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The Last Plane In America With A Flight Engineer
Today, aircraft typically only require two flight crew: the pilot and the co-pilot. But this was not always the case. Before the development of more sophisticated microprocessors and computers, ...
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Are Flight Engineers Still Used?
A flight engineer (FE) is a member of the flight crew who is responsible for monitoring and operating the aircraft's complex systems. Their role is to monitor and manage the aircraft's engines and ...
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Pentagon-backed X-65 jet with 537 mph top speed moves closer to first flight
Aurora Flight Sciences has taken a major step forward in its experimental aircraft program, ...
As an aeronautics grad student at MIT in the 2010s, Brian Yutko was obsessed. He’d work deep into the night mining “black box” data and destination codes buried in antiquated computer languages like ...
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