Microsoft Flight Simulator is back, and developer Asobo’s latest iteration is absolutely the series’ high watermark. Unfortunately, despite all the improvements, its tutorial system isn’t great; the ...

Every part of a fighter jet has a job to do. Even the tiny things that don't seem important at first, like that thin metal rod sticking out from the nose in jets like F-16, actually serve a purpose.

When we hear the words “pitot tube,” we tend to think more of airplanes than of air ducts, but [Franci Kopač]’s guide to pitot tubes for makers shows that they can be a remarkably versatile tool for ...

UK investigators have found that a pitot-tube blockage generating unreliable airspeed data spurred an EasyJet Airbus A319 crew to abort take-off at high speed at London Luton. The A319 (G-EZBD) was ...

Sentera, the industry-leading provider of ag analytics, today announced that it has been awarded a patent for its innovative pitot tube assembly, which is used on its fixed-wing drone, the PHX. Pitot ...

Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) is preparing safety recommendations on Antonov An-148 pitot tubes aimed at preventing future accidents similar to the Feb. 11 Saratov Airlines crash near ...

Boeing says a simple wiring change will solve a persistent issue that operators of its 737 next-generation models have been experiencing with pitot probes—the external sensors that provide crucial ...

New standards for pitot probes are expected to emerge from a working group being founded in the wake of June's fatal loss of an Air France Airbus A330 over the south Atlantic. Airbus is backing ...

Faults similar to those on an Air France Airbus that crashed into the sea on 1 June were major factors in two little-noticed fatal losses of passenger jets more than a decade ago. Blocked sensors, ...

ATSB advises operators that use pitot probe covers to “ensure there are rigorous processes for confirming that covers are removed before flight.” Industry Partner Program provides forum for ...

The Pitot tube, a simple device for determining the subsurface flow of water, is a hollow tube with a bend at the bottom that can be turned to face the flow. Henri Pitot, a French engineer, described ...