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 ...

During World War II, German test pilots were given a rare chance to fly a captured American P-51 Mustang. The aircraft was repaired, repainted, and flown across Germany so frontline pilots could ...

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, ...

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.