Aerotime

APRIL 3, 2025

Sperrys autopilot system became particularly popular during the 1920s and 1930s as airline transport took off and people began to travel more and further afield. Generally speaking, a commercial airliner must be equipped with an autopilot if it has a capacity of 20 passengers or greater.

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Weight-Shift-Control Cockpit Pilot Stability 310

Plane and Pilot

MAY 31, 2025

Suddenly, one of the Airbus three redundant pitot tubes clogged with ice crystals. The final accident report talked about failure of the pitot tube, crew coordination and communication issues, misunderstanding of the Airbus flight control priority system, and the impact of automation surprise and startle factor upon the crew.

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Airplanes Pitot Tube Pilot Lift 94

Pilot's Life Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

Moving air from outside feeds into the pitot tubes and fills a pressure diaphragm. The sensor detects the amount of force from the pitot impact pressure and gives it airspeed indications by converting those values into speed. Airline pilots also need to know airspeed so they can know when to engage the landing gear.

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Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed True Airspeed Calibrated Airspeed 52

AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Airlines are upgrading older cockpits with newer displays, so this old indicator will soon become a relic. Ram air from a pitot tube and static (undisturbed) outside air from a static port, usually a hole on the side of the fuselage. Procedures may differ on other aircraft and at other airlines.

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Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed Knot Altimeter 52

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

A few minutes later, we heard the center controller clear a Trans Missouri Airlines commuter plane for the VOR Runway 30 approach to Jefferson City. I didnt know but it might have been due to the angle of attack of the pitot tube that would not let the full force of the relative wind enter the tube.

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VOR Weather Approach Runway 52

Fear of Landing

MAY 9, 2025

The most recent case, when Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 experienced extreme turbulence in May 2024, led to thirty passengers injured and one death by a passenger who suffered a heart attack. Before that, the most recent turbulence-related passenger flight with a fatality in the NTSB database was United Airlines flight 826 in 1997.

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Turbulence V Speed Rudder Air Traffic Control 99

World Airline News

JUNE 10, 2025

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Cargo Airlines Airline Jet 52