AOPA SafetyPublications/Articles March 2012 Volume 55 / Number 3 By Bruce Landsberg, March, 2012 Sorry to say that at this late date, we’re still occasionally attempting to stay aloft on low-octane air—and just about the time you think you’ve heard it all, there’s a different twist. This winter there was a news story about westbound […]
By NICK BILTON, New York Times, May 15,2013 An article on the Bloomberg News Web site on Wednesday noted an airline pilot’s claim that an iPhone could interfere with a plane’s compasses during takeoff and landing. But the report cited in the article isn’t based on scientific research. It was merely one pilot’s speculation. The pilot […]