The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a proposed rule requiring operators to upgrade radio altimeters again as the ...

Mid-Continent Instruments has received TSO certification and started delivering two new instruments, the MD15 two-in. altimeter and the MD25 two-in. airspeed indicator. “The MD15 altimeter and MD25 ...

Barometric altimeters are most common, and measure altitude above sea level using atmospheric pressure. Modern commercial ...

Here is a neat project I found at Matjaž Vidmar’s Website. The purpose of this project was to design an accurate radio altimeter with a dual-channel (quadrature) homodyne receiver. This new design ...

Shadin Avionics introduced the latest member of its DARALT series of radar altimeter converters, which the manufacturer says will permit the installation of new radar ...

Daytime VFR flight legality depends on FAR 91.205, requiring specific functioning instruments (air speed indicator, altimeter, compass, etc.). A helpful mnemonic is "A TOMATO FLAMES" to remember them.

The potential for interference between 5G signals and the radio altimeters long used by pilots has divided the telecom and aviation industries. By Stephen Gandel A technological innovation that helped ...

When Duluth, Minn.-based Cirrus Design planned the cockpit for its piston-powered SR22, it sought a panel design that would bring familiarity and comfort to the general aviation (GA) pilot. In short, ...

Certain dial type cabin pressure altimeters can display dangerously misleading indications, the NTSB discovered in the course of several accident investigations. The Safety Board, in a letter to the ...

The project was designed to create an accurate radio altimeter with dual-channel homodyne receiver intended as a landing aid for small general-aviation aircraft equipped with synthesized-voice human ...