Behind more than a few of the great feats carried out by humankind have been thinly veiled or downright frank races between countries to be the first to achieve...
30/04/2024
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aviation
Catastrophic climate change is undoubtedly one of the great challenges facing man, if not the greatest of all. The emission of greenhouse gases has caused unprecedented global warming which...
15/04/2024
Birds and aircraft share the skies, of course - and regrettably, sometimes they run into each other, a phenomenon which is known as birdstrikes - and which rarely end...
03/04/2024
We´ve already written a good deal about the new sustainable aviation biofuels, including how their increasing use is a huge plus not only for the environment, but also for...
25/03/2024
Also known by the beautiful nickname “solar glory”, the atmospheric phenomenon anthelion is a spectacular sight for those who´ve been fortunate enough to witness it. Its name coming from...
19/03/2024
As a commercial airline, in our blog we naturally focus heavily on commercial airliners. But here´s a quick primer on the bulk of the other types of planes plying...
04/03/2024
As with many other occupatings, there was a time when only men were in the cockpit. Even today, after more than a hundred years of aeronautical history, female pilots...
22/02/2024
Referred to as SAFs for short, this new class of aviation fuels – a mix derived from organic as well as synthetic sources – is the energy that will...
14/02/2024
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
Of all the issues related to aviation, how much fuel aircraft consume is one that´s especially sensitive today, for obvious reasons. Sustainability and reducing carbon footprint is an imperative...
29/12/2023
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