Piston-powered aircraft are critically vulnerable to primary gyro instrument failure, a risk that has led to fatal accidents even for experienced pilots in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC).

Many traditional flight instruments, such as the Attitude Indicator and Heading Indicator, rely on engine-driven vacuum pumps (either dry or wet types) to spin their internal gyroscopes, with a ...

Robin Taviner of Macon, Ga., flies small planes. He loves to listen to the aircraft gyros wind down after a flight. The reassuring sound reminds him of what a great time he just had in the air. We're ...

The next time you're on a plane, here's something to take your mind off the unhappy baby in row 34 or the food cart that just ran over your foot–gyros! Used for inertial navigation and basic input to ...