Unambiguous procedures for installing angle-of-attack sensors on Yakovlev Superjet 100s are being developed after the fatal crash of a Gazpromavia aircraft – as well as an earlier incident ...

"Angle of Attack, Air France 447 and the Future of Aviation Safety" by Roger Rapoport and Shem Malmquist is now on sale from Curt Lewis Aviation Books.

The FAA has been actively promoting angle-of-attack (AoA) indication systems as a means of reducing general aviation loss of control (LOC) accidents for several years. An analysis of nearly 2,500 ...

WASHINGTON — In 2014, Lufthansa flight 1829 took off from Bilbao, Spain, and was ascending normally when the plane’s nose unexpectedly dropped. The plane — an Airbus A321 with 109 passengers ...

Icon’s AOA resembles a small airfoil that moves in relation to the aircraft’s angle of attack. It’s something Icon’s chief test pilot Brett Davenport calls an audacious move, ...

Angle of attack indicators are common in military aircraft, and there are some available for general aviation airplanes. But most civilian pilots are taught to use airspeed as the indicator of an ...

The FAA’s recent announcement that it is going to make the installation of angle-of-attack indicators in light general aviation airplanes as easy as possible is an incredible development. Why ...

"Angle Of Attack" chronicles the 100-year history of Naval aviation — from wobbly gliders and the shipboard landing in 1911 to modern supersonic jets and unmanned aerial vehicles. The two-hour ...

Going up or down are fundamental skills that are frequently neglected in a training regimen that concentrates on ...

A hitter's ideal attack angle rate is the percentage of his competitive swings that fall within the 5-20° attack angle range. Attack angle refers to the vertical direction that the sweet spot of the ...

Today, aviation experts say, the angle-of-attack sensor on Boeing jets will get fresh scrutiny after two Boeing 737 MAX airplanes crashed, in Ethiopia last week and in Indonesia in October.