January - December 2003


SUBJECT

Accident analysis
Aspen CFIT crash, Oct p 168
Hawker 700 misses runway at JAC, Jan p 104
Managing inevitable pilot errors,
Feb p 104

Avionics trends
Palmtop computers in the cockpit, Dec p 108

Beyond the horizon
Burt Rutan’s SpaceShipOne,
Jun p 90
Hiding in plain sight, Apr p 102

Cabin tech
Aerial office developments, Aug p 78

Careers
Retirement planning for pilots,
Sep p 106

Cockpit tech
Electronic flight bags and you,
Dec p 114
NASA mission status graphics,
Aug p 72

Enhanced vision
Enhanced vision and situational awareness, Jan p 74
EFVS goes commercial, Nov p 106
EFVS regulation moves forward,
Aug p 52
EVS development surges, Jun p 66

Event coverage
AEA, Jun p 33
ALEA, Sep p 26
AOPA Expo 2003, Dec p 28
AS3, Jun p 30
CBAA 2003, Aug p 26
Concours d’Elégance showcases classic cars and bizav, Oct p 34
EAA, Sep p 30
EBACE, Jun p 26
Heli Expo 2003, Mar p 30
IOC, Apr p 32
LABACE, Apr p 28
NBAA 2003, Nov p 28
Women in Aviation, May p 28

Finance
Business aircraft justification,
Jun p 84

FBOs
2003 FBO/O&O directory, Jul p 124
Unbundling FBO services makes sense, Oct p 176

Flightcheck
Bombardier Challenger 300,
Dec p 120
Cessna Citation Sovereign,
Oct p 162
Dassault Falcon 50-40, Sep p 92
EADS Socata TBM700C, Mar p 110
Eurocopter EC145, May p 110
Sikorsky S92, Nov p 70

Flight department profile
Becton Dickinson corporate flight ops, Oct p 62
Clearwater Fine Foods, Jun p 52
IBM celebrates 50 years of safe
flying, Dec p 58
Iowa Glass Depot, May p 56
Kadoorie Group flight operations, Feb p 52
Korbell Champagne Cellars,
Jan p 50
Northrop Grumman flight ops,
Mar p 58
Pistol Creek flight operations,
Sep p 72
Universal Pacific Investments,
Apr p 54
UTFlight corporate ops, Nov p 52

Ground Support
Fuel truck technology, Dec p 102

Industry overview
Civil helo industry at the crossroads, Feb p 60
Fractional operators hunker down, Apr p 66
Jet fuel and FBO survival, Jul p 84
Marketing business aircraft,
Oct p 116
Midsize market, Sep p 86
Personal jets, Jun p 78
Regional airlines in transition,
May p 90

In the works
Hawker Horizon, Dec p 128

International ops
Asian operations, Feb p 46
Bizav down under, Jun p 60
Bizav in Japan, Sep p 76
Canadian bizav and self regulation, Jul p 72
Comprehending cabotage, Jan p 92
Flying in and around Europe,
May p 62
Flying in China, Oct p 104
Flying in Russia, Aug p 56
Flying to the Indian subcontinent,
Dec p 78
International ops and flight
management, Mar p 120
Latin American ops, Mar p 66

IRS compliance
Tax issues and business aircraft, Mar p 90

Judges Roundtable
Chief pilots talk security, access and other hot topics, Jul p 88

Maintenance
Aircraft upkeep and flight dept
survival, May p 120
Technician training gets personal, Jul p 66

Management
Pilot burnout, Mar p 82

NAS Modernization
Repaving the highway in the sky,
Jan p 96
RNP/RNAV procedures, May p 78
Satellite navigation at the
crossroads, Jun p 94
WAAS looms, LAAS waits,
Apr p 60

Operations
Closing the RNP gap, Apr p 112
ILS PRM procedures speed traffic flow, Mar p 78
Reduced vertical separation minimums, May p 74

Operator profile
Chalk’s Ocean Airways, May p 96

Pilotless flight
Armed and dangerous, Aug p 96
Sharing the sky with drones,
Oct p 156

Pioneers of flight
Rotary-wing revolution, Nov p 60

Propulsion
Fuel cell technology comes of age, Oct p 150
Gravity research takes off, Feb p 94
Pulse-detonation engines,
Sep p 102

