The E6B flight computer is a mechanical, slide-rule-like device essential for pilots, enabling calculations such as groundspeed, time, distance, fuel burn, true airspeed, and density altitude. It ...

In the early days of aviation, pilots or their navigators used a plethora of tools to solve common navigation and piloting problems. There was definitely a need for some kind of computing aid that ...

In the early days of aviation, pilots or their navigators used a plethora of tools to solve common navigation and piloting problems. There was definitely a need for some kind of computing aid that ...

A near crash in a simulated flight in June using the software fix Boeing designed for the 737 Max led to the extensive delay that has kept the plane grounded for months, according to a new Bloomberg ...

Honeywell on June 3 unveiled a compact flight-control computer designed to drive electric actuators and dynamically adjust flight surfaces and motors of urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles. The avionics ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The Malaysia Airlines CEO couldn't confirm or deny reports Tuesday claiming the flight computer on the missing Boeing 777 was manually reprogrammed to divert the jet from its ...

Boeing is working on updating 747 flight computer software to eliminate an issue introduced in the software’s most recent version that causes both of the aircraft’s computers to reset in-flight. The ...