Bug Suspects On a recent training flight, I was teaching the student about flight at a slow airspeed when our electrical systems began to malfunction. At first the radios lights flickered, and I thought it might be a problem with Read More …
Is user error even possible? I believe there are two possible attitudes when it comes to user error. Either you believe it is possible for the user to make a mistake or you believe it is not possible for the Read More …
A select or other input is a great way to represent a list of common options but still give the user a chance to enter some other value entirely. It is a dropdown select field with options that provides a text Read More …
Several years ago, I was on a flight that taught me firsthand about the proper role of automation in our technology. We had been flying since early in the morning from Chester County Airport in Pennsylvania to Monterey Airport in Read More …
A heading bug is nothing like a software bug. It is a small pointer that rides inside of a plane’s heading indicator. You can move the bug with a knob to set it on a particular heading and it will stay Read More …