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IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Strauss et al.	Unsafe At Any Airspeed? Is it safe to use cellphones on airplanes? The U.S. FCC thinks it may be. But here is proof that cellphones and other electronics are more of a risk to maintaining proper airline instrumentation than you think.
IEEE Spectrum March 2006	Plane Talk About Cellphones With the first U.S. auction for radio spectrum for consumer broadband use while in the air on the horizon, the FCC's overall move in the direction of relaxing the ban on the use of personal electronics during flight has made some folks happy -- and many others worried.
Popular Mechanics April 9, 2008 Barbara S. Peterson	Why U.S. Airlines Still Won't Join the Mobile Mile-High Club Airline passengers abroad could soon find themselves sitting in chatter class. In the past two weeks, regulatory authorities and individual airlines in Europe have taken steps to allow in-flight cellphone use -- not that you'll be able to phone home while flying over the United States anytime soon.
InternetNews December 15, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Considers Airline Broadband Connections Airline passenger use of cell phones and broadband Internet connections took a small step toward reality today when the Federal Communications Commission rolled out several new proposals for ground-to-air communications.
Fast Company January 2005 Haley & Clayton	Mystery In The Air Are you reading this on a plane? You may want to skip the item about how clean that airline blanket really is.
InternetNews August 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Online in European Air European low fare airline Ryanair to offer cell phone, broadband service by late next year.
InternetNews April 4, 2007 Roy Mark	FCC: Cells Not on a Plane Cell phone use for American fliers is out for the foreseeable future, but onboard broadband connections are scheduled to debut as early as next year, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
InternetNews January 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Coffee, Tea or Broadband? The proposed onboard airline broadband service will hit the runway May 10 when the Federal Communications Commission plans to auction off spectrum for a high-flying Internet connection.
Entrepreneur November 2004 Amanda C. Kooser	Air Campaign Think wireless devices and air travel don't mix? That could soon be changing.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2005 Tim Beyers	Who Needs Sleep, Anyway? Cell phones could be in use on your flight as early as next year, pending FCC approval.
CFO December 1, 2006	Jet Blue Airline officials are contemplating banning more electronic devices from in-flight use. Why is that, exactly?... Why pretexting isn't just a problem for HP.
Entrepreneur December 2004 Chris McGinnis	Keep In Touch Flying on a plane used to be one of the few places where you could disconnect from the world. But with technology pushing its way onboard, staying in touch with terrestrial matters while flying at 35,000 feet will soon be routine.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2004 Tim Beyers	Surf and Talk at 35,000 Feet The FCC says it may let Web surfers go wireless on airplanes. But it might allow in-flight cell phone use, too. Everyone from Boeing to Cisco to mega-wireless carrier Verizon has an interest in seeing these developments take off.
Popular Mechanics November 21, 2007	Inside the FAA's Plan for Cellphones to Fix Holiday Air Travel The Federal Aviation Administration recently awarded a contract to ITT Corporation to lay the groundwork for NextGen, an overhaul of the country's overloaded air traffic control system from aging radar towers to GPS.
CIO March 1, 2004	Turn Off That Phone! - Airline Safety Flight navigation disrupted. Instrument readings corrupted. Cockpit radio communications confused. All because some people didn't turn off their mobile phones.
Entrepreneur November 2005 Amanda C. Kooser	Flight of Fancy While we still can't use our cell phones on airplanes, onboard internet is getting a lot of attention.
Wired August 18, 2008 Cliff Kuang	Burning Question: Why Can't I Use My Cell Phone on a Plane? Using your cell phone while flying is harder on the cell phone companies than the airlines.
Search Engine Watch November 9, 2005 Gary Price	Real-Time Flight Tracking Want to check on the status of a flight that's currently in the air? The major search engines and other specialized services offer real-time flight tracking services that show you the status of major airline flights.
Salon.com May 30, 2002 P. Smith	Crash culture Who is to blame when a 22-year-old 747 falls from the sky?
InternetNews May 27, 2005 Roy Mark	CTIA: Ground Airline Cell Phone Use The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association said the Federal Communications Commission should move in an extremely cautious fashion on the issue of wireless airline phone service.
Salon.com November 13, 2001 Damien Cave	"It couldn't have come at a worse time" Former Transportation Secretary Sam Skinner explains how the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 will affect the air travel industry...
Popular Mechanics December 2009 Jeff Wise	How Plane Crash Forensics Lead to Safer Aviation After each plane crash, investigators study the wreckage, analyze flight data and examine clues regarding flight conditions. Once they have determined a cause, they often help create recommendations that prevent the problem from recurring.
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov	Cell Phones And Cancer With so much money in the cell phone industry, it looks like straight answers regarding the risks will be hard to come by.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2009	CMC Electronics Offers GPS-Based Aircraft Landing System CMC is offering the IntegriFlight CMA-5024 aviation global positioning system (GPS) receiver, which has received federal certification in the United States and Canada for GPS-based aircraft instrument landings.
