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Flight Data Monitoring and FOQA: Flight Data Recorders
(Note: This article was originally published on December 4, 2020). Introduction In an earlier post, we took a high level look at the main parts of a Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) or Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) program. In this post, we'll take a more in...
Flight Data Monitoring and FOQA: Analyzing the Data
(Note: This article was originally published on December 9, 2020). In our Introduction to Flight Data Monitoring article, we took a high level look at what a Flight Data Monitoring or FOQA program is. Then we went into a little more detail looking at the modern...
Flight Data Monitoring and FOQA: Closing the Loop
(Note: This article was originally published on December 10, 2020). Close the Flight Data Monitoring Loop Up until now in this Flight Data Monitoring/FOQA series, we have looked at more of the technical aspects of Flight Data monitoring systems. From the flight...
Flight Data: The Little-Known Tool for Maintaining Your Aircraft
(Note: This article was originally published on January 8, 2021). I was recently replacing the tile on my bathroom floor and I had just finished removing the old tile. If you’ve ever removed tile, you’ll know that the mortar left behind is very difficult to remove....
How Will They Recover Data from That?
(Note: This article was originally published on January 15, 2021). A few years ago, I posted an article on LinkedIn that gave a glimpse into how data is recovered from damaged flight data recorders. That was around the time of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines...
What is Real-Time Flight Data Monitoring?
(Note: This article was originally published on February 8, 2021). Lately I have been noticing more and more references to real-time Flight Data Monitoring, or real-time FDM. Perhaps you have seen the term, too, and are wondering what real-time FDM is? So what is...
Why You Should KISS Your Flight Data Monitoring/FOQA Program
(Note: This article was originally published on April 6, 2021). Years ago, while I was working in Flight Testing, I had a discussion with another engineer (a very brilliant engineer, in fact) regarding the collection of positional data (GPS latitude and longitude)...
Career Profile: Flight Data Analysis Software Developer
(Note: This article was originally published on April 12, 2021). In this blog, we wanted to do something a little different. Recently, we have been getting a number of emails asking about software development opportunities within Scaled Analytics. The timing is pretty...
ARINC 767 or, “What Do You Mean My B787 Uses 767 Data?”
(Note: This article was originally published on April 19, 2021). I am going to start this blog off with a warning: it might be too technical for some. But there is a relatively new format for storing data on aircraft fight recorders and it is referred to as the ARINC...
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