US investigators are examining a United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9’s flight-management computer after an incident in which the system’s displays apparently blanked before the aircraft inadvertently ...
TOULOUSE, France – Thales provided details about its next generation flight management system (FMS), PureFlyt, which executives and avionics engineers here at its avionics headquarters explained will ...
GE Aviation is celebrating passing a major production milestone for its flight-management systems (FMS) at the air show this week. The company has just delivered its 20,000th flight-management ...
A selection of the PureFlyt system by Airbus for future production A320, A330, and A350 aircraft earlier this month gives Thales its first commercial air transport platform for its next generation ...
The FAA’s Flight Standards Service issued a draft advisory circular, AC 120-FPM, in February about the broad topic of flight path management (FPM). Pending the possible incorporation of public ...
Investigators determined that the thrust setting delivered an engine speed of just 81.5% of N1 which, the inquiry says, was "significantly below" the correct level of 93.3%. Examination of the crew's ...
An E6B flight computer is a vital pilot's tool designed for calculating various flight parameters, including groundspeed, fuel burn, time en route, and density altitude, by aligning values on its ...