I long ago lost track of the names and faces of the instructors who taught me how to properly trim an airplane, but their method was firmly imprinted. In that era of U.S. Air Force pilot training, if ...

The Boeing 737 Max crashes in 2018-19 illustrated that the initial reactions to unexpected aircraft motion must be exactly correct for the specific make and model of the aircraft. Credit: Boeing The ...

The Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed shortly after taking off from Jakarta on Oct. 29 activated an automatic trim system resulting from erroneous angle of attack (AOA) information and the pilots ...

Pending the latest fix, owners of aircraft affected by the potential Garmin GFC 500 runaway trim issue had to disable elevator pitch trim systems. Garmin has resolved "potential runaway pitch trim ...

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 10: The families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash of the Boeing 737 Max jet held a vigil in front of the US Department of Transportation headquarters in ...

A number of priorities must be observed to properly trim an aircraft. When the mission requires predominant use of the autopilot, the flight crew should assure that the aircraft is trimmed properly ...

Eastham Aviation, a Houston owner of a Hawker Beechcraft Premier 1A, filed a complaint against Hawker Beechcraft on January 19, asking for the manufacturer to take back the jet because of three ...