The article emphasizes the crucial importance of trusting flight instruments over misleading sensory input, illustrated by the author's challenging first IMC experience and an actual altimeter failure ...

The new ADTS500 Series from the Druck product line of GE Measurement & Control introduces Bluetooth® technology with a remote touch/swipe screen, hand terminal to provide an easy-to-use, compliant, ...

Pitot-static systems are fundamental for basic flight information (airspeed, altitude, VSI) but are highly vulnerable to blockages from ice, insects, or moisture. These blockages manifest distinctly: ...

Investigators have determined that a Transavia Boeing 737-700 brought out of storage during the pandemic departed Rotterdam without its pitot-static pressure lines being connected to their air-data ...

You might have noticed that some fighter jets have a needle-like object on its nose, but what is it and how does it affect ...

An Air Data Test Set (ADTS) or Pitot Static Tester is a piece of equipment used to test aircraft flight instruments while the aircraft is on the ground. Many instruments in an aircraft’s cockpit are ...

Ohio-based Aero-Instruments has received US FAA parts manufacturer approval (PMA) to market retrofit pitot probes for a large variety of Airbus aircraft, giving operators another provider to choose ...

All three pitot static probes were apparently producing incorrect readings. The captain’s and copilot’s indicators gave an airspeed reading of some 40 knots, while the standby instrument was on zero.

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