While the position isn't quite as common as it used to be, a professional flight engineer is the third member of the flight crew of large commercial aircraft. In a three-member crew, the pilot is ...

Question: There's the captain, the first officer and the flight engineer. What does the flight engineer do? -- submitted by reader Justinian, Monterey, Calif. Answer: Flight engineers are responsible ...

Sai Ravuru was first inspired to pursue a career in aviation by the film Star Wars, when he watched the spaceships take off and land automatically. He is the first ever flight operations performance ...

Today, aircraft typically only require two flight crew: the pilot and the co-pilot. But this was not always the case. Before the development of more sophisticated microprocessors and computers, ...

An integrated approach of digital engineering and flight test is paramount to rapid success as we move forward into the emerging era of hypersonic flight. While digital engineering techniques and ...

The TWA terminal was the architectural high point at Kennedy airport — and dream city for young aircrew. Courtesy Allwaysny At last, I looked like the airline pilot I had long planned to be, striding ...

Passionate about aircraft and flight, doctoral candidate Ahmed Elgohary chose the University of Cincinnati to further his education in aerospace engineering. Part of the Modeling, Dynamics, and ...