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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.   |
Salon.com
August 9, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot When airplanes collide, who is responsible? Are we doing enough to prevent such disasters? |
BusinessWeek
September 10, 2007
Palmeri & Epstein |
Fear & Loathing At The Airport Long lines, late flights, near collisions - everyone is unhappy with the state of the U.S. air travel system. Unfortunately, no one, especially not the FAA, seems able to do anything about it |
BusinessWeek
June 5, 2006
Christopher Palmeri |
Snarl In The Sky Private jet traffic is creating commercial flight delays, safety concerns, and calls for small planes to pay more into the system. |
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
August 1, 2001
Lafe Low |
Up, Up and... Still Here A recent report proposes a complete reshuffling of the nation's air traffic patterns. Currently, planes do not fly from point A to point B in a straight line. Free-flight routes would take a more direct path from takeoff to landing... |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Jeff Wise |
Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2008
Thomas Hayden |
10 Ways to Fix Air Travel Flying may be incredibly safe, but it's also unreliable, inefficient and stressful. Here's how to make the experience aloft easier on us and the planet. |
Salon.com
March 28, 2002
P. Smith |
Air travel's communications killer Twenty-five years ago, the greatest disaster in airline history killed 538 people, in part because of a radio glitch that still hasn't been fixed... |
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. |
Salon.com
September 12, 2001
Phaedra Hise |
Flying with phantoms A pilot waves goodbye to the World Trade Center... |
BusinessWeek
September 10, 2007
Adam Aston |
Untangling The Traffic Jam In The Air The technology already exists to make flying simpler, safer, and more efficient. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2007
David Noland |
10 Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation Here are eight crashes and two emergency landings whose influence is felt -- for the good -- each time you step on a plane. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2011
Philip E. Ross |
When Will We Have Unmanned Commercial Airliners? Unmanned planes dominate the battlefield, yet airliners still have pilot - -and copilots. |
Wired
March 2003
John Galvin |
Always a Dull Moment The Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network (Vatsim), provides simulated control of an airliner or control tower in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that is as boring as the real thing. |
Fast Company
May 2009
Greg Lindsay |
Honeywell's GPS-based Landing Tech Could Save Airlines Billions The first salvo against interminable flight delays is Honeywell's new GPS-based landing technology. It could also save billions for the airlines. |
Salon.com
July 18, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do airlines cut down the flow of oxygen in the cabin to save fuel? Can wind shear rip off a plane's wing? |
National Defense
October 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Fear of Crashes Keeping Drones out of U.S. Airspace The senior director of unmanned aircraft systems and control technologies at Rockwell Collins, Vos and other industry representatives are advocating a push for the development of automation technologies that will make it possible for piloted aircraft and drones to fly safely in the same airspace. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009
Jeff Wise |
The Tech That Makes New Airplanes and Runways Safer The plane, the runway, the airport, the technology are all examined here |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 31, 2011
Julia Hanna |
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays Airlines and the FAA don't like flight delays any more than passengers, but what's to be done? Researchers propose a "fairness" system that could save travelers time and service providers millions of dollars annually. |
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
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
October 25, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Flying Beech 99's, ogling Gulf Air's stunning stewardesses and other career highlights. Plus: What are the scariest airports? |
Popular Mechanics
October 12, 2006
Jeff Wise |
Pilot's Perspective: The Crash of a Yankee Flying the same deadly route that brought Cory Lidle barreling into a New York City apartment building this week, our private pilot traverses the tragedy and predicts its aftermath in this exclusive. |
Salon.com
September 27, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How could a pilot not be trained for fog landings? And how is "Jet Smarter" author Diana Fairechild like Ralph Nader with a tray of peanuts? |
Popular Mechanics
February 17, 2010
