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

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 ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. With so many photos of the latest high-tech airplanes in various air forces, it's sometimes refreshing ...

It’s a legend immortalized in the 1964 flick “Fate is the Hunter”: An airline pilot is enjoying a coffee and accidentally spills the piping-hot liquid on the cockpit’s crucial electronic components.

The Twin Otter Classic 300, now with Garmin G1000NXi avionics. Credit: De Havilland Aircraft Business aircraft orders, deliveries and revenue continue to improve year over year despite the pressures ...

The retrofit market is at the beginning of a very high activity period, as 2015 turns into 2016. If you’re an avionics maker or an installment or repair shop that focuses on upgrading legacy aircraft, ...

If you’ve ever wanted to get a close-up look in the cockpit of a World War II bomber or fighter, or the CIA’s M-21 Blackbird, then Lyle Jansma has an app for you. AeroCapture Images Cockpit 360 ...

Pilots have the privilege of a birds-eye view, but should they resist the temptation to snap from the cockpit? Frans Zwart/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Last week, Quartz published an article showcasing ...

Avionics used to be the realm of reliable but incremental upgrades — new radar here, a better flight management system there. Today, the real leap is happening inside the silicon: ever‑faster ...

From the outside, a modern aircraft cockpit appears as a seamless blend of glass displays, intuitive controls, and quiet automation. Yet behind that polished interface lies a dense web of systems, ...