They´re usually taken for granted, as critical to aircraft operation as they are – the glass (which is actually not glass, as we´ll see later) that separates the comfortable...
23/01/2024
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aircraft design
Commercial aviation has of course undergone countless improvements since the first flight – in 1911, with just eleven passengers – in the areas of safety, aesthetics, design, and more....
18/12/2023
There are a number of elements in aircraft fuselages that may go unnoticed by non-experts but which are still extraordinarily important. A good example are the small structures out on the tips of their wings known as ¨winglets¨ and ¨sharklets¨. Designed to boost a plane´s aerodynamic efficiency (LINK) and flight range and reduce its fuel consumption, the most recognisable of these have the shape of a fin folded upwards, but there are some variations.
26/10/2023
Have you noticed that, for the most part, all commercial aircraft have a very similar shape? Despite design differences, the curvature and especially the wings, (which we will talk...
13/04/2023
What is Airbus' 'Airspace"? Here's a look at the aircraft maker's now iconic cabin-design concept and branding, and how it came about.
19/05/2022
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
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
In the previous edition we already introduced in a generic way the concepts and constraints that directly impacts the design of a passenger cabin. But considering a more technical frame, how is the interior designed?
16/11/2021
Did you know that the highest cost associated to a line-fit aircraft purchase corresponds to the engines? But whenever we board the aircraft… which is the first thing that...
06/10/2021
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