Pitot/static instruments are critical for instrument flight but are highly susceptible to errors from atmospheric conditions (e.g., cold weather altimetry errors) and physical blockages of the pitot ...

Pitot-static systems are fundamental for critical flight instruments (airspeed, altimeter, VSI), and their failures, exemplified by tragic accidents like Northwest 6231 and Air France 447, can be ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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