Then in the 1970s they began to redomain aircraft control digitally in a new technology-plural called fly-by-wire.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nature of Technology] Reference

COOPER: So fly-by-wire, I'm sorry, what does that mean?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2009] Reference

All modern fly-by-wire aircraft are piloted through computers.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Best to Access the ISS-and LEO? - NASA Watch] Reference

New fly-by-wire systems are a problem for both the CH-148 and NH-90.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crap hits Cyclone's rotor! Opening for AugustaWestland?] Reference

The newer "fly-by-wire" systems are lighter and require less maintenance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Disappearance Triggers Many Questions, but Few Answers] Reference

This airplane is a fly-by-wire airplane, so it actually flies on computers.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2009] Reference

It's called the electric jet, if you will, because it is a fly-by-wire system.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2002] Reference

The trouble is our control system is “fly-by-wire” as opposed to direct control.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Health Care Reform and Slippery Slopes:] Reference

Derived from the Air Force version it is a longitudinally unstable fly-by-wire aircraft.    From Wordnik.com.  [India's Light Combat Aircraft] Reference

Airbus was the first producer of commercial aircraft to make its planes all fly-by-wire.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mother Load] Reference

And the fly-by-wire control system has a bunch of hidden, unstable equilibrium points init.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Health Care Reform and Slippery Slopes:] Reference

And that is because this is a fly-by-wire system in the Airbus 330, this kind of plane that has gone down.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2009] Reference

Update: More on the Cyclone fly-by-wire issue as the possible reason for the delay. posted by Mark, Ottawa at 2:48 PM.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cyclones: It's all Jean's fault/New maritime patrol aircraft] Reference

PHILLIPS: Jim, I was reading that this is the first airliner to take full advantage of the fly-by-wire flight controls.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Gulf Air Flight 072 Crashes Just East of Saudi Arabia - August 23, 2000] Reference

So imagine a lightning strike in a situation like that and the possibility of electrical failure in a fly-by-wire system.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2005] Reference

The drive-by-wire system, which is derived from airplanes "fly-by-wire" systems, are susceptible to the same interference.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman dies in speeding Toyota] Reference

To make a flying wing with no vertical control surfaces sufficiently stable, you really need computer control and fly-by-wire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northrop Builds a Horten] Reference

The shuttle orbiters are fly-by-wire machines with computer inputs, downlinked telemetry and lots of oversight from mission control.    From Wordnik.com.  [Downplaying Internal Doubts About Ares - NASA Watch] Reference

Uppestdate: The fly-by-wire system in the military version of the aircraft may be a major problem. posted by Mark, Ottawa at 3:40 PM.    From Wordnik.com.  [Holy no Cyclones! But we're world class at...] Reference

And because of this computerized fly-by-wire system in it, the only effect of ailing an engine in flight was a minor yaw to one side.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Gulf Air Jet Crashes off Coast of Bahrain - August 23, 2000] Reference

Automated fly-by-wire controls are reliable and precise, permitting nimble maneuvers amid obstructions and landings on uneven terrain.    From Wordnik.com.  [First it Was Flying Cars..Now Its Flying Ambulances | Impact Lab] Reference

Yes, the A320 has fly-by-wire electronic flight controls, just as it has had since introduction, that technology has not been dropped.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Flight 1549, With Age Came Wisdom - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Honeywell to provide flight control fly-by-wire for Chinese COMAC's.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Actor Danny Glover Shares his Candid Mother's Day Memories with Fathers' Rights Attorney Jeffery Leving on 106.3FM] Reference

Airbus jets, which feature fly-by-wire, the computer flies the plane.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forbes.com: News] Reference

The fly-by-wire system also does a lot of the pilot's thinking for him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Science] Reference

And, like the airplane fly-by-wire servers, you have a MUCH better answer.    From Wordnik.com.  [RealClimate] Reference

(COMAC) as the fly-by-wire flight control system provider for the new C919.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Actor Danny Glover Shares his Candid Mother's Day Memories with Fathers' Rights Attorney Jeffery Leving on 106.3FM] Reference

The Shuttle was among the first flying vehicles to use fly-by-wire electronics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fast Company] Reference

The pilot has excellent flight control of the F-16 through its "fly-by-wire" system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

For pilots, the C919 will have basically the same fly-by-wire flight control system as.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forbes.com: News] Reference

If you don't understand what fly-by-wire technology does, or is, this book explains all.    From Wordnik.com.  [London Review of Books] Reference

The fly-by-wire throttle system is modified to give better control of air intake volume.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

This may finally put to rest the theory that cables are "more failsafe" than fly-by-wire.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Truth About Cars] Reference

The aircraft/aerospace versions of these systems is commonly referred to as "fly-by-wire".    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

It is based on a stretched A300-600 fuselage but with new wings, stabilisers and fly-by-wire systems.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Emirates has rounded off a series of European route launches by starting flights to Madrid] Reference

Your doorknob doesn't double as a volume control for your stereo, though in today's fly-by-wire world, it can.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orange Cone] Reference

Using fly-by-wire, Airbus is able to create nearly identical "feel" for a pilot regardless of which Airbus he is flying.    From Wordnik.com.  [IAGblog] Reference

(This reliability led NASA to later use the computer to control the first digital fly-by-wire aircraft without any mechanical back-up.).    From Wordnik.com.  [News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio] Reference