equipment is... [12 Aug 2004]
FAA: Boeing's Dreamliner to cause "security vulnerabilities"
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... [07 Jan 2008]
New Airplane Design Requires Full Range of CAD Functionality at Affordable Price
White Paper 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... [15 Jan 2008]
Fast Development for a Rugged Plane
White Paper Quest Aircraft Company has designed a new 10-place single engine utility turboprop airplane known as the Kodiak. Quest Aircraft Company wanted to achieve FAA certification and begin... [15 Jan 2008]
With Novell, Lufthansa Flight Training Creates a Paperless Cockpit Solution to Help LTU International Airways Save More than $1 Million per Year
White Paper Lufthansa Flight Training set out to find a solution to reduce the mountains of paperwork in airplane cockpits. By putting millions of pages of manuals online, pilots would have up-to-the-minute information to reduce... [04 Mar 2004]
All aboard for Wi-Fi? Guard against the most obvious form of snooping on planes
News Al Potter, manager of network security at TruSecure's ICSA Labs division, said: "A public place like an airplane, a departure lounge or a coffee shop or other hotspot isn't really an appropriate place to perform... [04 Aug 2003]
Top 10 uses of an iPod you'd never expect
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. Seats that connect iPods... [20 Mar 2007]
Gates buys into $400m aircraft start-up
News We modelled our airplane on a car, and most people don't have a lavatory in their car," he deadpanned. Aircraft like the Eclipse 500, however, will eventually change the way planes are made. Bill Gates... [24 Mar 2005]
CIO Forum: Security 'industry and users misled' claims Lynch
News Not that there is anything wrong with Honda, but airplane engines, like security products, are an area where people like to assume specific specialist knowledge," he added. Using the analogy of jet engines, he said... [27 Sep 2004]
Re:Viewing 2004: The security industry
News Not that there is anything wrong with Honda but airplane engines, like security products, are an area where people like to assume specific specialist knowledge," he added. Using the analogy of jet engines, he said... [16 Dec 2004]
Ericsson crafts in-flight mobile network
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... [14 Jun 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Travelling ultra-light
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). Years of travel have taught me never to check... [27 Sep 2005]
Radioactive: Mobile phones - the battery conundrum
Comment But despite this safety measure, methanol is still banned from airplane cabins. But DFMC remains the leading fuel cell technology for mobile computing and the majority of the industry is waiting for the ban on... [09 Nov 2005]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment In addition, the picocell needs to be able to stop mobile phones on the airplane attempting to connect with external base stations. Emirates has been a keen provider of aircraft telephony for some time. [26 Jun 2008]
In-flight internet deal brings Boeing closer to global coverage
News Airplane manufacturer Boeing has taken another step closer to in-flight high-speed internet access on all routes with the signing of deals with two satellite telecoms networks. Connexion by Boeing has signed definitive... [02 Sep 2003]
