Because of their many redundancies, electronic fly-by-wire controls are actually far safer than traditional hydraulic ones. Any pilot who has ever done a pre-flight check on a Cessna or a Bonanza ...
In a recent letter, reader Capt. (ret.) J. Lepkovsky inaccurately impugns the safety record of fly-by-wire (FBW) aircraft (AW&ST Jan. 14, p. 8). With almost 25 years of in-service experience, the ...
l-r: Mike Dawber and Ian Hampson of FBW, joined by ARL’s founder, Simon Binyon Wigan-based FBW Engineering Services has acquired ARL Consulting in a move designed to take advantage of the acquired ...
Embraer has chosen to use a side-stick cockpit controller for the Legacy 450/500, but the throttles will be back-driven. Pictured is the 500 cockpit With its Legacy 450/500 executive jets, Embraer is ...
As the world’s first digital fly-by-wire (FBW) airliner, Airbus Industrie’s A320 was positioned to bring commercial flying and flight management into the 21st century when it was rolled out in 1987.
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