Aero Linx: Flying Nurses International Flying Nurses International has a team unique to the medical escort industry. All of our staff are Critical Care Registered Nurses. Our commitment to detail and safety is evidenced by our 100% safety record. All of our flight nurses are currently working in the field of critical care or emergency medicine and are trained in flight aviation and physiology geared toward commercial airline travel. We do not utilize nurse aide companions for travel. We feel every patient should have highly skilled personnel on every flight to anticipate any medical emergency.

Light Gun A handheld directional light signaling device which emits a brilliant narrow beam of white, green, or red light as selected by the tower controller. The color and type of light transmitted can be used to approve or disapprove anticipated pilot actions where radio communication is not available. The light gun is used for controlling traffic operating in the vicinity of the airport and on the airport movement area.

“These milestones complete the qualification efforts for our most advanced aeronautical antenna leveraging expertise from across Boeing in designing and integrating antennas systems for customer aircraft. The result is a low-profile SATCOM solution that provides en-route broadband connectivity for many types of aircraft.” Source: Paul Geery, vice president for Command, Control and Communications Solutions, discussing the fact that Boeing has completed environmental and performance qualification testing on the aircraft satellite communications antenna system it is developing for multipurpose satellite operator Al Yah Satellite Company (Yahsat) of the United Arab Emirates.