Aerotime

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The bird of prey concept aircraft mimics an eagle’s wing and tail structure and features individually controlled feathers that provide active flight control. DragonFly hiidayat art / Shutterstock.com In January 2023, Airbus UpNext started testing new, on ground and in-flight, pilot assistance technologies on an A350-1000 test aircraft.

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Aerotime

APRIL 3, 2025

The automatic pilot (autopilot) has to be one of aviations finest technological inventions. Largely gone are the days when pilots had to manually control their aircraft from engine start-up to shut down by keeping their hands rigidly fixed on the controls at all times.

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AV Web

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

. “The fact that ADS-B data is being utilized as a revenue-generating mechanism is simply wrong and has the potential to create safety issues due to a reduction in pilot training and operational pilot currency,” AOPA President Mark Baker said in his letter to FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker. ” What’s next?

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 19, 2024

This was a troubling combination for any pilot, let alone those operating from the confined and unforgiving environment of an aircraft carrier deck. The modifications included replacing the single fin and rudder with a twin-tail design to improve stability. The aircraft was difficult to control and suffered from severe vibrations.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

While the Martin Model 123 had open cockpits for a pilot, nose gunner/bombardier, and rear gunner, it was envisioned that these could be enclosed later in development. Martin Company of Baltimore, Maryland, which had been one of the leading developers of American bombers, began work on a radically new design. to Fairbanks, Alaska, and back.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 28, 2025

had an armored “bathtub” compartment 5mm thick that housed the pilot, rear gunner/observer, fuel tanks, and the engine (a design element of later attack aircraft). Schmidt described the aircraft as strongly tail-heavy due to the lack of armor, but otherwise stable to fly. The Junkers J.I The Junkers J.I The Junkers J.I

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Jetwhine

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Another Remote Tower benefit is that each aircraft within visual range can be tagged with that aircrafts tail number, just as it might if the controller were looking at a radar screen. What Happened at Leesburg Back in 2015, Saab approached the town of Leesburg in search of a US test site for their then-new Remote Tower technology.

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