The FAA plans to have a system whereby each aircraft in free flight has a satellite-linked probe that tells the pilot if another aircraft is within 20 miles.
An aircraft pilot has said he is "seriously concerned" for the safety of low-flying aircraft if a wind farm is built near Bristol.
The aircraft pilot warned UKBA staff the crates of ammunition were explosive and should not be examined, the HSE said.
Mr Ball, a former aircraft pilot, decided to stand for the election because he believed there was an intention to slant commissioner elections heavily in favour of party political candidates.
"There is only one pilot on the aircraft and if he is temporarily disorientatde he could lose sight of where we're going and the worst case scenario would be the aircraft would have come down, " he added.
Similarly, the origins of the microwave oven (an offshoot of radar), the folding baby buggy (the brainchild of a test-pilot inspired by aircraft landing gear) and traffic lights (one of the first of which exploded outside the Houses of Parliament) are not widely known.
To maintain profitability, flight schools focused on well-maintained used aircraft as pilot training alternatives.
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The "pilot" controls the aircraft at a safe distance, directing the machine to hover over the water where whales are surfacing.
Everything the pilot needs is available at the touch of a button, which is something especially important for an aircraft approved for single pilot operations.
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Reuters quoted an unnamed security official as saying the pilot had ejected from the aircraft.
The big bar below the grid of buttons disengages the autopilot and gives the pilot full control of the aircraft.
The funeral of a pilot who died when his aircraft hit a crane in Vauxhall has been held in his hometown.
The aircraft's pilot and navigator were found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter, even though the military admitted the plane had been flying lower and faster than authorized.
Despite significant damage to the U.S. aircraft, its pilot was able to make an emergency landing on the Chinese island of Hainan, where the crew and plane have been detained since the April 1 collision.
Unlike other aircraft where the pilot's controls are manually attached to the flaps and rudders, Airbus 330 airliners are equipped with a "fly by wire" system that sends electronic signals from an onboard computer to move key control surfaces.
This point has been noted repeatedly by the Government Accountability Office, a watchdog agency, and explains why items like aircraft modifications, pilot training and information systems are captured in the F-35 cost estimates but not in the support-cost estimates for previous planes.
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The aircraft maintains the air-to-air combat ability of the main F-15 fighter as the pilot can detect and fire at other aircraft.
The helicopter's pilot and a nurse onboard the aircraft were killed in the crash.
The GPWS warns the pilot when it detects that the aircraft may hit the ground.
As the Greyhound drops toward the 1, 100-foot deck of the aircraft carrier, the pilot throttles up to 150 miles an hour.
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He said there were no arms on board the aircraft or on the pilot but added that the intentions of Mr Nicolian was unclear.
"We saw a drone, a drone aircraft, " the pilot can be heard telling air traffic controllers on radio calls captured by the website LiveATC.net.
DOHA, Qatar (CNN) -- The pilot and co-pilot aboard the British Tornado GR4 aircraft that was shot down by a U.S. Patriot missile are dead, London's Defense Ministry has said.
It also includes times when a pilot requested law enforcement to meet the aircraft because of an unruly passenger.
After Cessna demonstration pilot John Reimer walked us around the aircraft, we climbed aboard and I slid into the captain's seat.
Cessna, Piper and a new company called Cirrus, began building training aircraft again, and student pilot starts, which had eroded significantly, showed signs of growth.
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"It is not standard practice or recommended procedure for a single pilot to read newspapers while operating an aircraft, " a spokesman for the trade group says.
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He refused, so they struck a bargain: The new chief executive could keep commuting by air as long as he flew a company aircraft with a co-pilot.
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But whereas existing equipment must be left behind if the aircraft goes down and the pilot becomes separated -- now they can take the technology on the hoof.
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