One of the first lessons a fledgling pilot training in a tricycle-gear aircraft learns is how to stay on the centerline ...

In this explanation video you'll learn how an aircraft is controlled with the help of great graphics, you'll understand the role of the control surfaces, primary and secondary. This is a really ...

CBS News reviewed dozens of reports dating back three decades about New York's LaGuardia Airport.

An onboard computer system relays those flight commands to the airplane's engine and control surfaces via an electronic fly-by-wire setup, automatically performing the desired maneuvers. The aircraft ...

Throughout the 20th century in particular, human transportation evolved in numerous major ways — both on the ground and miles above it. Cars became the norm, prompting the designation of roads and ...

For more than 60 years, military aircraft at the McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base have shared an air traffic control tower with commercial jets at McGhee Tyson Airport, and Guard leaders have ...