Simple Flying

JULY 11, 2024

Cockpits - the area where pilots operate the plane - like other parts of an aircraft, have seen continuous improvement and transformation over the years. They have undergone significant changes in design, reflecting advancements in aviation technology, which have led to the streamlining of tasks alongside reducing workload.

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Cockpit Aviation Technology Airlines Airline 105

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 14, 2024

In the world of commercial aviation, there has been extensive discussion about whether maintaining two pilots in the cockpit at all times is necessary.

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Cockpit Pilot Flight Deck 85

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Ask the front porch gang at the local airport which is better, a “six-pack” full of traditional round dial instruments or a bright new glass cockpit screen, and the answers will be all over the map. So, the answer to the question— round dials or glass cockpit ?—is Round Dials or Glass Cockpits: Which Is Easier to Fly?

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Cockpit Instrument Landing System Approach Pilot 80

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

After striking a flock of geese during the climb, the captain's windscreen panel shattered and fragments of glass entered the cockpit. A Flair Airlines pilot suffered minor injuries during a bird strike that occurred shortly after taking off from Toronto Pearson last week.

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Cockpit Pilot Airlines Airline 89

Simple Flying

JUNE 30, 2024

Cockpits will be open for visitors to explore classic aircraft, including MiG Fighter jets, a Grumman Tracker and a Huey Cobra helicopter gunship. Undeterred by the arrival of a cold and wet winter, the diehard volunteers at the HARS Museum have lined up another weekend of Tarmac Days between Friday, July 12 and Sunday, July 14.

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Cockpit Tarmac Jet 116

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Paul Belloisi was caught attempting to retrieve cocaine from beneath the cockpit of an American flight from Jamaica to New York in February 2020. A former American Airlines mechanic has been sentenced to nine years in prison for his involvement in a cocaine smuggling conspiracy.

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Cockpit Airlines Airline 111

World Airline News

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

From Just Planes: Compass Air Cargo becomes the 358th airline to join our cockpit series. We fly the Boeing 747-400 roundtrip from Liege Belgium to Atlanta USA.

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Cockpit Cargo Airlines Airline 52

Simple Flying

APRIL 30, 2024

While the wide-open cockpit door before departure may be enticing for passengers, there are specific reasons behind the globally followed procedure. Have you ever noticed the opened flight deck door during boarding and when the aircraft is being prepared for departure?

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Cockpit Flight Deck Pilot Airline 98

Simple Flying

JULY 20, 2024

Social media footage indicated that the passenger, who was intoxicated, attempted to open the cockpit doors. An American Airlines Airbus A321 was forced to make an emergency landing at Salt Lake City Airport (SLC) because of unruly behavior onboard the aircraft.

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Cockpit Airlines Airline 124

Simple Flying

JUNE 13, 2024

However, in the cockpit, things are different. With the frequency of people using the seats, airlines aim to have the most durable seat cover that is also comfortable and stylish. This applies almost universally, whether passengers are sitting on an Airbus A380 or a Boeing 737, in first class or economy, in Asia or Europe.

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Cockpit Airlines Airline Pilot 111

Flexair

JANUARY 15, 2024

Welcome to the world of aviation, where you will step into the pilots' hub - the airplane cockpit. This guide will provide in-depth information about the cockpit, the pilots' central command area which governs every aspect of the aircraft's journey from takeoff to landing.

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Cockpit Airplanes Pilot 52

Airspeed Junkie

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Bringing Kids to the Cockpit is Good for Business The aviation industry has long been seen as an embodiment of innovation and progress. One such method that has been gaining traction is allowing children to visit the cockpit before flights. The aviation industry, like many others, is in need of fresh talent.

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Cockpit Pilot Airlines Airline 52

iPad Pilot News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

How to mount and use your iPhone as an EFB in the cockpit iPad Pilot News The iPhone is finding a home in many cockpits, as pilots have come to appreciate the larger screens on these phones as alternatives to the iPad. Once you decide to use your iPhone as an in-flight display, it’s smart to secure it in the cockpit.

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Cockpit Pilot Airplanes Weather 52

Simple Flying

JUNE 4, 2024

Until the 1980s, it was common for an aircraft to have more than two crew members in the cockpit. In fact, aircraft were designed to have a designated seat for a Flight Engineer who would monitor crucial parameters of the aircraft during flight.

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Cockpit Pilot 105

World Airline News

AUGUST 5, 2024

Just Planes returns to Icelandair for a 7th cockpit film, this time we join in on the inaugural flight from Keflavik to Pittsburgh on the Boeing 737MAX and show all the crew’s work from start to end including a water salute on departure.

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Cockpit 59

Airline Economics

MAY 17, 2024

Textron Aviation has received supplemental type certification (STC) approval from the Federal Aviation Administration’s fully integrated Future Air Navigation System (FANS) and Protected Mode Controller Pilot Data Link Communication (PM-CPDLC) program for Hawker 4000 aircraft equipped with the Honeywell PRIMUS EPIC integrated cockpit.

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Cockpit Air Traffic Control Pilot Jet 59

Simple Flying

MAY 10, 2024

Concorde revolutionized commercial air travel with its supersonic speeds and other unique features. Whether it was the design of the aircraft, the cabin interior, or the way the aircraft was utilized, Concorde was different from other aircraft at the time in many ways.

