Automation in the cockpit is traditionally believed to free pilots' attention from mundane flight tasks and allow them to focus on the big picture or prepare for any unexpected events during flight. However, a new study published ...
Engineering
May 6, 2014
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A U.S. official said Wednesday that the Malaysian government is seeking the FBI's help in analyzing any electronic files deleted last month from the home flight simulator of the pilot of the missing Malaysian plane.
Other
Mar 19, 2014
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Animal flight behavior is an exciting frontier for engineers to both apply knowledge of aerodynamics and to learn from nature's solutions to operating in the air. Flying snakes are particularly intriguing to researchers because ...
Soft Matter
Mar 4, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Flying has always fascinated humans, probably because we are so relentlessly Earthbound. One of the things that interests researchers who study flight is the question of how animals that do it can generate the ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2013
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Researchers have developed sophisticated numerical simulations of a butterfly's forward flight.
Mathematics
Mar 25, 2013
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Nearly everyone is familiar with terms like 20/20 vision – but what does that mean when it comes to developing a flight simulator?
Engineering
Dec 10, 2012
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Lockheed Martin today announced that it has successfully demonstrated a portable, ground-based military laser system in a series of tests against representative airborne targets. Lockheed Martin developed the Area Defense ...
Engineering
Nov 28, 2012
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(Phys.org)—It weighed about 155 pounds and had a 34-foot wingspan, close to the size of an F-16 fighter jet. A five-foot-long skull looked down from a standing height similar to that of a modern giraffe. By all measures, ...
Archaeology
Nov 7, 2012
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Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg will undergo a three-day simulated flight for a new Solar Impulse aircraft that can travel around the world powered only by solar energy, organizers said Monday.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 20, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The word "simulation" can never be taken lightly in preparing fighter-jet pilots for combat. Training needs to provide simulated experiences that can bring the pilot closer to the scenarios to come. That ...
