Automation surprise occurs when the plane acts unexpectedly, which can cause safety incidents and accidents.

It’s a legend immortalized in the 1964 flick “Fate is the Hunter”: An airline pilot is enjoying a coffee and accidentally spills the piping-hot liquid on the cockpit’s crucial electronic components.

The Twin Otter Classic 300, now with Garmin G1000NXi avionics. Credit: De Havilland Aircraft Business aircraft orders, deliveries and revenue continue to improve year over year despite the pressures ...

If you’ve ever wanted to get a close-up look in the cockpit of a World War II bomber or fighter, or the CIA’s M-21 Blackbird, then Lyle Jansma has an app for you. AeroCapture Images Cockpit 360 ...

Airbus Defence and Space has taken the wraps off its fighter cockpit of tomorrow that it's helping to develop as part of Europe's Enhanced Pilot Interfaces & Interactions for Fighter Cockpit (EPIIC) ...

From the outside, a modern aircraft cockpit appears as a seamless blend of glass displays, intuitive controls, and quiet automation. Yet behind that polished interface lies a dense web of systems, ...

Few working environments impose as many irritating problems as the aircraft cockpit. It is physically cramped but visually open, with as much window space as possible, since the point of being ...

The increasing complexity of modern aircraft avionics and high flying costs necessitate the use of simulators for pilots to maintain essential proficiency beyond basic flight skills. While highly ...