Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the first time, an automatic landing system called Autoland was used to land a plane in Colorado after pilots reported losing ...

When you’re flying in a small plane, the possibility of the pilot becoming incapacitated is usually filed in the very-unlikely-to-happen category. But it happens, and with no other pilot on board, ...

Automatic landing control systems enable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to execute precise, reliable touchdowns without human intervention. These systems integrate guidance, navigation and control ...

Forty years ago, Alan Klapmeier, the co-founder of aircraft manufacturer Cirrus, was involved in a midair collision. With his plane missing part of a wing, Klapmeier was (just barely) able to land, ...

Huge props to these two helicopter test pilots, who have white-knuckled it through one of the most harrowing experiences in rotorcraft flight – an unpowered autorotation emergency landing – allowing ...

For the first time, an automatic landing system called Autoland was used to land a plane in Colorado after pilots reported losing cabin pressure mid-flight. The safety system activated itself and took ...