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Glass or electro-clockwork – which is safer?
11 March 2010 – 9:39 am | No Comment

The US National Transportation Safety Board has adopted a study concluding that single engine aircraft with glass cockpits had no better overall safety record than aircraft with conventional instrumentation.

The warning comes as nearly all newly manufactured piston-powered light aircraft are equipped with digital primary flight displays.  And the number of older aircraft being retrofitted with these systems continues to grow.