SpaceAge Control has launched a new family of miniature multi-functional air data probes which offer complete air data sensing capability for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and light aircraft. The ...

Insect nesting activity affected the pitot-static systems of eight different aircraft in the space of six weeks at London Heathrow last year, and UK investigators believe the behaviour could have been ...

Wizz Air UK has revised its return-to-service processes after an Airbus A321, whose crew aborted take-off at high speed, was found to have a pitot probe blocked by insect activity. The aircraft ...

BOMBARDIER Challenger 300 Model BD-100-1A10 aircraft [Docket No. FAA-2015-3140; Directorate Identifier 2015-NM-063-AD; Amendment 39-18385; AD 2016-02-05] — adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) ...

Pilot suspects static electricity in Citation X pitot failures Static electricity may cause pitot static probes to fail, according to a Cessna Citation X owner-pilot who survived a simultaneous ...

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Alternative Avionics in Waterford, Mich., has gained an STC for installation of upgraded air-data computers and pitot-static probes in the Hawker 700, a modification that the company said provides a ...

You'd probably shoo it away without a second thought, but a wasp that's recently called Australia home can pose a "significant risk" to passenger aircraft safety in Brisbane and beyond, research finds ...