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A “new spin” on spins
EASA and FAA have significantly modified the stall-spin requirements for part 23 aircraft during the recent re-write of CS/FAR23. The...
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Oct 5, 2020
AMDAR – the unknown giant
The airborne communication domain is currently subject to a significant re-design and very interesting applications are on the horizon...
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Aug 26, 2020
Maneuvering effects
When an aircraft performs turns, pull-up’s or push-over’s, many things are different from the “straight-and-level” regime. Engineers...
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Jul 4, 2020
How to climb - and why...
This article deals with the flight segment after the takeoff phase until reaching the cruise altitude.
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May 1, 2020
Accident case study: Misleading attitude
The mishap aircraft was a cargo version of the Bombardier CRJ series on a routine cargo flight from Oslo/Gardermoen Airport (ENGM) to Tromsø
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Mar 20, 2020
Successfully navigating RF legs
A short article merging airworthiness requirements with operational procedures to enable flight crews to cope with RF legs.
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Jan 5, 2020
It is about time…
If you are involved in commercial air transport, it might be a good idea to get used to the terms RBT, RTA, CTA and TBO...
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Oct 8, 2019
Getting to the right place
This post is all about getting navigation data from the "books" to the aircraft in order to successfully navigate the globe...
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Aug 14, 2019
Lost in space - How does aviation cope with a GPS outage?
The recent outage of GALILEO has clearly demonstrated that any Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) can - from one second to the...
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May 16, 2019
Climb requirements
Understanding aircraft climb requirements can be a challenge, as this is one of the areas where the world of engineers blends with the...
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Mar 6, 2019
The alpha-beta trap
As pilots we have to ensure many things, but in particular we have to ensure the proper attitude (our own and the one of the aircraft we...
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Jan 9, 2019
The right mix
Long gone are the days, where a navigator was tasked to determine the aircraft position using multiple sources and then bring the...
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Nov 24, 2018
Secrets of stability: Cm-alpha
If you ask an aerospace engineer, what the fundamental requirement for static longitudinal stability of an airplane is, he or she will...
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Nov 4, 2018
Future communication
Even in today’s “performance-based world” the underlying technology of Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) remains crucial,...
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Oct 15, 2018
C* - An unknown star
C* (pronounced „C-Star“), is one of the dominant digital flight control laws for Fly-By-Wire (FBW) transport aircraft. It has its roots...
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Oct 2, 2018
A magnetic disorder
When a 200-million-dollar passenger jet approaches a major airport somewhere on this planet and receives some directions from air traffic...
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Sep 23, 2018
A new approach
It used to be simple: There were „non-precision“ and „precision“ approaches. But things have changed quite a bit. The advent of...
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Sep 13, 2018
Tight turns
This post covers some basic aspects about optimizing turn performance. While we perform turns on a daily basis, they do not necessary get...
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Sep 3, 2018
Circuit breakers (CB's)
There are two common misbeliefs associated with aircraft circuit breakers: One relates to resetting a tripped CB, the other refers to why...
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