Even with all the signs and signals on the roads and motorways, all of us have at one time or another gotten lost whilst driving. It would be natural...
23/01/2014
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AvGeeks
You think your job is stressful? Imagine, for just a moment, being an air traffic controller. Have trouble imagining? We invite you to read this quick overview through to the...
17/01/2014
The answer is, quite simply, yes. There’s a direct correlation between the type and number of coats of paint covering an aircraft and both its weight and aerodynamics —...
07/01/2014
Recently, one of our pilots shared with us an account of a typical “day at the office,” and we thought you’d be interested to learn more about what life...
02/01/2014
It's that time of year again, with snow swirling and ice crusting all over the place. Anyone who’s flown into or out of cold climes in winter has no...
19/12/2013
If you fly with any frequency, a phrase heard over the public address system, “crew, slide arm and cross check” is likely to ring a bell. That “slide arm”...
12/12/2013
Being a “legacy airline” with a national identity can be a complicated business at times. We are of course extremely proud of our history and heritage as Spain’s first...
10/12/2013
As a fan of contraptions of various sorts, I'm always curious about the stuff other people carry around, and every once in a while I've shared a few shots of this...
05/12/2013
Can this really be a scale model of an airport? When watching it on video for the first time, you'd certainly be forgiven for thinking it's real, and you wouldn't be the first... or last.
28/11/2013
One of the first things we learn in school about geometry (more specifically, plane geometry) is that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Obvious, isn't...
28/10/2013
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