NASA turbulence detection system to fly on passenger jet

A NASA-developed system for automatically alerting pilots to potentially dangerous turbulence will make its first evaluation flights on a commercial airliner this summer, NASA announced June 8. The Turbulence Prediction and Warning System (TPAWS) airborne radar is designed to give flight crews...

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