3/15/14

How Smart Engines, New Data Strips, And A $40 Billion GPS System Are Making Air Travel Safer

Source: The mysterious disappearance of Flight 370 has reignited public interest in airplane safety--and in the technology that keeps aluminum tubes safely flying through the skies at hundreds of miles per hour. As with many other things, there's a burgeoning cottage industry in aviation safety that even has its own trade shows (headline speaker: astronaut Chris Hadfield).