official training newsletter of GenAv Systems Ltd

  January 2005               www.genavsystems.com

Happy New Year!

 

Have a safe and prosperous New Year !

 

 

 from the staff at GenĀv Systems

There are three classes of software: 

• Single-User Software
• ISP (web based application internet) Software
• Client-server or Enterprise Software

Single-user software is designed to run on a single PC.  Although this can be accessed by other workstations on your network, there is no file or record locking mechanism, which will result in lost data.  Refreshing the data you are viewing on screen has to be done manually (may not be possible). 

Web application software is dependant on the internet.  When the internet goes down, which it does frequently, your whole organization is down.  Not good for a flight training school.  Web application software is difficult and expensive to customize.  Most providers do not allow customization.  Usually your data is not on site.  Because the data is not on site there are security issues.  The Web applications do not have as an intuitive graphical interface when compared to a true Windows application. 

Client-server software runs on your local PC’s and ours is true multi-user with record and file locking (guarantees no loss of data).  It is designed to run with multiple users with no limit on the number of workstations.  All of your data is on site.  With our application we offer an internet booking or viewing component.  If the internet goes down, the only thing you lose is the internet booking component.  All of the data from the internet booking is still on your site.  

Client-server architecture also offers several other benefits:

• It is much easier to customize the code when compared to a web application; in fact we encourage our users to ask for modifications.  All modifications are rolled into the product so you get the benefit of a continually enhanced product.
• We can configure a local workstation to access your network from anywhere on the internet (world-wide) with the proper security (VPN server and VPN client).  This can facilitate a customer, with view only access, to see a student’s progress, which would eliminate the requirement for producing progress reports.
• Users can access the system (full local workstation functionality) remotely from home or on a notebook through a wireless (cell phone) data connection.

GenĀv Flight Office TRiM is client-server software

MTSU has been using GenĀv Flight office for over two years now.  They have   been instrumental in hosting prospective buyers for site visits and many telephone queries. We thank them very much for their efforts.  Please contact us to provide you with the contact persons at MTSU for a site visit or a call. 

Their programs include concentrations as diverse as aerospace technology, flight   dispatch and scheduling, professional pilot, aviation maintenance, and aerospace administration.  Each of these concentrations prepares the graduates for a career in a specific area of the aerospace industry. MTSU has 34 fixed-wing aircraft and four simulators.

The MTSU Aerospace faculty represents a broad range of experience and education.       All   faculties   are pilots   in addition   to   having   a   field   of specialization.  The faculty members are widely recognized and respected within the industry for their knowledge and experience.   They are also well known for their willingness to work with and   advise students, giving these students the benefit of their real world and real life experience. 

Again our thanks to MTSU for being an enthusiastic user of GenĀv Flight Office!

 

http://mtsu32.mtsu.edu:11662/home.htm

The below list firsts are all discussed in Randall Whitcombs book "Avro Aircraft and Coldwar Aviation."  Remember the year was 1958. 

The CF-105 Avro Arrow was:

