AvBuyer Magazine, November 2015
by Ken Elliott
Ken Elliott completes his discussion in AvBuyer of why collecting and analyzing aeronautical data is fundamentally important to more efficient operation of business aircraft as well as capitalizing on emerging airspace mandates.
Flight data recorders (FDRs) and cockpit voice recorders (CVRs) were the first equipment placed on board aircraft specifically to collect flight information. As requirements for flight data expanded, flight data acquisition units (FDAUs) were deployed to receive a wide range of performance parameters from aircraft systems. These FDAUs also provide streamed FDR data to Quick Access Recorders (QARs), sourcing FOQA (Flight Operations Quality Assurance) information and other measures, mostly for air carriers. Read more →