A study by the German pilot's union found that a large majority of commercial aviators in the country nap while on the job. Vereinigung Cockpit (the Cockpit Association) surveyed more than 900 pilots, ...

A recent survey by the German pilots’ union, Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), reveals that widespread in-flight napping is a common practice among German pilots. The survey collected responses from more than ...

In the smoke-filled skies of World War II, two German pilots changed how battles were fought above the clouds. They were not merely aces; they were innovators who transformed air tactics through ...

We turn now to Jim Phillips. He's the director for international affairs of the German Pilots Association. He joins us from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport ahead of a flight. Welcome to the program. JIM ...

Such a system was urgently needed because German pilots who flew against night raids by British bombers were being lost less to enemy fire than to accidents trying to land on blacked-out airfields.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection, a part of the larger A. M. Phillips collection, contains 76 photographs of German World War I pilots. The photographs are of ...