Air traffic control

CSC Selected to Provide Air Traffic Control Simulation Training Systems to Universities

by Mr. Plane on August 20, 2009

in Aviation,Flight Sim

Image via Wikipedia FALLS CHURCH, Va., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ — CSC  announced today that its NexSim(TM) Radar and Tower air traffic control simulation training systems have been selected by four universities to support the initial training and development of next generation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controllers. CSC will provide a total of 32 [...]

Closure of Busy Airspace; Raleigh Traffic Most Affected

by Mr. Plane on June 22, 2009

in Airports,Aviation

Image by drukaman *andré ferreira* via Flickr LEESBURG, Va., June 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday evening was forced to close several air corridors above eastern North Carolina for 30 minutes as a desperation move to avoid a serious safety risk when its poor management and woeful staffing reached this breaking point [...]

SolaCom Acquisition Expands Harris Product Line and Customer Base in Global ATC Market

June 22, 2009 Aviation

Image via Wikipedia WASHINGTON and OTTAWA, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has completed its previously announced acquisition of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) business unit of SolaCom Technologies, Inc., a  privately held company headquartered in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The SolaCom ATC product line provides voice and [...]

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Flights on collision course in Mumbai International

June 1, 2009 Airlines

Image by vm2827 via Flickr Their paths crossing, two passenger aircraft prepared to take off simultaneously from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Sunday morning, before the danger was spotted and the flights aborted. Air India AI 348 was taxiing along the airport’s main runway (09/27) while Jet Airways flight 9W 615 had started its [...]

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Go! airline pilots admit sleeping during flight

December 29, 2008 Airlines

Image via Wikipedia The pilots on board a go! airlines flight that overshot the Hilo airport last February have admitted they fell asleep in the cockpit while the plane was on autopilot. The pilots stopped responding to air traffic control communications about halfway through Flight 1002 from Honolulu to Hilo on Feb. 13, 2007, a [...]

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December 8, 2008 Airlines

David Learmount reported very well in Flightglobal.com about the future shortage of pilot when the economy will rise again. He said in the blog that “As soon as economic recovery delivers the prospect of airline growth, struggling carriers will collide almost immediately with a barrier to expansion, according to analysis by the International Air Transport [...]

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Consumers Dislike Fees, But Are Willing To Pay For Choice

November 16, 2008 Aviation

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Amadeus today released a new survey that, for the first time, captures sentiment around emerging airline fee-for-service models, also known as ‘a la carte’ flying, from the people who are most impacted by them: air travelers.  The telephone survey of 2,000 random adults in the U.S. (ages 18 or [...]

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Traffic X from Just Flight

November 14, 2008 Flight Sim

Traffic X is the latest generation of the hugely popular Traffic series of AI traffic programs from Just Flight, and is set to become the new benchmark for Artificial Intelligence traffic expansions. Traffic X includes custom features designed to take maximum advantage of the new capabilities available in Flight Simulator X. New aircraft, more traffic [...]

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