Ground operations require the pilot's full attention, akin to airborne flight, necessitating a "sterile cockpit" approach and avoiding distractions like in-taxi programming or rolling run-ups to ...
Earning an instrument and a type rating today still demands the applicant successfully fly a circling approach. Despite the FAA’s recent Advisory Circular (AC) 120-123 calling for an increased focus ...
How can two competing manufacturers have such wildly different views of how a cockpit should work? Boeing and Airbus have ...
On this episode of the Connected Aviation Intelligence Podcast, Jason Bialek, Honeywell Anthem Product Line Director, and Jed Johnson, a Pilatus PC-12 and PC-24 pilot, discuss Honeywell’s new ...
Airbus has long been known for its forward-thinking approach to avionics, and nowhere is that more evident than in the A320neo family. Introduced in 2016, the “neo” — for “new engine option” — wasn’t ...
While the speed at which artificial intelligence (A.I.) is pervading mainstream society could seemingly break the sound barrier, aviation authorities are taking a slower, more cautious approach to its ...
Noise nuisance from aircraft can be reduced significantly by changing the way the planes come in to land. Lining up with the runway as far as 70 kilometres away and making a steady descent can more ...
OTTAWA — A WestJet flight nearly collided with the water while landing at a Caribbean airport in heavy rain and the pilots only aborted their approach when a cockpit alarm warned about the impending ...