Almost 40 years ago, the initial discussions at ICAO level took place to implement Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM) in some...

The Wright Flyer contained no electronics whatsoever. Sputnik I was quite simple, consisting of two transmitters based on tube...

The “softness of touchdown” or passenger’s applause are certainly NOT valid rating scales for the quality of a landing. In fact, a good...

The topic of Aircraft-Pilot Coupling (APC) has historically been referred to as “pilot-induced oscillation” or “pilot-involved...

EASA and FAA have significantly modified the stall-spin requirements for part 23 aircraft during the recent re-write of CS/FAR23. The...

The airborne communication domain is currently subject to a significant re-design and very interesting applications are on the horizon...

When an aircraft performs turns, pull-up’s or push-over’s, many things are different from the “straight-and-level” regime. Engineers...

This article deals with the flight segment after the takeoff phase until reaching the cruise altitude.

The mishap aircraft was a cargo version of the Bombardier CRJ series on a routine cargo flight from Oslo/Gardermoen Airport (ENGM) to Tromsø

A short article merging airworthiness requirements with operational procedures to enable flight crews to cope with RF legs.

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...

This post is all about getting navigation data from the "books" to the aircraft in order to successfully navigate the globe...

The recent outage of GALILEO has clearly demonstrated that any Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) can - from one second to the...

Understanding aircraft climb requirements can be a challenge, as this is one of the areas where the world of engineers blends with the...

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...

Long gone are the days, where a navigator was tasked to determine the aircraft position using multiple sources and then bring the...

If you ask an aerospace engineer, what the fundamental requirement for static longitudinal stability of an airplane is, he or she will...

Even in today’s “performance-based world” the underlying technology of Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) remains crucial,...

C* (pronounced „C-Star“), is one of the dominant digital flight control laws for Fly-By-Wire (FBW) transport aircraft. It has its roots...

When a 200-million-dollar passenger jet approaches a major airport somewhere on this planet and receives some directions from air traffic...