Then there are things like checklists to catch omitted actions. On modern Boeing and Airbus, these are electronic so they will warn the pilot if not completed or if any items on it have not been completed. So the chances of the pilots just forgetting and not realizing are, thankfully, lo...
Col. George Nelson, USAF commented that had United 93 crashed in Shanksville, “there would have [been] literally hundreds of serially-controlled time-change parts within the hole that would have proved beyond any shadow of doubt the precise tail-number or identity of the aircraft.”“This cras...
The United States seems to have stagnated in recent years. Renewable energy sources such as solar panels, wind turbines, and hybrid power plants have taken on major importance due to concerns about global warming and the depletion of conventional natural resources. In addition, the reliance on lar...
In a highly unusual move, Spirit announced plans to cut its October-through-December schedule by nearly 20%, compared with the same period last year. The airline also has had to ground dozens of its Airbus jets due to required repairs to Pratt & Whitney engines. A reduced ...
Even if everyone stops eating oil, the saved bio fuel can only meet 50% of the aviation industry's needs. The recycling system for gutter oil raw materials in China is not yet perfect, with a 5.6% recovery rate only one seventh that of the United States. Moreover, due to different die...
‘With the A321 now, we can fly from the East Coast of the United States into Europe, but we can’t really go deep into Europe. We can’t go to Rome. So Airbus, can you do something to give us another 500 nautical miles?’” The company responded, he says, with a new fuel ...
The initially envisioned role of a high-altitude long-range bomber was questioned over the next decade. In 1960, a U-2 spy plane operating for the United States was shot down over the Soviet Union, causing a diplomatic incident and highlighting the technological advances of Soviet air defense ...
aBEIJING — In a sign that China’s political season is heating up, reports circulated widely on Wednesday that one of the country’s most famous crime fighters had tried to defect to the United States 北京-在标志中国的政治季节加热在一个国家的最著名的罪行战斗机设法投奔对美国的星期三,报告广泛...
“Boeing has been waxing eloquent about how impressive their widebody product line is. Well actually it looks like a bit of a dog’s breakfast to me,” says Airbus chief operating officer for customers John Leahy. “If they’ve got the sweet spot in the market, there are an awful...
we use knots (nautical miles per hour) instead of statute miles per hour, but at higher altitudes speed is measured in relation to the speed of sound, or Mach number. Kilograms are used for weight in Canada, but in the United States it is pounds. Fuel is either in litres, imperial gal...