Flying without fear.

• Position: Stateline - Avoiding accidents - Brief Article

In a state that averages an aviation fatality every nine days, Alaska officials are excited about new navigation equipment that visually displays terrain that may be impossible to see during whiteout conditions. Travel by small plane is common in Alaska, where vast areas are not even served by radar. Project Capstone combines satellite-positioning equipment with computer-data links. It is what federal officials say is the biggest advance in aviation technology in the past 50 years, when radar was first adapted for civilian use. The new technology is...