The increasing complexity of modern aircraft avionics and high operating costs necessitate simulators for pilots to maintain proficiency efficiently, safely, and economically in IFR procedures and ...

Modern airliner autopilots still require constant pilot inputs, monitoring, and oversight.

Airplane windows might seem ordinary, but they are as much of an engineering marvel as the rest of a modern aircraft. These windows are made of three layers of material to facilitate the plane's ...

There are those who might argue that World War II was won in the air. Without shading the grit displayed and sacrifices made by Allied Forces on land and at sea, the contributions made by forces in ...

A close call between a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a US Air Force T-38 jet, often used by the military for training, sounded alarms in the ...