Salon.com July 31, 2000 Elliott Neal Hester	Coping after the Concorde disaster Consoling odds: Your chances of dying in a domestic plane crash are still less than one in a million.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2011 Tim Beyers	Southwest Airlines Will Still Beat the Market But earning outsized returns may take longer than expected.
BusinessWeek July 8, 2010 Rob Waters	A Health Warning for a Wireless Age Despite a lack of definitive evidence tying cell phones to cancer, San Francisco wants consumers to know the emission levels of handsets.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2006 Tim Beyers	JetBlue's In-Flight Internet Initiative A JetBlue subsidiary pays $7 million to bring the Web to flights. Investors, take note.
CFO August 1, 2005 Esther Shein	Wi-Fi in the Sky A number of airlines have rolled out wireless-fidelity services on select flights enabling business travelers to conduct business from 30,000 feet.
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 John Hughes	Stuck on the Tarmac: Satellite Navigation The FAA may soon ask outside companies to help speed up adoption of a next-generation satellite navigation system.
IEEE Spectrum August 2010 Krishna M. Kavi	Beyond the Black Box Instead of storing flight data on board, aircraft could easily send the information in real time to the ground
BusinessWeek August 5, 2010	The Call of the Wild Retrevo's Gadgetology Report on American cell phone use.
Popular Mechanics August 2007 Barbara S. Peterson	End of Flight Delays? FAA's GPS Fix Could Bust Sky Gridlock The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quietly using Alaska as a testbed for technologies that could radically transform the nation's antiquated air traffic control (ATC) system from ground-based radar to space-based GPS.
BusinessWeek August 5, 2010 Joel Stein	America's Most Exclusive Club In the ultimate power move, there are people who don't own a cell phone. And they're making the world work for them.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008 John Keller	Navigation and guidance meets sensor fusion Knowing where you are and where you are going no longer involves only the Global Positioning System (GPS); systems designers are integrating a growing number of sensors and data-fusion algorithms to create fool-proof, jam-proof, real-time positioning information.
PC World February 27, 2008 Dan Tynan	Coming From Asia: The Next Cool Cell Phones GPS, electronic compasses, and new software will soon let our phones show us around town.
Salon.com July 28, 2000 Elliott Neal Hester	Out of the Blue Lies in the sky: An inside look at United Airlines' abysmal service.
Popular Mechanics September 4, 2008 Barbara S. Peterson	McCain and Palin Chart Separate Course From Obama on Aviation From jump starting an air traffic control bill to dealing with job cuts due to higher fuel costs, experts break down how Obama and McCain would try to modernize the FAA and get families home for the holidays on time.
BusinessWeek April 21, 2011 Tom McNichol	Keeping Cell Phones Out of Jail Cells As prisons try to block unauthorized cell phone use, companies are developing systems that cost over $1 million to address the problem.
National Defense July 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Traffic Technology Drive Stalled by Colliding Agendas Burgeoning growth in commercial aviation and the increasing pressure on air traffic control is spurring debate on whether U.S. air travel can remain safe and secure.
Salon.com August 2, 2002 Patrick Smith	Ask the pilot Can it really get too hot to fly? And what was it like to be in the air on Sept. 11?
InternetNews September 17, 2010	Study: Mobile Phone Users Largely Ignore Apps Pew Research Center study finds majority of cell phone owners don't bother using any of the apps embedded on them.
Inc. November 2003 Robert X. Cringely	Flight Club Forget the company car. Getting around is faster -- and less expensive than you may think -- in a private plane.
Popular Mechanics August 27, 2009 Chris Sweeney	15 Brilliant, Bad and Downright Strange Plans to Save Airlines Possible ideas to make plane trips more profitable and efficient.
Search Engine Watch August 2, 2006 Chris Sherman	Search Tools for Air Travelers If you're planning to fly somewhere, these sites can enhance and supplement your experiences with online travel search engines.
Fast Company David Lumb	In-Air Wi-Fi Apparently Makes Planes Hackable A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office for the Federal Aviation Administration describes the fearsome scenario of a hacker breaking into a plane's avionics through in-flight Wi-Fi.
AboutSafety March 8, 2001	Consumer Update On Mobile Phones The following summarizes what is known and what remain unknown about whether low levels of radiofrequency energy from mobile phones can pose a hazard to health and what can be done to minimize any potential risk.
InternetNews August 27, 2007 Roy Mark	Beyond The FCC's 700 MHz Outside of the much anticipated January 700 MHz auction, the Federal Communications Commission isn't planning on selling anymore spectrum at this time. Tech hopes to change that with several proposals now pending before the agency.
IEEE Spectrum August 2008 Tekla S. Perry	Airlines: Got Fuel? Airlines are now putting the minimum amount of fuel in planes necessary to reach their destination, but are they underestimating the amount they need?
National Defense August 2012 Stew Magnuson	High-Altitude Balloons, Unpiloted Aircraft Seen As Answer to Emergency Communication Outages The Federal Communications Commission is writing regulations for aerial platforms that can serve as temporary radio links in regions that have had their terrestrial systems wiped out during a disaster.