The increasing complexity of modern aircraft avionics and high flying costs necessitate the use of simulators for pilots to maintain essential proficiency beyond basic flight skills. While highly ...

Garmin recently announced an avionics makeover for the Citation CJ2, now available through its dealer network—and a similar upgrade for the CJ1 is on its way, too. Credit: Garmin International As ...

From the most iconic airplanes in aviation history to those among the forgotten passenger jets that once graced the skies, there's no denying that aircraft are incredible feats of engineering. These ...

The widebody recovery has arrived with force, but the clearest transformation is happening not in the cabin or the cargo hold. It is taking place inside the cockpit, where new generations of avionics ...

Modern airliner autopilots still require constant pilot inputs, monitoring, and oversight.

Airplane windows might seem ordinary, but they are as much of an engineering marvel as the rest of a modern aircraft. These windows are made of three layers of material to facilitate the plane's ...

Plans also call for the plane's avionics system to automatically convert all radio communications to text displayed on a cockpit screen. That way, the pilot will have a transcript of all the ...