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 ...

Everyone involved with IAQ knows about the 1970s, when excess energy use became Public Enemy No. 1 for commercial building designers. Saving energy was the critical goal: Air leaks were being hunted ...

Every part of a fighter jet has a job to do. Even the tiny things that don't seem important at first, like that thin metal rod sticking out from the nose in jets like F-16, actually serve a purpose.

It's frightening if not ironic to think an invention from the early 1700s could have triggered a chain of events that brought down Air France Flight 447. Pitot tubes that today measure airspeed were ...

The thin metre-long tube protruding from the nose of every aircraft would be a thing of the past once the Photonic-based system is commercialised. The air pressure measurement device – Pitot-static ...

June 10 (Reuters) - Attention is focusing on the possibility that faulty speed sensors, or pitot tubes, were a factor in causing an Air France Airbus A330 to crash into the Atlantic Ocean last week.

A Civil Aviation Safety Authority airworthiness bulletin about wasp nest infestation has revealed the insects can build a nest capable of blocking a Pitot tube within just 20-minutes. A previous ...