Max crew duty and captain’s discretion
The flight crew members have to get 10-hours of rest time every 24 hours. The...
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Marwa Ahmed Where Does The Crew Sleep on Flights?
On flights lasting several hours, the flight crew on the plane, just like the passengers,...
Daniel Luo When a plane dies, where does it go? The fate of graveyard planes
Just like everything in life, airplanes also have their own ages. They retire and they...
Why Windows Should be Opened During Take-Offs and Landings?
It’s the flight attendant’s typical request that you’ll hear while landing and taking off. Having...
Why Doesn’t The Boeing 737 Have Landing Gear Doors?
The main landing gear wheels in the Boeing 737s sit uncovered after folding into their...
Osman Jamil Can UV Rays From Flying Hurt You?
When you are souring miles above the surface of the Earth without any cloud cover...
The Winglets: What are they for?
The jet age which started in the 1950s has marked many transformations in the aviation...
Aviation for Aviators TRANSONIC TRUSS-BRACED WING
Based on aerodynamics and fuel efficiency design. Nasa and Boeing are studying a concept design...
Ballistic Aircraft Parachute
Also known as emergency ballistic reserve parachute, a parachute system within the aircraft systems. And...
The only person able to fly
23 May 1848, Anklam Prussia, born and raised with his siblings, worked together on technical,...
What Does Airworthiness Mean?
A word that gathers a lot of conditions that an aircraft must meet. An official...
Why Don’t Airplanes Fly Over Tibet?
Aeronautics has progressed to the point where we can now fly at double the speed...
Aerospace Medicine
Have you ever wondered about the possibility of suffering trauma or a pathology while flying?...
Why Airlines are Converting Passenger Jets to Freighters?
The growth of air cargo, especially for e-commerce, implies a need for more than 1,500...
The Puffin: A Personal Aircraft
It is “personal” because it has a crew capacity of one, only one person who...
Winglets-Just a Design Feature? What’s More?
Ever look out the window and wonder why some airplanes have pointy/upward-pointing bits at the...
COFFIN CORNER- When the aircraft’s stall speed meets the critical Mach number
In aviation, coffin corner (or Q corner) refers to the point at which the Flight...
Convertiplane
As the name stands for a plane that converts, but exactly in what? First of...
How Do Planes Stop on Landing?
” 50..40..30….10…RETAAAAAARD” !!! Sounds familiar? Not unless you’re a pilot/ have been in the cockpit...
Birds Fly in Formation. Soon Would Airliners! Read on to Know Why
WHY DO BIRDS FLY IN FORMATION? First, it conserves their energy. Each bird flies slightly...