On Thursday, March 12th, 2015, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced the awarding of an NSERC Engage Grant to Prof. Winnie Ye. The purpose of the grant is to conduct research into sensor technology related to aircraft air systems. Dr. Ye is the Canada Research Chair in Nano-scale Integrated Circuit […]
Specific Range Solutions Hires First Employee
Specific Range Solutions Ltd. is pleased to announce that Tamara Tardif, who started with the company on October 2nd, 2014, has successfully completed the in-house training and evaluation program in iOS application development, Objective-C programming and aviation meteorology. Over the course of her training she developed two iOS aviation apps. Tamara graduated with a Bachelor […]
GARDN Montreal Aerospace Research Workshop
Omer Majeed of Specific Range Solutions Ltd. will be attending the GARDN Aerospace Research Workshop in Montreal on Tuesday, January 20th, 2015. He will present a preliminary proposal regarding the development of an iPad-based application that will reduce fuel burn and emissions in the cruise flight phase for small commercial turboprop aircraft not equipped with […]
NAV CANADA LPV Approach Demo Flight (YYJ)
Thank you to NAV CANADA, specifically to pilots Anthony MacKay and Tim Nikolai for the demonstration flight of the GPS LPV (Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance) approach capabilities of their CRJ200 aircraft this past Tuesday, November 18th during the Air Transport Association of Canada (ATAC) AGM. Our flight left Vancouver (YVR) and proceeded to Victoria […]
NRC-IRAP Support for Top of Descent App
Specific Range Solutions Ltd. (SRS) is pleased to announce that it has received financial support and advisory services from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) to complete the development of its iPad Top of Descent application for regional turboprop aircraft. The app will enable operators to reduce fuel burn and […]
Fuel Tankering App Now Available on App Store
Specific Range Solutions Ltd. is pleased to announce that its first iOS app is now available for purchase on Apple’s App Store. AvFuelSaver is a fuel tankering calculator for iPhone that enables aircraft operators to quickly determine the total cost of uploading sufficient fuel for each leg of a two leg trip versus the total […]
GARDN’s 6th Annual AGM in Montreal
Omer Majeed of Specific Range Solutions Ltd. today attended GARDN’s 6th Annual General Meeting held at École Polytechnique in Montreal. The meeting dealt primarily with the business and administration of the non-profit corporation, however there were interesting high-level presentations by the speakers listed below and a networking lunch which enabled old contacts to be renewed […]
NATA and GS Aviation Consulting
Omer Majeed was in Whitehorse April 28th through 30th to attend the Northern Air Transport Association AGM. A number of good contacts were made, including with Glenna Sharratt of GS Aviation Consulting. She has over 30 years of experience in the aviation industry as a pilot, consultant, inspector and auditor. Her company (www.gsaviation.ca) assists operators […]
iPhone Fuel Tankering App
Specific Range Solutions Ltd. is currently developing an intuitive, fast and pilot-friendly fuel tankering app for all types of aircraft and all types of operators from commercial to business/corporate to private. Look for it soon on the App Store.
iPad Top of Descent App Presented at ATAC
Specific Range Solutions Ltd. presented its prototype iPad Top of Descent app at ATAC’s Regional Operations Committee session on November 19th, 2013 in Montreal. The feedback was encouraging. Omer Majeed also had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with Robert Deluce, President and CEO of Porter Airlines.