Purchasing guide
Large-cabin business jets, May p 70

Safety
Cockpit monitoring, Aug p 60
GPS WAAS—the hype vs the reality, Jul p 224
Improving terrain awareness,
Jan p 56
Life-saving satellites, Apr p 82
Preflight in perspective, Aug p 104

Salary study
2003 Salary Study, Jun p 99

Security
An airplane is not a TOI, Dec p 144
Countering the missile threat,
Apr p 88
Missile countermeasures, Oct p 96
Sep 11 still haunts the industry,
Sep p 112

Situational awareness
Enhancing flightcrew awareness, Jun p 112
Knowing when to obey your instincts, Jan p 112
Operations at special airports,
Nov p 112

Special unit profile
Los Angeles Police Department,
Oct p 86
New York Police Aviation Dept,
Dec p 66
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Nov p 76
US Air Force 89th Airlift Wing,
Aug p 44
US Park Police Aviation Section,
Jul p 54

Support services
Dispatch and operational control,
Jul p 78
Software for schedulers and dispatchers, Jan p 80

Surveys
2002 Avionics Product Support Survey, Jan p 60
2003 Avionics OPTICS Survey,
Apr p 94
2003 Corporate Aircraft Product Support Survey, Sep p 48
2003 Headset Preference Survey, Dec p 84
2003 Helicopter PEP Survey,
Oct p 130
2003 PEP Survey, Aug p 84
2003 Powerplant Product Support Survey, Nov p 86
2003 PRASE Survey results,
Jul p 100
2003 Regional Aircraft Manufacturers Performance & Support Survey, May p 100
2003 Turbine Engine Overhaul Survey, Mar p 94
2003 Turbine Helicopter Product Support Survey, Feb p 68
2003 Watchdog Survey. Questioning the new NBAA president, Oct p 70
2004 PRASE Survey Judges,
Dec p 30
PRASE Survey results, May p 44

Systems
Pressurization and high flight,
Oct p 150

Taxes
Aircraft depreciation and expensing, Oct p 110

Technique
Nonprecision approaches and CFIT, Nov p 102
Pilot-in-command monitored approaches (Part 1), Feb p 86
Pilot-in-command monitored approaches (Part 2), Mar p 86

Technology
Helicopter inflight tracking in the Gulf of Mexico, Feb p 80

Tiltrotor tech
Bell/Boeing V22 Osprey, Apr p 72

Training
Avoiding error traps, Sep p 98
Bombardier safety stand-down,
Jan p 100

Weather brief
Aviationweather.gov, Feb p 90
European weather, May p 84
Florida’s unique weather, Oct p 122
Global weather, Mar p 72
Making the most of metars,
Nov p 82
Skew-T revisited, Aug p 66
Solar magic, Jan p 88
The cyclones of winter, Dec p 72
Thunderstorms, Apr p 78
Turbulence, Jun p 72
Visibility, Sep p 82
Wind—the flyer’s friend and foe,
Jul p 62

AUTHOR

Pro Pilot staff report
2002 Avionics Product Support Survey, Jan p 60
2003 Avionics OPTICS Survey
Apr p 94
2003 Corporate Aircraft Product Support Survey, Sep p 48
2003 FBO/O&O Directory, Jul p 124
2003 Headset Preference Survey, Dec p 84
2003 Helicopter PEP Survey,
Oct p 130
2003 PEP Survey, Aug p 84
2003 Powerplant Product Support Survey, Nov p 86
2003 PRASE Survey results,
Jul p 100
2003 Regional Aircraft Manufacturers Performance &
Support Survey, May p 100
2003 Salary Study, Jun p 99
2003 Turbine Engine Overhaul Survey, Mar p 94
2003 Turbine Helicopter Product Support Survey, Feb p 68
2003 Watchdog Survey. Questioning the new NBAA president, Oct p 70
2004 PRASE Survey Judges,
Dec p 30
AEA, Jun p 33
Asian operations, Feb p 46
CBAA 2003, Aug p 26
Chief pilots talk security, access and other hot topics, Jul p 88
Concours d’Elégance showcases classic cars and bizav, Oct p 34
EAA, Sep p 30
EBACE, Jun p 26
Hawker Horizon, Dec p 128
IOC, Apr p 32
LABACE, Apr p 28
NBAA 2003, Nov p 28
PRASE Survey results, May p 44

