This video excerpt from NOVA: "Crash of Flight 447" explores the powerful computer system that runs the A330 aircraft, controlling speed, altitude, direction, and more—in fact, every aspect of the ...

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – Military avionics designers at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, Conn., will redesign the flight-control computer aboard the U.S. Marine Corps. CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. With Microsoft Flight Simulator alone featuring countless real-world aircraft that you can realistically fly to any location in the world, the idea of a ...

On February 28, 2018, SmartLynx Estonia Flight 9001 lost its elevator controls during a training flight near Tallinn.

McCLELLAN, Calif., 10 Aug. 2015. U.S. military microelectronics experts are asking Lockheed Martin Corp. to upgrade special-operations flight computers aboard the U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II ...

Sophisticated computerized systems control virtually every aspect of a modern airplane and pilots must spend years of extensive training to master them. The safety of people on board and on the ground ...

The UK aviation systems producer was selected by Boeing to upgrade flight computers on two of the airframer’s marquee fighter platforms – the latest F-15EX and the long-serving F/A-18E/F. Aviation ...

Incorrect configuration of flight-control computers, which lead to a severe hard landing by an Airbus A330, has prompted a warning to operators to pay greater attention to installation of critical ...

Boeing is working on updating 747 flight computer software to eliminate an issue introduced in the software’s most recent version that causes both of the aircraft’s computers to reset in-flight. The ...

Several years ago I had the opportunity to realize one of my lifelong dreams: learning to fly. At the time, I was living in the Tampa Bay area, which has several small airports and flight schools.