One strategy for reducing total delay cost is to optimize the flight schedule. The SIMMOD software developed by FAA can be used to build simulation model for the multi-airport system. Based on the ...

Orbiter is a spaceflight simulator based on Newtonian mechanics ... Instead, you will get a pretty good idea about what is involved in real space flight – how to plan an ascent into orbit, how to ...

Despite making five attempts to re-enter the cockpit using the security code, the captain was initially unable to regain access. A flight attendant also tried to contact the first officer via intercom ...

A few months ago, I completed a set of upgrades to my home flight simulator cockpit that I chronicled in FLYING issues 952 and 953 titled “Build Your Best Sim” (Parts 1 and 2). In February’s ...

Join me as I document my journey to becoming an airline pilot! This video captures my first solo flight in the Diamond 40, made during my integrated flight training in 2012. I flew from Falcon ...

Citi is a TPG advertising partner. Many major airlines have realistic flight simulators on their campuses that they use to train pilots. These simulators are usually fully booked around the clock for ...

Astonishing footage shows an American Airlines passenger being restrained by airline staff after she tried storming the aircraft's cockpit. The incident happened aboard American Airlines Flight ...

An El Al flight from New York sucessfully landed in Tel Aviv on Thursday despite a crack being discovered on the cockpit window during the flight. The flight crew contacted aviation engineers via ...