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You can see from the debris whether the engines were producing power at impact—turbines break apart differently when they’re ...
US investigators are examining a United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9’s flight-management computer after an incident in which the system’s displays apparently blanked before the aircraft ...
During the actual emergency, you are focused on flying the airplane, ensuring the flight path remains safe, following the checklists, reprogramming the Flight Management Computer, advising air ...
The portal will provide flight management system (FMS) training on-line–but that is just the beginning, according to Wicat’s vice president in charge of marketing, Michael Plante.
The Thales PureFlyt flight management system, shown here under development at their facility in Toulouse, has been selected by Airbus for the A320, A330, and A350 jets. (Photo courtesy of Thales) ...
The 777’s flight-management computer required speed constraints to have a corresponding altitude constraint, so the captain chose to enter ‘500A’ – meaning that the PD062 waypoint should ...
Entitled “Operational Use of Flight Path Management Systems,” it was a creditable first effort to define FPM problems and solutions. The 279-page report generated 29 findings and 18 ...
The flight crewmembers reported that, before beginning the descent into the terminal area, the first officer (the pilot monitoring) programmed the flight management computer (FMC) for the area ...
Answer: Normally, climb speed is set by the flight-management computer based on weight, temperature and cruise altitude. As a general rule, the 737s climb at a lower speed, but faster rate than ...
Rockwell Collins Simulation and Training Solutions, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is awarded $11,229,125 for cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price modification P00011 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price ...
The plane missed the top of its descent and continued on the flight management computer’s preset route toward runway 25L at the airport in Addis Ababa, which sits at an altitude of 7,600 feet.