Anvick, Victor
Aircraft depreciation and expensing, Oct p 110
Tax issues and business aircraft,
Mar p 90

Bond, Langhorne
GPS WAAS—the hype vs the reality, Jul p 224

Brune, Frank
An airplane is not a TOI, Dec p 144
Preflight in perspective, Aug p 104

Chandler, Jay
Eurocopter EC145, May p 110
Heli Expo 2003, Mar p 30

Connor, Glenn
Countering the missile threat,
Apr p 88
EFVS goes commercial, Nov p 106
EFVS regulation moves forward,
Aug p 52
Enhanced vision and situational awareness, Jan p 74
EVS development surges, Jun p 66
Missile countermeasures, Oct p 96

Cotton, Bill
Closing the RNP gap, Apr p 112

Croft, John
Civil helo industry at the crossroads, Feb p 60
Regional airlines in transition,
May p 90
Repaving the highway in the sky,
Jan p 96
WAAS looms, LAAS waits, Apr p 60

Dane, Bill
Midsize market, Sep p 86
Personal jets, Jun p 78

Greenwood, James
Marketing business aircraft, Oct p 116

Holman, Brent
Enhancing flightcrew awareness,
Jun p 112
Managing inevitable pilot errors,
Feb p 104
Operations at special airports,
Nov p 112

Ison, David
ILS PRM procedures speed traffic flow, Mar p 78
Nonprecision approaches and CFIT, Nov p 102
Pressurization and high flight,
Oct p 150
Reduced vertical separation minimums, May p 74

Kelly, Emma
Bizav down under, Jun p 60

Lacy, Clay
Bombardier Challenger 300,
Dec p 120
Cessna Citation Sovereign, Oct p 162
Dassault Falcon 50-40, Sep p 92
EADS Socata TBM700C, Mar p 110
Large-cabin business jets, May p 70

Lau, Stuart
Avoiding error traps, Sep p 98
Improving terrain awareness,
Jan p 56
RNP/RNAV procedures, May p 78

Leister, Glenn
Bell/Boeing V22 Osprey, Apr p 72

Lert, Peter
Palmtop computers in the cockpit, Dec p 108

Lopez, Ramon
Armed and dangerous, Aug p 96
Helicopter inflight tracking in the Gulf of Mexico, Feb p 80
Sharing the sky with drones,
Oct p 156

Marchand, Justin
Satellite navigation at the crossroads, Jun p 94

McClendon, Woody
Aircraft upkeep and flight dept
survival, May p 120
Sikorsky S92, Nov p 70

McLaren, Grant
Becton Dickinson corporate
flight ops, Oct p 62
Bizav in Japan, Sep p 76
Burt Rutan’s SpaceShipOne,
Jun p 90
Business aircraft justification,
Jun p 84
Canadian bizav and self regulation, Jul p 72
Clearwater Fine Foods, Jun p 52
Comprehending cabotage, Jan p 92
Flying in and around Europe,
May p 62
Flying in China, Oct p 104
Flying in Russia, Aug p 56
Flying to the Indian subcontinent,
Dec p 78
Fractional operators hunker down, Apr p 66
Iowa Glass Depot, May p 56
Jet fuel and FBO survival, Jul p 84
IBM celebrates 50 years of safe flying, Dec p 58
Kadoorie Group flight operations,
Feb p 52
Korbell Champagne Cellars,
Jan p 50
Latin American ops, Mar p 66
Los Angeles Police Department,
Oct p 86
New York Police Aviation Dept,
Dec p 66
Northrop Grumman flight ops,
Mar p 58
Pilot burnout, Mar p 82
Pistol Creek flight operations,
Sep p 72
Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
Nov p 76
Universal Pacific Investments,
Apr p 54
UTFlight corporate ops, Nov p 52

McKinnon, Charles
Pilot-in-command monitored approaches (Part 1), Feb p 86
Pilot-in-command monitored approaches (Part 2), Mar p 86
Sep 11 still haunts the industry,
Sep p 112

Moorman, Robert
Fuel truck technology, Dec p 102
Software for schedulers and dispatchers, Jan p 80

