Experienced Icon pilots don’t really know those speeds—or care. They just approach at the angle of attack that puts the little wing on the white line marked “approach.” ...

Angle-of-attack sensors have been flagged as having problems more than 50 times on U.S. commercial airplanes over the past five years, although no accidents have occurred over millions of miles ...

French investigation agency Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses has disclosed that the crew of AF447 maintained nose-up input despite the onset of a stall, but has yet to determine the reason or reach ...

What Is Critical About AOA? Source: FAA At low Angles of Attack, the airflow over the top of the wing flows smoothly and produces lift with a relatively small amount of drag. As the AOA increases ...

Angle-of-attack information is critical to avoiding the onset of stall conditions. Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee has indicated that the ill-fated flight “experienced ...

1 of 2 | A worker is seen inside a Boeing 737 MAX 9 at the Renton plant. The circular sensor seen at bottom right measures the plane’s angle of attack, the angle between the airflow and the wing ...

Boeing & Aerospace Business FAA cautions airlines on maintenance of sensors that were key to 737 MAX crashes Aug. 20, 2019 at 1:00 pm Updated Aug. 20, 2019 at 5:02 pm By Dominic Gates ...

Safe Flight Instrument has been chosen by Textron Aviation to provide its Stall Warning/Angle of Attack (AoA) System on the Cessna SkyCourier. The system consists of a mounted wing lift transducer ...