A plane landed at Colorado's Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport without a pilot's help on Saturday in what appears to be the first real-world use of new safety technology. According to Garmin, their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A small plane landed itself safely at a Colorado airport in what marked the first-ever use of Garmin's Autoland system in an ...

Garmin's Autoland system won the 2020 Robert J. Collier Trophy for its achievement as the world's first certified autonomous aircraft landing system. Autoland safely lands aircraft without human ...

Here’s a horror scenario for you: You’re flying in a small plane and suddenly the single pilot who knows how to fly passes out. In the movies, somebody would probably talk one of the passengers ...

Airplane safety is a significant concern for air travelers everywhere, whether they're on a major commercial airline or a private jet that can land just about anywhere. Though a safe landing is never ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has approved cutting-edge technology developed by Olathe-based Garmin that can automatically land a small airplane in an emergency. Piper Aircraft announced Monday ...

A twin engine turboprop that lost its pilots to a sudden in flight emergency has become the first aircraft in history to complete a full emergency landing with no human input on the controls. The ...

General aviation is statistically less safe than commercial aviation because regulators hold airlines to a much higher standard. However, innovations are slowly being adopted to close the gap and make ...