Wednesday 29th February 2012
News from the CAA – The first set of official supplements to the UK Air Pilot (AIP) on the changes to be introduced during the London 2012 Olympics have now been published. The supplements are the legal notification of the temporary controlled airspace, airport slot controls and the implementation of the Atlas Control air traffic [...]
Thursday 16th February 2012
Nice to see Jez from Team Yakovlevs yesterday at their Henstridge head quarters to discuss new software and hardware developments for the year. The four ship display schedule for 2012 is being prepared with some exciting pan-European events to be announced. More info on the team here or follow them on Twitter @TeamYakovlevs
Monday 06th February 2012
Most people in UK aviation will be aware of the forthcoming Olympic Games and the airspace restrictions being imposed across large areas of the UK as a security measure. The major restrictions will be centered on London and the Olympic Park and will run from 14 July 2012 to 15 August 2012. A smaller set [...]
Thursday 26th January 2012
Interesting track logs from the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance’s EC135 based out of Henstridge over a recent two month period. The aircraft benefits from two panel-mounted especially adapted Foresight GPS units working in tandem. The navigator’s unit can be programmed with a route independently of the pilot’s unit and then sent through to the [...]
Monday 23rd January 2012
Representing anything on a chart is a complex weigh-up between making the feature sufficiently prominent, but yet not detracting from the more important features. This is very much a human issue, because it’s not just about the thickness of the lines or boldness on-screen. The way the colours you have chosen contrast with the [...]
Monday 09th January 2012
“Anyone can make moving map software, it’s easy!” exclaimed an armchair programmer and pilot on one of the flying forums a while back. I still cringe at the thought that people perhaps think developing a piece of software specifically for aviation and in which pilots trust, to a certain extent, their lives, is a simple [...]
Friday 06th January 2012
What is ABX Vector Mapping? Traditionally Airbox devices and software have used digital reproductions of charts in a format known as Raster Imaging. Pilots like them because our devices are able to show, unlike many other commercially available GPS’s, an exact copy of the paper charts they carry alongside them in the cockpit. [...]
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