[Ken] recently obtained an attitude indicator—sometimes called an artificial horizon—from an F-4 fighter jet. Unlike some indicators, the F-4’s can rotate to show pitch, roll, and yaw, so it moves in ...

Garmin's G5 electronic flight display has received FAA approval (STC) for 562 Part 23-certified aircraft, allowing it to replace unreliable vacuum-driven and gyroscopic instruments. The 3.5-inch unit ...

Aviation instruments are highly interesting pieces of engineering, and it is quite satisfying to watch the often over-engineered mechanisms behind them. If you are into that sort of thing it is ...