
Accurate Flight Instruments: How Directional Gyros Work
There’s an old joke where a pilot comes on over the PA and announces he has good news and bad news...
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There’s an old joke where a pilot comes on over the PA and announces he has good news and bad news...
Every aircraft with a standard category airworthiness certificate must carry a working...
Many general aviation aircraft use mechanical attitude indicators that rely on a vacuum or pressure pump...
Depending on your flight plan, failure of the attitude indicator may not keep you from flying...
Attitude indicator errors can be problematic because AIs are pivotal to keeping airplanes...
Aviation fuel and gasoline are very different for multiple reasons. For example, aviation fuels must meet strict...
Power inverters convert the aircraft’s battery from one type of power to another so other devices...
Vertical speed indicators (VSI) measure the change in static pressure due to a change in altitude...
Round dials in a cockpit, also called analog gauges, have been standard in aircraft since the early days...
In 1937, the Royal Air Force selected six critical instruments to be installed in nearly all of its aircraft...
The attitude indicator is one of the six basic flight instruments found in any cockpit. At a glance...
Transport Canada has recently mandated that all Canadian aircrafts (with notable exclusion of gliders...
If you're in the market for a new-to-you aircraft, you may be trying to decide between buying a new or a used airplane...