Gaining the power of Foresight
Foresight MX is a fully featured and lightweight Health and Usage Monitoring System from GPMS International.
Case study: Vancouver develops use cases for airport digital twinning
YVR's digital twin is a hyper-realistic representation of the real-world Vancouver airport.
Digitalising older aircraft: the Nolinor 737-200 case study
Airlines are continually evaluating the lifespan of their aircraft: costs, revenue, mission capability and maintenance requirements are just some of the factors evaluated in an airline’s decision to keep a plane flying. Many jetliners have about a 30-year service life, but in some key cases, an aircraft type’s mix of capabilities can give it an even longer lifetime pass. That’s certainly the case with the Boeing 737-200C Combi, a plane uniquely suited to operations in Canada’s North.
Gone in 90 seconds: The evolution of the airplane evacuation slide
An Airbus A380 slide (left) and a Boeing 737 slide (right)
Photo: Collins Aerospace
Written for CNN Travel – March 28, 2022
“Arm doors and cross check.”
Almost all airline passengers have heard that instruction given by a flight attendant over the PA system, […]
The cannons keeping airplanes safe, one chicken at a time
Canada's National Research Council has an armory of compressed air cannons to test aircraft components - using aerospace-grade poultry as ammunition.
Game Changer
Jack Hsu brings years of gaming industry experience to his latest challenge - developing augmented reality software (AR) for aircraft inspection.
Why passenger jets could soon be flying in formation
The Airbus fello’fly flight demonstration project will fly two large commercial aircraft in formation, looking to mimic the energy savings of our feathered friends.
The world’s largest electric commercial plane takes flight
The first flight of a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan powered by a magniX electric propulsion system is the next step in electric flight.
Clear Solution
In a marriage of technological prowess, Lufthansa Technik and LG Electronics have joined forces to transform the way we see cabin class dividers.
Harbour Air & MagniX are Electri-Flying
Not so long ago, the idea of electric commercial aviation was a decidedly futuristic notion. But last December, B.C.-based Harbour Air and magniX made a giant leap forward with the first flight of their DHC-2 Beaver “ePlane.”