Polyak, Ilana
Retirement planning for pilots,
Sep p 106

Richfield, Paul
Bombardier safety stand-down,
Jan p 100
Life-saving satellites, Apr p 82
US Air Force 89th Airlift Wing,
Aug p 44
US Park Police Aviation Section,
Jul p 54

Robinson, Randy
Dispatch and operational control,
Jul p 78

Rose, Phil
ALEA, Sep p 26
AOPA Expo 2003, Dec p 28
AS3, Jun p 30
Women in Aviation, May p 28

Rose, Roger
Knowing when to obey your instincts, Jan p 112

Ross, Robert
Technician training gets personal,
Jul p 66

Seaman, Rob
Aerial office developments, Aug p 78
Electronic flight bags and you,
Dec p 114

Selman, Jay
Chalk’s Ocean Airways, May p 96

Shein, Karsten
Aviationweather.gov, Feb p 90
European weather, May p 84
Florida’s unique weather, Oct p 122
Global weather, Mar p 72
Making the most of metars, Nov p 82
Skew-T revisited, Aug p 66
Solar magic, Jan p 88
The cyclones of winter, Dec p 72
Thunderstorms, Apr p 78
Turbulence, Jun p 72
Visibility, Sep p 82
Wind—the flyer’s friend and foe,
Jul p 62

Sikorsky, Sergei
Rotary-wing revolution, Nov p 60

Spiger, Doug
Unbundling FBO services makes sense, Oct p 176

Stohr, David
International ops and flight management, Mar p 120

Stone, Wes
NASA mission status graphics,
Aug p 72

Sumwalt, Robert
Aspen CFIT crash, Oct p 168
Cockpit monitoring, Aug p 60
Hawker 700 misses runway at JAC, Jan p 104

Sweetman, Bill
Fuel cell technology comes of age, Oct p 150
Gravity research takes off, Feb p 94
Hiding in plain sight, Apr p 102
Pulse-detonation engines,
Sep p 102

Walters, James
Aspen CFIT crash, Oct p 168
Hawker 700 misses runway at JAC, Jan p 104

