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When cockpit instruments fail at night

Flying at night already removes visual references, but when cockpit instruments begin to fail, even experienced crews are pushed to their limits. This video examines two real-world cases in which ...
US investigators probing a CommutAir Embraer ERJ-145’s offset approach path, before it suffered a runway excursion at Presque Isle, have disclosed that a second aircraft had encountered an offset to ...
MEREDITH JORGENSEN HAS THE STORY. WE’RE INSIDE THE ARMY AVIATION SUPPORT FACILITY. THIS IS WHERE THEY MAINTAIN MORE THAN 40 HELICOPTERS TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE READY TO FLY. THIS IS A BLACKHAWK ...
Canadian investigators believe crew struggled to read standby displays in 1998 crash Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) wants an industry-wide review of the design of emergency cockpit ...
NTSB investigator Carol Hogan examines wreckage Monday from a helicopter crash near Calabasas, California, that killed former NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and ...
A rebuilt airplane that first flew before D-Day is flying again for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, this time equipped with the world’s most advanced airborne antenna for receiving ...
Southeast Aerospace, Garmin, and Peregrine have recently announced that their new product, the Garmin GI 275 3.125-inch round display Electronic Flight Instrument, has been approved by the Federal ...
From battle zones to oil rigs, helicopters often operate in some of the hairiest situations in which pilots are forced to rely solely on cockpit instruments. In an effort to improve safety, the ...
Retired New York official and lifelong aviation enthusiast Peter Fadis is meticulously restoring the cockpit of a historically significant Boeing 707 in his barn as a retirement project. The cockpit ...
When Star Wars Squadrons first leaked last week, it wasn't initially clear whether the game would be an arcade shoot 'em up similar in style to the space battles in Star Wars: Battlefront II, or a ...
CHELTENHAM, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ontic, the aerospace industry’s leading provider of ‘Extended Life Solutions ® ’ for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) legacy products, has acquired the ...