Elroy Air's Chaparral can carry over 500 pounds and fly 450 miles without a runway, and the FAA just tested it under a new ...

Why the C-5 Galaxy lacked a glass cockpit for decades—exploring military priorities, design history, and its eventual digital ...

Airplane windows might seem ordinary, but they are as much of an engineering marvel as the rest of a modern aircraft. These windows are made of three layers of material to facilitate the plane's ...

The widebody recovery has arrived with force, but the clearest transformation is happening not in the cabin or the cargo hold. It is taking place inside the cockpit, where new generations of avionics ...

From the most iconic airplanes in aviation history to those among the forgotten passenger jets that once graced the skies, there's no denying that aircraft are incredible feats of engineering. These ...

Avionics used to be the realm of reliable but incremental upgrades — new radar here, a better flight management system there. Today, the real leap is happening inside the silicon: ever‑faster ...

Airbus Defence and Space has taken the wraps off its fighter cockpit of tomorrow that it's helping to develop as part of Europe's Enhanced Pilot Interfaces & Interactions for Fighter Cockpit (EPIIC) ...

The increasing complexity of modern aircraft avionics and high flying costs necessitate the use of simulators for pilots to maintain essential proficiency beyond basic flight skills. While highly ...

The FAA has finalized a rule extending the required cockpit voice recorder (CVR) retention from two hours to 25 hours for newly manufactured aircraft. This change aims to provide accident ...