TITLE

2002 Avionics Product Support Survey
Jan p 60
2003 Avionics OPTICS Survey
Apr p 94
2003 Corporate Aircraft Product Support Survey
Sep p 48
2003 FBO/O&O Directory
Jul p 124
2003 Headset Preference Survey
Dec p 84
2003 Helicopter PEP Survey
Oct p 130
2003 PEP Survey
Aug p 84
2003 Powerplant Product Support Survey
Nov p 86
2003 PRASE Survey results
Jul p 100
2003 Regional Aircraft Manufacturers Performance & Support Survey
May p 100
2003 Salary Study
Jun p 99
2003 Turbine Helicopter Product Support Survey
Feb p 68
2003 Turbine Engine Overhaul Survey
Mar p 94
2003 Watchdog survey. Questioning the new NBAA president
Oct p 70
2004 PRASE Survey Judges
Dec p 30
Aerial office developments
Aug p 78
Aircraft depreciation and expensing
Oct p 110
Aircraft upkeep and flight dept survival
May p 120
AEA
Jun p 33
ALEA
Sep p 26
An airplane is not a TOI
Dec p 144
AOPA Expo 2003
Dec p 28
Armed and dangerous
Aug p 96
Asian operations
Feb p 46
Aspen CFIT crash
Oct p 168
AS3
Jun p 30
Aviationweather.gov
Feb p 90
Avoiding error traps
Sep p 98
Becton Dickinson corporate flight ops
Oct p 62
Bell/Boeing V22 Osprey
Apr p 72
Bizav down under
Jun p 60
Bizav in Japan
Sep p 76
Bombardier Challenger 300
Dec p 120
Bombardier safety stand-down
Jan p 100
Burt Rutan’s SpaceShipOne
Jun p 90
Business aircraft justification
Jun p 84
Canadian bizav and self regulation Jul p 72
CBAA 2003
Aug p 26
Cessna Citation Sovereign
Oct p 162
Chalk’s Ocean Airways
May p 96
Chief pilots talk security, access and other hot topics
Jul p 88
Clearwater Fine Foods
Jun p 52
Civil helo industry at the crossroads
Feb p 60
Closing the RNP gap
Apr p 112
Cockpit monitoring
Aug p 60
Comprehending cabotage
Jan p 92
Concours d’Elégance showcases classic cars and bizav
Oct p 34
Countering the missile threat
Apr p 88
Dassault Falcon 50-40
Sep p 92
Dispatch and operational control
Jul p 78
EAA
Sep p 30
EADS Socata TBM700C
Mar p 110
EBACE
Jun p 26
EFVS goes commercial
Nov p 106
EFVS regulation moves forward
Aug p 52
Electronic flight bags and you
Dec p 114
Enhanced vision and situational awareness
Jan p 74
Enhancing flightcrew awareness Jun p 112
Eurocopter EC145
May p 110
European weather
May p 84
EVS development surges
Jun p 66
Florida’s unique weather
Oct p 122
Flying in and around Europe
May p 62
Flying in China
Oct p 104
Flying in Russia
Aug p 56
Flying to the Indian subcontinent
Dec p 78
Fractional operators hunker down Apr p 66
Fuel cell technology comes of age Oct p 150
Fuel truck technology
Dec p 102
Global weather
Mar p 72
GPS WAAS—the hype vs the reality
Jul p 224
Gravity research takes off
Feb p 94
Hawker 700 misses runway at JAC Jan p 104
Hawker Horizon
Dec p 128
Helicopter inflight tracking in the Gulf of Mexico
Feb p 80
Heli Expo 2003 upbeat in Dallas
Mar p 30
Hiding in plain sight
Apr p 102
IBM celebrates 50 years of safe
flying
Dec p 58
ILS PRM procedures speed traffic flow
Mar p 78
Improving terrain awareness
Jan p 56
International ops and flight mgmt
Mar p 120
Iowa Glass Depot
May p 56
Jet fuel and FBO survival
Jul p 84
Kadoorie Group flight operations Feb p 52
Knowing when to obey your instincts
Jan p 112
Korbell Champagne Cellars
Jan p 50
LABACE, IOC
Apr p 28
Large-cabin business jets
May p 70
Latin American operations
Mar p 66
Life-saving satellites
Apr p 82
Los Angeles Police Department
Oct p 86
Making the most of metars
Nov p 82
Managing inevitable pilot errors
Feb p 104
Marketing business aircraft
Oct p 116
Midsize market
Sep p 86
Missile countermeasures
Oct p 96
NASA mission status graphics
Aug p 72
NBAA 2003
Nov p 28
New York Police Aviation Dept
Dec p 66
Nonprecision approaches
and CFIT
Nov p 102
Northrop Grumman flight ops
Mar p 58
Operations at special airports
Nov p 112
Palmtop computers in the cockpit Dec p 108
Personal jets
Jun p 78
Pilot burnout
Mar p 82
Pilot-in-command monitored approaches (Part 1)
Feb p 86
Pilot-in-command monitored approaches (Part 2)
Mar p 86
Pistol Creek flight operations
Sep p 72
PRASE survey results
May p 44
Preflight in perspective
Aug p 104
Pressurization and high flight
Oct p 150
Pulse-detonation engines
Sep p 102
Reduced vertical
separation minimums
May p 74
Regional airlines in transition
May p 90
Repaving the highway in the sky
Jan p 96
Retirement planning for pilots
Sep p 106
RNP/RNAV procedures
May p 78
Rotary-wing revolution
Nov p 60
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Nov p 76
Satellite navigation at the crossroads
Jun p 94
Sep 11 still haunts the industry
Sep p 112
Sharing the sky with drones
Oct p 156
Sikorsky S92
Nov p 70
Skew-T revisited
Aug p 66
Software for schedulers and dispatchers
Jan p 80
Solar magic
Jan p 88
Tax issues and business aircraft Mar p 90
Technician training gets personal Jul p 66
The cyclones of winter
Dec p 72
Thunderstorms
Apr p 78
Turbulence
Jun p 72
Unbundling FBO services makes sense
Oct p 176
Universal Pacific Investments
Apr p 54
US Air Force 89th Airlift Wing
Aug p 44
US Park Police Aviation Section
Jul p 54
UTFlight corporate ops
Nov p 52
Visibility
Sep p 82
WAAS looms, LAAS waits
Apr p 60
Wind—the flyer’s friend and foe
Jul p 62
Women in Aviation
May p 28