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By Jun 4, 2019
Health

Pilots sleeping in the cockpit could improve airline safety

Airline pilots are often exhausted. An extreme example happened in 2008, when a pilot and a co-pilot both fell asleep...
By Aug 30, 2018
Space

Could you qualify to be an astronaut?

It's not all glamour and spacewalks, but it is rewarding.
By Nov 20, 2017
Aviation

There’s a ‘quiet crisis’ happening in the U.S. Air Force

Pilots are burning out as increased operations leave the USAF stretched thin.
By Oct 29, 2015
Vintage Space

Ed Dwight, the African American Astronaut who Never Flew

NASA’s early astronaut corps was anything but diverse. The criteria astronaut hopefuls had to meet in the late 1950s and...
By Apr 30, 2015
Gadgets

Glitch In Pilot Navigation App Delays American Airline Flights

A patch will fix the problem, but not until early next month
By Mar 26, 2015
Aviation

How An Airbus Cockpit Locking Mechanism Works [Video]

Post-9/11 plane tech points to a disturbing cause behind the Germanwings crash
By Apr 5, 2013
Technology

Invented: A Much Better Way To Predict Airline Delays

Calculating air travel is a surprisingly tough math challenge.
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Technology

The Human Element

Why drones won't be taking over our wars anytime soon
By Jun 21, 2011
Technology

Possibility of iPads In Cockpits Sparks Fierce Debate Among Pilots

Alaska Airlines’s recent adoption of iPads into plane cockpits has sparked a debate among pilots as to whether replacing paper...
By Jun 4, 2011
Gadgets

iPad Flight Manuals Coming to a Paperless Cockpit Near You

Despite using advanced technology that lets planes practically fly themselves, airline pilots are still bogged down by a lingering 20th-century...