Aerotime

APRIL 3, 2025

The 56 aircraft that participated in the 1914 competition presented a wide range of aviation innovations, ranging from assisted starting mechanisms, automatic carburetors, basic stabilization systems, and many other innovations that purported to benefit aviation safety. Has automation gone too far?

Weight-Shift-Control 303

Weight-Shift-Control Cockpit Pilot Stability 303

Plane and Pilot

MAY 31, 2025

Suddenly, one of the Airbus three redundant pitot tubes clogged with ice crystals. While some wreckage was recovered within days, it took nearly two years to retrieve the flight and cockpit voice recorders from the ocean floor. However, if forced to cruise in or descend through a cloud deck, a couple rules apply.

Airplanes 92

Airplanes Pitot Tube Pilot Lift 92

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Combining the data shown on your cockpit instruments helps you make better judgments. One example is Indicated Airspeed (IAS), which is the airspeed you read directly from cockpit instruments. It works by reading the difference between static pressure and total pressure from air flowing into a pitot tube.

True Airspeed 52

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Altimeter Lift 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It can also disrupt sensors needed for flight safety, like the pitot tubes. If ice blocks a pitot tube, your aircraft’s instruments will provide inaccurate airspeed readings. Most aircraft are equipped with a pitot heater to prevent icing in the pitot tube. But how dangerous is it?

Pitot Tube 52

Pitot Tube Drag Lift Airfoil 52

Fear of Landing

MAY 9, 2025

Sure enough, as he crossed to the right side of the aircraft, he saw that the red cover was still on the pitot probe. He returned to the cockpit, no doubt embarrassed at his rookie mistake, but there was no harm done. Once the first officer was back in the cockpit, they discussed the rudder limiter fault message.

Turbulence 99

Turbulence V Speed Rudder Air Traffic Control 99