First aircraft designed with digital computers being used for both aerodynamic analysis and designing the structural matrix (and a whole lot more).  First aircraft design to have major components machined by CNC (computer numeric control); i.e., from electronic data which controlled the machine.  First aircraft to be developed using an early form of "computational fluid dynamics" with an integrated "lifting body" type of theory rather than the typical (and obsolete) "blade element" theory.  First aircraft to have marginal stability designed into the pitch axis for better maneuverability, speed and altitude performance.  First aircraft to have negative stability designed into the yaw axis to save weight and cut drag, also boosting performance.  First aircraft to fly on an electronic signal from the stick and pedals. i.e., first fly-by-wire aircraft.  First aircraft to fly with fly by wire and artificial feedback (feel), not even the first F-16's had this.  First aircraft designed to be data-link flyable from the ground.  First aircraft designed with integrated navigation, weapons release, automatic search and track radar, datalink inputs, home-on-jamming, infrared detection, electronic countermeasures and counter-countermeasures operating through a DIGITAL brain.  First high wing jet fighter that made the entire upper surface a lifting body. The F-15, F-22, Su-27 etc., MiG-29, MiG-25 and  others certainly used that idea.  First sophisticated bleed-bypass system for both intake and engine/exhaust, everybody uses that now.  First by-pass engine design. (all current fighters have by-pass engines).  First combination of the last two points with an "ejector" nozzle that used the bypass air to create thrust at the exhaust nozzle while also improving intake flow. The F-106 didn't even have a nozzle, just a pipe.  Use of Titanium for significant portions of the aircraft structure and engine.  Use of composites (not the first, but they made thoughtful use of them and were researching and engineering new ones).  Use of a drooped leading edge and aerodynamic "twist" on the wing.  Use of engines at the rear to allow both a lighter structure and significant payload at the centre of gravity, everybody copied that.  Use of a long internal weapons bay to allow carriage of specialized, long-range standoff and cruise missiles. (not copied yet really).  Integration of ground-mapping radar and the radar altimeter plus flight control system to allow a serious-strike/reconnaissance role. The first to propose an aircraft be equally adept at those roles while being the air-superiority fighter at the same time. (Few have even tried to copy that, although the F-15E is an interesting exception.  First missile armed aircraft to have a combat weight thrust to weight ratio approaching 1 to 1, few have been able to copy that.  First flying 4,000 psi hydraulic system to allow lighter and smaller components.  First oxygen-injection re-light system.  First engine to have only two main bearing assemblies on a two-shaft design.  First to use a variable stator on a two-shaft engine.  First use of a trans-sonic first compressor stage on a turbojet engine.  First "hot-streak" type of afterburner ignition.  First engine to use only 10 compressor sections in a two-shaft design.

GenAv Flight Office TRiM has a great price for the smaller operator!

If you have four or less aircraft we have new low pricing for you.  Please contact Bob at bob@genavsystems.com

Includes: Booking, Scheduling, Dispatch, Invoicing, Internet Booking with E-mail, and Maintenance Conflict Prediction. Optional accounting integration, integrated user-defined syllabus with complete student record keeping add-on module is shipping end of first quarter 2005.

Go to this link to download the latest version and see what GenAv Flight Office can do for you. 

Make sure to contact us for an on-line demonstration with no obligation.  We hook up over the internet through your Microsoft Internet Explorer.  When you contact us for the demo be on this link at Glance Networks and wait for your session key.

AIMS Community College is located in Greely Colorado, USA

Awarded 1997 Program of Excellence status by Colorado Commission on Higher Education.

Program Length: Usually 2-3 semesters for the Aviation Certificate Programs, four semesters for the General Aviation Pilot Option A.A.S. degree program, and five semesters for the Professional Pilot Program Option. Times may be shorter if the student is eligible to receive credit for previous flying experience or college transfer credits. Additional time may be required, depending on assessment scores.

Potential Opportunities: This program is designed to provide the graduate with the skills and Federal Aviation Administration certificates necessary for entry-level employment as a pilot.

General Program Information: Additional costs apply for aircraft rental and flight instruction. Charges are subject to change without notice. Credit for previous flying experience may be given, as determined by the Chief Flight Instructor.

Per FAA requirements, students engaged in flight training must hold the appropriate FAA medical certificate. Beginning flight students will also need a Student Pilot Certificate. Contact the aviation department for further information.
 

Visit their web site at: www.aims.edu/academics/aviation/index.htm

 

Conference of the Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia

Aero Club of Southern Tasmania, Cambridge

SAFE CON 2005
Host School: Kansas State University - Salina

 

Royal New Zealand Aero Clubs National Conference

Auckland, New Zealand

Contact Sue Davis at [61] 2 9791 9991 or suedavis@ozemail.com.au

Aerospace Aviation Pty Ltd., Bankstown Airport, Bankstown, NSW, Australia 2200