Accident investigators think icing of Pitot tubes used to determine aircraft air speed might have caused the crash of Air France flight 447 on 31 May 2009. Although journalists and others have talked ...
When we hear the words “pitot tube,” we tend to think more of airplanes than of air ducts, but [Franci Kopač]’s guide to pitot tubes for makers shows that they can be a remarkably versatile tool for ...