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Cockpit 116

AV Web

JULY 7, 2024

Had he investigated the cockpit of my ride, he might have noticed the ADSb capability, two electronic multi-function displays, the panel-mounted GPS backed up with an iPad using Foreflight driven by a Sentinel, and the rescue hand-held GPS in the glovebox. The idea of hanging a video camera on our struts or cockpits would have horrified us.

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Cockpit Airplanes VOR Transponder 88

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Every airliner has more seats in its flight deck than are needed for just two Pilots. Airliners have flying seats; each sits in front of various instruments and controls. They also have "jumpseats" placed behind the flying seats.

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Cockpit Flight Deck Pilot Airlines 105

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 2, 2024

This Saturday, May 4, 2024 , from 1o:00 AM to 12:00 PM, sit in the cockpit of the P-47 Thunderbolt at the Palm Springs Air Museum. The suggested $5 donation for the open cockpit experience includes a souvenir Air Museum-provided photograph. Production topped any other Allied fighter with 15,683 P-47s produced.

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Cockpit Hangar Pilot 62

Aviation Bussiness News

AUGUST 19, 2024

Credit: Real ATC The post Smoke in the cockpit after takeoff. Southwest Boeing 737 MAX8. REAL ATC appeared first on Aviation Business News.

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Cockpit 52

Inspire

AUGUST 3, 2023

The post Vacuuming the Cockpit first appeared on Hangar Flying. How does an airplane find its way? Modern aircraft use satellite navigation but what if the computer goes down? And what happened before satellites were invented?

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Cockpit Airplanes Hangar 40

Altitudes Magazine

JUNE 6, 2024

Bell Textron’s Basix-Pro Glass Retrofit Kit for Bell 412EP models has been certified by theFAA.Benefits of the new glass cockpit retrofit kit include reduced pilot workload, increased precision and improved situational awareness.

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Cockpit Pilot Flight Deck 40

AV Web

JUNE 16, 2024

I have enemy-listed pilots who leave trash and detritus all over the cockpit when they leave. Sigh… The post CEO Of The Cockpit: The Enemies List (Corrected) appeared first on AVweb. Please don’t paint your lame general aviation spam can like a USAF or Navy fighter. It embarrasses your aircraft and makes you look like a dweeb.

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Cockpit Airplanes Pilot Hangar 83

The Aviationist

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A newly released report has revealed a 2016 incident where two soldiers were discovered naked from the waist down inside the cockpit of a parked Apache helicopter.

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Cockpit 23

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Jan Daeninck, of Belgium, was arrested this week after causing a stir onboard a SWISS flight between Newark and Zurich in March of this year.

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Cockpit 98

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the event in a statement, saying: “While taxiing for takeoff at Dallas Love Field Airport, Southwest Airlines Flight 2494 was reportedly struck by gunfire near the cockpit around 8:30 p.m. local time on Friday, Nov. The Boeing 737-800 returned to the gate, where passengers deplaned.

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Airlines Airline Cockpit Runway 223

Simple Flying

AUGUST 24, 2024

There's so much to know about becoming a pilot. It can be rather tricky for aspiring pilots to wrap their heads around the amount of information presented at the outset of an aviation journey. Here are just a few considerations that might prove helpful to folks who are thinking about flying, whether as a hobby or as a professional career.

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Cockpit Pilot 105

The Aviationist

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

F-16 pilot developed a cockpit stowable collapsible ladder to aid Agile Combat Employment operations. At a time when the U.S.

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Cockpit Pilot 19

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A bizarre incident occurred recently on a SriLankan Airlines flight from Sydney to Colombo in which the captain locked the first officer out of the cockpit. Following the serious breach of protocol, the pilot was grounded, and the airline is investigating the matter.

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Flight Deck Pilot Cockpit Airlines 128

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Boeing has asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to exempt its aircraft from specific regulations concerning onboard flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR), arguing that the exemption has allowed the company to remain competitive internationally.

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Cockpit 119

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A bizarre incident occurred recently on a SriLankan Airlines flight from Sydney to Colombo in which the captain locked the first officer out of the cockpit.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Pilot Airlines 116

Simple Flying

JUNE 10, 2024

Several sixth-generation fighter jet projects are known to be in the works with major powers around the world. But as sixth-gen fighters are top-secret projects, and contractors themselves are still working out the details, few details are publicly known about them.

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Cockpit Jet 111

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

At the forefront of this technological push is European aerospace conglomerate Airbus, whose efforts to develop AI-driven cockpit technology have sparked intense opposition from pilot associations worldwide. And bear in mind, if you go to a one-man cockpit, you might as well go to a zero-man cockpit.” The debate: Safety vs.

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Pilot Flight Deck Cockpit Air Traffic Control 227

Inspire

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

A look at flight simulator cockpits and their value to potential pilots and the general aviation community at large. The post Bits and Pieces: Simulated Cockpits — An Unrealized Potential? first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Cockpit General Aviation Hangar Pilot 40

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The historic warbird will be available for ground and cockpit tours, and B-29 Doc Flight Experience rides while Lawton. Visitors will have the rare opportunity to tour the interior of this historic aircraft, exploring the cockpit, bomb bay, and crew compartments. BOOK YOUR SEAT ON B-29 DOC TODAY! Saturday and Sunday.

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Cockpit 106

Simple Flying

AUGUST 19, 2024

The company said it had reinvented the cockpit with a design that centers on pilots with safety at the forefront. During the Farnborough International Airshow 2024 , Boom Supersonic unveiled its flight deck for the Overture.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Pilot 128