Pilots must trust their instruments in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) and be vigilant in detecting actual instrument failures, as personal experience shows how easily senses can be misled ...

One pitot/static failure mode, involves a blocked pitot tube but an open drain hole. In this scenario, the airspeed indicator shows zero, since the rest of the system is open to static pressure. As ...

The new ADTS500 Series from the Druck product line of GE Measurement & Control introduces Bluetooth® technology with a remote touch/swipe screen, hand terminal to provide an easy-to-use, compliant, ...

AvionTEq, a leading global provider of avionics test solutions & support equipment for aircraft maintenance, today announced that it has expanded its range of pitot static test sets for both aircraft ...

Investigators have determined that a Transavia Boeing 737-700 brought out of storage during the pandemic departed Rotterdam without its pitot-static pressure lines being connected to their air-data ...

An Air Data Test Set (ADTS) or Pitot Static Tester is a piece of equipment used to test aircraft flight instruments while the aircraft is on the ground. Many instruments in an aircraft’s cockpit are ...

Ohio-based Aero-Instruments has received US FAA parts manufacturer approval (PMA) to market retrofit pitot probes for a large variety of Airbus aircraft, giving operators another provider to choose ...