The Boeing 737 Max crashes in 2018-19 illustrated that the initial reactions to unexpected aircraft motion must be exactly correct for the specific make and model of the aircraft. Credit: Boeing The ...

The increasing prevalence of electric pitch trim systems in general aviation, including manual, autopilot-controlled, and artificial-feel systems, has led to a corresponding rise in incidents and ...

How can two competing manufacturers have such wildly different views of how a cockpit should work? Boeing and Airbus have ...

A mis-selected rudder trim switch caused a Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 to suffer an in-flight upset that slightly injured a cabin crew member. The incident occurred during the late afternoon of 6 ...

Lockheed Martin's famous-yet-secret Skunk Works is conducting live flight tests of its Smart Adaptive Flight Control Environment (SAFE) autonomous AI system on the X-62A. The system can be ...

Aircraft performance and flight control systems together determine an aeroplane’s ability to fly safely, efficiently and accurately along a desired trajectory. Performance considerations encompass ...

"Advanced Control of Aircraft, Missiles and Spacecraft introduces the reader to the concepts of modern control theory applied to the design and analysis of general flight control systems in a concise ...

Operators of some 6,000 Airbus A320-family aircraft scrambled over the weekend to undertake software modifications to mitigate the risk of uncommanded flight control inputs from what the manufacturer ...