Being an airline pilot is highly rewarding, but their training is also highly demanding - and furthermore, it never ends!
21/04/2022
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When we think of the many professionals who staff an airport, a number come readily to mind, including flight attendants, pilots, air traffic controllers, and ground personnel. But there's...
14/04/2022
First and foremost, unsprprisingly, aircraft lights are used to improve visibility, since being seen significantly improves the safety of a form of transport that is already the world's safest.
07/04/2022
Mood lighting carefully coordinates the "temperatures" and intensity of colours throughout a flight to contribute to passengers' sense of well being and especially to adapt their circadian rhythms to rapid time-zone changes
24/03/2022
One eternal challenge for menu designers is the fact that high altitudes suppress the functioning of the taste buds and thus our enjoyment of inflight meals.
17/03/2022
Much has been written about this small device that all commercial aircraft have been incorporating for more than half a century, and little wonder: 'black boxes' are essential in order to identify the causes of an accident.
10/03/2022
The most modern commercial aircraft contain large amounts of carbon which is, like the carbon in diamonds, subjected to elevated temperatures and temperature levels,
03/03/2022
Beginning in the 1920s, Spain, was part of the 'aviation fever' of flying's early 'golden age', and proof of this was a series of daring and legendary expeditions by Spanish aviators.
24/02/2022
No, this has nothing to do with barmy, dangerous conspiracy theories, but rather with the rarefied language of aircraft communications.
10/02/2022
There are some misconceptions out there about cargo holds, especially thanks to how they've been portrayed in some movies. But most of what you see on the big screen is inaccurate.
03/02/2022
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