If you’ve ever looked into the cockpit of a Boeing or Airbus aircraft, one major difference immediately stands out: Boeing jets use a traditional control yoke, while Airbus aircraft feature a side ...

Simplifying flight—to make it as easy as getting into a car with automatic transmission—has long eluded the aerospace engineers creating new aircraft. While we’ve relied on flight controls such as ...

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 features an analog cockpit.

Effective taxiing, a fundamental pilot skill, relies on precise rudder and throttle control, maintaining a slow speed, and developing an accurate "sight picture" for centerline alignment, often ...

"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 ...

Autonomy is no longer science fiction. Advanced flight control systems that augment pilot decisions with artificial intelligence and machine learning are moving into mainstream avionics. These systems ...