Chris Sweeney |
The World's 18 Strangest Airports Locations around the world with less than ideal conditions for landing a plane. |
Salon.com
June 28, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do pilots sweat bullets during wind-whipped landings? And why are those darn windows so small? |
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 |
Wired
December 22, 2008
Carl Hoffman |
The Ultimate Flying Machine: Sexy as a Sports Car, Portable as a Jet Ski The Icon A5, designed to thrill and a breeze to fly. |
Salon.com
December 13, 2001
Katharine Mieszkowski |
A no-fly zone for terrorism By taking pilots out of the loop, can software prevent planes from being used as bombs? |
Salon.com
March 8, 2002
P. Smith |
How safe is your airplane? After the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, some pilots requested that all Airbus A300 planes be grounded. But they're still aloft... |
Salon.com
August 23, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How hard is it fly an airliner? And why can't I keep my tray table down during takeoff? |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Jeff Wise |
Fly Your Own Plane for $30,000: Backyard Aircraft Flight Test Two-seaters represent the most affordable way for recreational pilots to get airborne and take a friend along. To tap into this market, plane makers have come up with cool machines that cost about the same as a base-model SUV. |
Salon.com
July 15, 2000
Phaedra Hise |
JFK Jr.'s fatal mistakes The final report on Kennedy's crash reveals a series of decisions that led him on a spiral crash course one year ago. |
Salon.com
June 21, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Airplanes don't get no respect The glamour of the jet age is gone, and that's a shame. It's time to bring back the wonder. |
Salon.com
January 15, 2002
P. Smith |
The inherent danger of flying Shoe bombs and suicidal 15-year-olds are heightening fears about airline security. But aside from creating more chaos at airports, what can we do? |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2009
John Keller |
UAV Aircraft and Crowded Civil Air Space: Is it Safe Out There? It's only a matter of time before the aerial unmanned vehicle take their place in civilian air space. How are we going to fit all these planes? |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Jim Gorman |
'We don't have any engines' Two joyriding pilots took a jet to its 41,000-ft. ceiling -- and paid for the stunt with their lives. PM investigates the crash of Flight 3701. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2006
Arianne Cohen |
Tech Watch: One Wrong Turn How did Comair 5191 wind up taking off from the wrong runway? The country's antiquated system for airport navigation doesn't utilize available safety equipment. |
BusinessWeek
September 24, 2007 |
Readers' Runway Rage The response to a story on the demise of efficient and civilized air travel was voluminous and vehement. |
Outside
September 2005
Brad Wetzler |
Get Your Props Widen the horizons of adventure by taking the controls and becoming a pilot |
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. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2007
J.R. Wilson |
Manned and Unmanned Aircraft to Share Controlled and Commercial Airspace Governments, organizations, and industries throughout the world are trying to find ways of developing electronic and electro-optical technologies to enable unmanned aerial vehicles to operate together safely. |
National Defense
May 2008
Breanne Wagner |
Worries About Mid-Air Collisions Keep Civilian Drones Grounded The agency that controls the domestic airspace, the Federal Aviation Administration, said unmanned aircraft are not yet ready to conduct realistic missions. |
Aviation History
September 2005
David H. Grover |
Harrowing 1927 California to Hawaii Flight The accomplishments of two pioneering civilians -- Emory Bronte and Ernie Smith -- who piloted a Travel Air across the Pacific in 1927 have been largely overlooked. |
National Defense
October 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Army Receives FAA Approval to Fly Unmanned Aircraft in National Airspace The Federal Aviation Administration has granted the Army permission to fly unmanned aircraft in national airspace at night using ground-based radar and GPS systems to avoid civilian and commercial traffic. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Flight Delayed Again? The Hub's the Rub New research shows that most of the delays due to air-traffic congestion are evidence of trade-offs made by an air travel system in which passengers get something in return for congestion -- more frequent service to a greater number of destinations... |
Popular Mechanics
December 28, 2009
Michael Belfiore |
The Top 9 Airplane Tech Advances of the Last 10 Years The past decade has seen enhancements in everything from cargo planes to hypersonics. |
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. |
