An aircraft’s VOR antenna picks up these signals and transfers them to the receiver in the flight deck. The VOR receiver compares the difference between the variable and reference phases to dete ...

In the context of a hypersonic aircraft, a protruding antenna requires extra heat shielding, whereas an antenna that integrates with the shape of the fuselage could withstand both heat and hypersonic ...

helicopters," it said. The aircraft preparing to take off also had a faulty antenna. In the run-up to the collision, a call from the arriving helicopter was either not received or not heard by the ...