Roots apparel will be sported by everyone, from the cockpit crew to the mechanics.
The view from 30, 000 feet is different than what you see from the cockpit of a puddle jumper.
Natch, there will be plenty of live, emotive shots from the cockpit and via wing mounted cameras.
The Kers system stores energy that would otherwise be wasted as heat during braking, then reapplies it during acceleration to provide a boost in power, controlled from the cockpit by the driver.
In September, the NTSB recommended the FAA require large planes and other aircraft on which the wingtips are not easily visible from the cockpit to have cameras or other devices to monitor the wings.
As for revving up revenue, the company planned to wire its fleet with technology that would allow passengers to receive cell-phone signals and connect wirelessly to the Internet--without interfering with electronic transmissions to and from the cockpit.
In September the National Transportation Safety Board recommended the Federal Aviation Administration require large planes and other aircraft on which the wingtips are not easily visible from the cockpit to have cameras or other devices to monitor the wings.
Should any of you want to join along with Piccard and Borschberg as they fly across the country, you can hit the Solar Impulse Across America website to see a livestream from the cockpit, along with real-time altitude, air speed and battery status of the aircraft.
The source said the flames destroyed steering cables that run the length of the aircraft from below the cockpit and below the floor of the passenger cabin.
Pressing a function key will identify the nearest enemy air or ground target from inside the cockpit.
If you have ever driven a G-series Infiniti, you will know why I love the subtle humps on either side of the hood, a constant visual reminder that you are staring down something shapely from within the cockpit.
Camera angles and recordings from inside the cockpit bring out the noisy challenges of keeping a flighty 1, 100-pound chassis with the bucking kick of 800 horsepower pointed in the right direction.
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Over the following nine minutes, air traffic controllers frantically tried to make contact with the cockpit, from which only heavy breathing and electronic noises could be heard before the microphone finally went dead.
The Times of India reported the two flight attendants were in the cockpit on flight 133 from Bangkok to the Indian capital on April 12 for almost an hour and were sitting in the pilot and co-pilot's seat.
So, even though Congress ordered the FAA to issue a rule prohibiting airline flight crews from personal use of electronic devices in the cockpit in January of last year, no rule has been issued to date.
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The sounds of panic and violence were captured by the plane's cockpit recorder, which was recovered from the wreckage.
"I can remember very clearly being on airplanes in which the cockpit was separated from passengers by a curtain, " Eastlake said.
Under Honeywell's proposal, the cockpit crews would benefit from comparable "visual information and situational awareness they now have in the air, " according to Mr. Esposito.
S. (Global Vibration System) technology, allowing for the high-frequency vibrations from the motors to be felt not only on the wheel itself, but also throughout the cockpit's entire steering column and pedal set.
The Federal Aviation Administration approved the use of the tablets in 2011, but American is the first commercial carrier to receive the agency's approval to use them in the cockpit during all phases of flight from gate to gate, including during landing and takeoff.
Its jet engines and cockpit instruments are in strong demand from both the military and airlines.
In the past three decades, avionics have evolved from a cockpit full of individual dials to totally integrated digital panels.
Ferry was involved in a mid-air drama after Christmas this year when a man burst into the cockpit of a flight he was on from London to Nairobi, and attempted to seize the controls.
Bryan Ferry was caught up in a mid-air drama just after Christmas when a man burst into the cockpit of a flight he was on from London to Nairobi, and attempted to seize the controls.
His voluntary return to action at an age when he was too old to fly fighter planes and too fat to squeeze into the cockpit without difficulty marked his own escape from his planet B-612.
An airline security task force, made up of representatives from airlines, aircraft makers, pilots and flight attendants unions, recommended the cockpit door reinforcements.
Authorities said the cockpit and flight data recorders were recovered in excellent condition and information from both recorders was consistent with previous reports of the plane hitting a flock of birds before losing power in both engines.
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Senator Claire McCaskill is calling the FAA out on its authorization of pilots to use iPads in the cockpit and flight attendants to use devices of their own, while restricting passengers from reading books on e-readers -- "A flying copy of 'War and Peace' is more dangerous than a Kindle, " she told the Times.
The driver-focused cockpit offers an asymmetrical center stack, with critical driving functions separated from passenger comfort functions.
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The standard would significantly expand the FAA's so-called "sterile cockpit rule, " which prohibits pilots from engaging in non-flight-related conversations during take-offs and landings.
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