Accident investigators think icing of Pitot tubes used to determine aircraft air speed might have caused the crash of Air France flight 447 on 31 May 2009. Although journalists and others have talked ...

Investigators have determined that an Antonov An-124 aborted its take-off run from Leipzig, after protective covers were inadvertently left on the pitot-static tubes. The Antonov Airlines aircraft was ...

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One can notice a thin metre-long tube protruding from the nose of every aircraft, which is an air pressure measurement device and an essential component in the flight system. Efforts are on to develop ...

C&L Aerospace, a division of C&L Aviation Group, has signed an agreement with CSI to serve as a distributor for Saab 340 Pitot Static Tubes that have been overhauled to like-new-factory specs.

Ohio-based Aero-Instruments has received US FAA parts manufacturer approval (PMA) to market retrofit pitot probes for a large variety of Airbus aircraft, giving operators another provider to choose ...

A Civil Aviation Safety Authority airworthiness bulletin about wasp nest infestation has revealed the insects can build a nest capable of blocking a Pitot tube within just 20-minutes. A previous ...

When we hear the words “pitot tube,” we tend to think more of airplanes than of air ducts, but [Franci Kopač]’s guide to pitot tubes for makers shows that they can be a remarkably versatile tool for ...

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The thin metre-long tube protruding from the nose of every aircraft would be a thing of the past once the Photonic-based system is commercialised. The air pressure measurement device – Pitot-static ...