Pressure altitude is defined as an aircraft's height above the standard datum plane, representing the altitude an altimeter would show if set to the standard pressure of 29.92 inHg. It is crucial for ...

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The thing is, all altimeters work off barometric pressure. That’s how the gadgets know you’re going up or down changing air pressure as you ascend or descend pushes in or pulls out a tiny membrane ...

Czech investigators have disclosed that a Boeing 737 crew levelled the aircraft at a low height on approach to Marsa Matruh airport in Egypt, after descending on final approach with an incorrect ...

A three-day National Transportation Safety Board hearing about the collision of a flight from Wichita, Kan., and a U.S. Army helicopter dug into problems with altimeters, chopper routes and busy ...

Details are slowly starting to leak out about the next smartwatch from Samsung, rumor has it that the device will be called the Gear S3 and it will be round like the version before. The new smartwatch ...