February 2009
In December last year, Pacific Wings spoke to Sebastien Remy, the head of Alternative Fuels Research Programmes for Airbus, about Airbus’s views on sustainable alternative fuel for aviation’s future; Helen Osmaston reports.
Chris Hinch summarises the operational benefits of modern active tracking systems as tools for both safety and productivity.
GNSS, WAAS, ABAS, SBAS, GBAS, GRAS, APV Baro-VNAV, LPV—and a host of other acronyms—are all part of the GPS-related landing approach revolution that is sweeping the globe. Richard Greaney makes some sense of it all.
Alan Breen explains why ZK-DOK’s owners chose an Aspen Avionics “glass cockpit” module and a Garmin GNS 480 as the core components of an upgrade to bring DOK’s outdated cockpit into the new century.
Pacific Wings joined the RNZAF’s 3 Squadron in December for an impressive formation flight by a full complement of its five Sioux and 14 Iroquois helicopters. Rob Neil has the story.
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