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First Flight Bag: What Fledgling Pilots Need to Succeed
The kneeboard is sort of a lap desk a pilot uses in flight. It doesn’t have to be huge. They can be as simple as a 5-by-7 ...
National Interest on MSN
What Does “Fly by Wire” Actually Mean—and Why Does It Matter to Fighter Jets?
Because of their many redundancies, electronic fly-by-wire controls are actually far safer than traditional hydraulic ones.
Veteran parabolic flight pilot Eric Delesallet talks with Space.com's Tereza Pultarova about what it takes to create ...
FLYING Magazine on MSN
Logging Military and Civilian Flight Hours: One Book or Two?
That being said, some pilots log their hours in one logbook with the notation “MIL” or “CIV.” Others have one part of the ...
Boeing recently announced the launch of its Procedures Trainer, the first application for its new Virtual Airplane platform, powered by Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Interesting Engineering on MSN
Autonomous electric VTOL aircraft for US military makes successful first flight
Joby Aviation on Thursday announced the first flight of its new turbine-electric, autonomous vertical takeoff and landing ...
The Aviationist on MSN
F-35 Conducts B61-12 Stockpile Flight Tests
The F-35 Lightning II was used in August 2025 to successfully evaluate three B61-12 test assets during a multi-day test campaign. Sandia National ...
Sandia National Laboratories and the National Nuclear Security Administration conducted a series of B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb flight tests in Nevada in August, validating the weapon’s performance ...
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