Failures of the pitot-static system, though rare, are extremely dangerous and often receive insufficient training emphasis compared to gyro instrument failures. The tragic Boeing 757 crash ...

Piston-powered aircraft are critically vulnerable to primary gyro instrument failure, a risk that has led to fatal accidents even for experienced pilots in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC).

The next time you're on a plane, here's something to take your mind off the unhappy baby in row 34 or the food cart that just ran over your foot–gyros! Used for inertial navigation and basic input to ...