Aero-Instruments has recently made available its FAA PMA-approved Boeing 757 0851FJ-1-AI Pitot Probe. It is a direct replacement for the 0851FJ-1 or S232N911-2 pitot probes currently installed on all ...

Wizz Air UK has revised its return-to-service processes after an Airbus A321, whose crew aborted take-off at high speed, was found to have a pitot probe blocked by insect activity. The aircraft ...

The RAP is a rugged, lightweight, hand-held averaging Pitot probe. The probe works by measuring and averaging the velocity pressure across a duct so that the user does not have to survey the duct ...

A new study finds that invasive keyhole wasps at the Brisbane Airport were responsible for instances of fully blocked replica pitot probes -- vital instruments that measure airspeed. The results ...

Aero-Instruments of Cleveland, OH announced Tuesday that, after 18 months of rigorous testing and evaluation, the FAA has approved the company's 0851HL-AI Pitot Probe as a replacement part on Airbus S ...

New standards for pitot probes are expected to emerge from a working group being founded in the wake of June's fatal loss of an Air France Airbus A330 over the south Atlantic. Airbus is backing ...

The European Aviation Safety Agency plans to propose an Airworthiness Directive mandating that all Airbus A330/A340 aircraft currently fitted with Thales pitot probes must be fitted with at least two ...

Keyhole wasps like to build their nests in tiny holes, including the openings of devices used to measure the speed of aircraft. A recent investigation shows the problem is worse than we realized. On ...

UAV Factory’s heated Pitot-Static Tube is the lightest and most power efficient commercially available probe for small unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAV). Manufactured from carbon fiber and aircraft ...

The FAA on Sept. 3 immediately adopted an airworthiness directive requiring operators of Airbus A330- and A340-series aircraft to replace certain Thales pitot probes with Goodrich or new-design Thales ...

Over a period of 39 months, invasive keyhole wasps (Pachodynerus nasidens) at the Brisbane Airport were responsible for 93 instances of fully blocked replica pitot probes—vital instruments that ...