Operators of Boeing 777s are being instructed to replace force-limiter components which could prevent a pilot’s control yoke being freed in the event of the other pilot’s yoke jamming. The control ...

When it comes to flight simulators, we’ve seen people go all-out with their immersive setups, with all kinds of hyper-realistic control systems and monitors as far as the eye can see. But for those ...

The effectiveness of a home flight simulator for pilot training depends heavily on selecting realistic and appropriate hardware, including a quality primary control (yoke or joystick), a dedicated ...

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In the world of automotive design, the steering wheel is often overlooked as an area for innovation and creativity. Yet, ...

I relaxed the pressure on the control yoke of my little Piper Arrow and leveled it at 4,000 feet. With a broad smile on my face, I scanned the display on my GPS. After a week at the avionics shop, my ...

LONDON — A British air accident report has recounted how a pilot briefly lost control of a passenger plane after his artificial arm became detached from the control yoke during landing. The report, ...

Only moments after taking off from Jakarta, the pilots flying Lion Air 610 realized they were losing control of their 737 Max jetliner, the newest, most fuel-efficient and most automated version of ...

Although the co-pilot of a C-130J in Afghanistan was performing an unneeded and unauthorized high-power, rapid ascent takeoff when the aircraft crashed Oct. 2, that was not the cause of the accident ...

One of the stranger things about the coming of autonomous vehicles is the dawning realization that, sometimes, they still may need to be driven by a human. And, at the same time, if a vehicle is ...

Investigators have suggested that familiarity with routine, combined with expectation bias, led the crew of an Embraer 190 to miss clues that the jet’s aileron cables had been cross-rigged during ...