Read in full: Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer’s call to air traffic control

On September 11, 2001, four al Qaeda terrorists hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 shortly after it departed Newark ...
Interesting Engineering

China’s J-50 fighter could take flight controls if pilots pass out, fly without GPS

Researchers tied to China’s J-50 program are exploring fighters that could fly themselves after pilot incapacitation.
gizmodo

Replace Your Flightstick With This Bizarre Flight Sim Controller

Although most modern controllers are designed to be as multi-purpose as possible, so they can be used to play a wide range of games, there are some genres, like racing or fighting, that are often more ...

Bipartisan FLIGHT DECK Act introduced to give controllers a pilot's-eye view

Three members of Congress have introduced the "Flight Logistics Initiative to Gain Heightened Travel Data and Enhance Communication Knowledge" or "FLIGHT DECK" Act. According to ...
sUAS News

Blue Robotics – Navigator Flight Controller

The Navigator is an ROV and robotics flight controller for the Raspberry Pi 4. It has an onboard IMU, compass, barometer, and ADC sensors as well as 16 PWM outputs and numerous serial and I 2 C ...

Phoenix air traffic controller saves day when 2 American Airlines flights with same call number converge: "Pretty incredible"

An air traffic controller's quick thinking helped avert a dangerous situation when two jets, one landing in Phoenix and the other simultaneously taking off, shared the same flight number and radio ...
Flightglobal

Flight-control issue prompts NASA and Lockheed to move X-59 back inside for troubleshooting

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin are evaluating a newly discovered flight-control problem with the agency’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator jet, and have moved the aircraft back inside for evaluation.
Geeky Gadgets

UAV flight controller using Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4

If you are interested in building vehicles either land-based or airborne using a Raspberry Pi you might be interested in a new article by Bryan Cockfield over on the Hackaday website explaining more ...
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UK air traffic control outage: Military aircraft flight plan reportedly triggered NATS meltdown, grounding 2,000+ flights across Britain

India, Sept. 12 -- A single military flight plan may have brought Britain's aviation network to a standstill this week, ...
Hackaday

UAV Flight Controller Saves Weight

When building autonomous airborne vehicles like drones or UAVs, saving a little bit of weight goes a long way, literally. Every gram saved means less energy needed to keep the aircraft aloft and ...