One that isn't so obvious to the average passenger is the reinforcement of the cockpit doors for the protection of the pilots. In the modern era, aircraft cockpit doors can withstand blasts from ...

Additional warbirds awaiting with open cockpits will include the Cold War sub-sonic marvel Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17; the beefy Fairchild C-123 Provider transport aircraft and the Cessna 337 ...

With decades of aircraft evolution, we can now look back at several features that were once considered important for safe ...

I step into the cockpit and greet the cockpit crew. Lowell Genzlinger is Aircraft Commander ... My boss, Jim McFadden, along for the ride today as an observer, walks over to join in the conversation.