The Federal Aviation Administration has approved expanded use of electronic flight bags (EFBs) for pilots, streamlining cockpit operations and reducing paper-based navigation charts. The rule...
On January 1, 2020, a fundamental change occurred in American skies. Every aircraft flying above 10,000 feet was required to broadcast its position, altitude, and...
For decades, the rhythm of air traffic control was defined by radio chatter – pilots and controllers speaking in clipped, precise phrases over crackling frequencies....
The human eye is remarkably capable, but it has limitations – limitations that become dangerous when you’re flying an aircraft at 150 knots toward a...
Picture this: a Boeing 787 approaching San Francisco International in dense fog. Visibility is near zero. Yet the pilots see the runway clearly – not...
In January 2024, United Airlines quietly retired its last Boeing 737-300, sending to the boneyard one of the final “steam gauge” cockpits in major U.S....
Fly-by-wire technology has gotten complicated with all the technical jargon and engineering debates flying around. As someone who has been fascinated by cockpit systems since...
Those distinctive upturned tips you see on modern aircraft wings aren’t just aesthetic flourishes – they’re precision-engineered devices that save the airline industry over $2...
The aerodynamics engineers at Lufthansa Technik stared at their test results in 2022, hardly believing what they were seeing. The microscopic grooves they had applied...
Stand near any major airport today and you’ll notice something different from a decade ago – it’s quieter. Much quieter. The jet engines powering modern...