Most people believe that the Grumman F-14 Tomcat was the final US Navy fighter aircraft to use traditional 'manual' flight controls that rely on mechanical assemblies. Both the Lockheed Martin F-35C ...

It’s the stuff of science fiction: walk out to your airplane, strap in, and, instead of a control wheel and assortment of dials and levers, you are presented with a slender device resembling an iPad.

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The fundamentals of flight have remained the same since the Wright brothers first left the ground, but nearly everything else has changed. Design standards have shifted from simple airframes to ...