Avionics used to be the realm of reliable but incremental upgrades — new radar here, a better flight management system there.

Honeywell has unveiled the world's first aircraft cockpit system built with always-on, cloud-connected avionics. Called Anthem, the new system is designed to enhance operational efficiency and clear ...

It’s a legend immortalized in the 1964 flick “Fate is the Hunter”: An airline pilot is enjoying a coffee and accidentally spills the piping-hot liquid on the cockpit’s crucial electronic components.

With so many photos of the latest high-tech airplanes in various air forces, it's sometimes refreshing to step back and see images of the pioneering aircraft that led the way. The following pictures ...

Channel your inner Red Baron, or Snoopy, at the first-even Open Cockpit Day at Valiant Air Command’s Warbird Museum in Titusville. “It’s a unique chance to explore history up close,” said museum ...

Garmin will unveil a new tandem training system at the Farnborough Air Show (July 16-20). The system is adaptable for military, air transport, and business aviation, featuring customizable controls ...

Whenever a commercial airplane crashes, investigators’ first priority is to find the “black boxes” – the flight data recorder that captures data from the plane’s control systems and the cockpit voice ...

If you’ve ever wanted to get a close-up look in the cockpit of a World War II bomber or fighter, or the CIA’s M-21 Blackbird, then Lyle Jansma has an app for you. AeroCapture Images Cockpit 360 ...

Imagine showing up at the airport to catch your flight, looking at your plane, and noticing that instead of windows, the cockpit is now a smooth cone of aluminum. It may seem like the worst case of ...

A two-year study by the US National Transportation Safety Board reveals that a target group of light general aviation aircraft with digital "glass cockpits" had twice the fatal accident rate compared ...

New cockpit audio captures the tense moments aboard an Alaska Airlines flight when an off-duty pilot allegedly tried to pull ...

THE shadows are lengthening, the last rays of the sun caress the wings of a jet airliner as it speeds homeward near the end of a transatlantic voyage. In the cockpit the crew sits relaxed — Big ...