DULUTH, Minn & KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cirrus ® (Cirrus Aircraft Ltd.), today announced the fleet delivery of SR Series G7+ aircraft to Texas Southern University, the world’s first ...

A twin engine turboprop that lost its pilots to a sudden in flight emergency has become the first aircraft in history to complete a full emergency landing with no human input on the controls. The ...

Skyryse announced plans to introduce a universal emergency autoland capability for both fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft, activated by a single tap on a touchscreen. This autoland system is a core ...

A plane landed at Colorado's Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport without a pilot's help on Saturday in what appears to be the first real-world use of new safety technology. According to Garmin, their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A small plane landed itself safely at a Colorado airport in what marked the first-ever use of Garmin's Autoland system in an ...

General aviation is statistically less safe than commercial aviation because regulators hold airlines to a much higher standard. However, innovations are slowly being adopted to close the gap and make ...

On Oct. 31, Garmin rolled out its Garmin Autoland avionics system for general aviation aircraft to permit autonomous touch downs in emergencies. After Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has approved cutting-edge technology developed by Olathe-based Garmin that can automatically land a small airplane in an emergency. Piper Aircraft announced Monday ...

"Nearly 1,000 King Air operators now enjoy the capabilities that the G1000 upgrade has provided them. This announcement adds a direct pathway to Autothrottle and Autoland equipage for many of those ...