Investigators are examining a possible brake malfunction after a Vietnam Airlines 787-9 struggled to slow on landing at Munich - here's what pilots should learn.
TowerHow Don Bateman's Ground Proximity Warning System and terrain databases nearly eliminated controlled flight into terrain accidents.
VectorA Cirrus Vision Jet was damaged on takeoff at 6,200-foot Driggs, Idaho - a lesson in what field elevation and density altitude do to your numbers.
TowerHow TCAS resolution advisories work, why the Überlingen midair changed the rules, and why pilots now trust the box over ATC.
VectorThe FAA proposes a Boeing 787 fan cowl airworthiness directive to prevent ice shedding that could shut down both engines at once.
TowerAirbus DragonFly is a flight-tested demonstrator that can divert, land, and taxi an airliner when the crew can't - here's how it works.
VectorA United 787 diverted to Boston after a cracked windshield over the Atlantic - here's why it wasn't the scare the headline suggests.
TowerRadio Hangar explores TCAS, the Resolution Advisory, and the Automated Voice That Overrules Air Traffic Control When Two Airplanes Are Thirty Seconds From Hitting.
VectorRadio Hangar explores Don Bateman, the Ground Proximity Warning System, and the Automated Voice That Taught Airplanes to Say 'Pull Up'.
VectorThe NTSB says a cheap electronic CO detector could prevent recurring fatal poisonings from cracked exhaust shrouds in piston aircraft.
TowerA Delta Boeing 757-200 evacuated on escape slides at Atlanta - here's what the 90-second certification rule really demands and how to be ready.
TowerThe RAF Red Arrows canceled UK displays after trouble ferrying their Hawk T1 jets home from a North American tour.
TowerACAS X is the FAA's next-generation collision avoidance system, replacing TCAS's hand-written rulebook with an optimized cost table.
VectorRadio Hangar explores The NOTAM Outage That Grounded Every U.S. Departure, and the Long, Overdue Rebuild of the System That Warns Pilots What They Can't See Coming.
TowerMalaysia Aviation Group ordered drug tests for all 1,260 pilots after an off-duty arrest in Indonesia - here's what it means for pilots everywhere.
TowerThe FAA is requiring mandatory inspections of passenger seat installations on certain Boeing 737s over how the seats are secured to the airframe.
TowerFAR 91.119 sets the legal floor for how low you can fly: 1,000 ft over congested areas, 500 ft over open country. Here's what it really means.
PatternHow TCAS II lets two airliners coordinate a collision-avoiding climb and descent in seconds, why you always follow the RA, and what comes next.
VectorRadio Hangar explores Airbus Fly-By-Wire, Flight Envelope Protection, and the Control Laws That Decide How Much the Computer Will Let You Do.
VectorHow engineer Don Bateman's Ground Proximity Warning System nearly eliminated Controlled Flight Into Terrain, aviation's deadliest killer.
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