The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a proposed rule requiring operators to upgrade radio altimeters again as the ...

Skydiving is an extreme sport that takes a lot of courage. Every skydiver is equipped with technical gadgets to perform a successful jump. One important gadget includes a Digital Visual Altimeter (DVA ...

US aviation authorities proposed rules that could require airlines to spend billions of dollars replacing or updating ...

The National Transportation Safety Board identified a few key factors that may have contributed to last month’s midair collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional ...

Over three days of sometimes contentious hearings this week, the National Transportation Safety Board interrogated Federal Aviation Administration and Army officials about a list of things that went ...

Investigators probing the January midair collision of a passenger plane and an Army helicopter over Washington that killed 67 people found the chopper was flying higher than it should have been and ...

An aviation podcaster cites chilling data pointing to a possible cause of Greg Biffle’s December 18 plane crash.

True altitude, defined as the height above mean sea level (MSL), is crucial for pilots to maintain situational awareness, interpret geographical elevations, and safely avoid obstacles. It is primarily ...

As NASA's MESSENGER mission draws to a close, an on-board science instrument that mapped the surface of Mercury is helping the navigation team with the spacecraft's low-altitude passes. MESSENGER ...

Well, of the three you mention, I’ve never been too fond of Casio watches such as the Triple Sensor ($199; www.casio.com), one of their altimeter models. I find them overly laden with gimmicks, ...