Did you know?(facts about flight)Phillips, Mike
1. Ignore it and carry on in your blissful ignorance of duct tape holding the wing of your aircraft together while flying. Or 2. Read about the awful things that happen on commercial flights, and go in with the knowledge of how awful the flight you're on really is (but possibl...
The average flight attendant in the U.S. earns about $30,000. The world’s first regular international airline service from London to Paris began in 1919, 16 years after the Wright brothers’ first flight. The longest continuous flight without landing ended onFebruary 7, 1959, in Las Vegas,...
23. In 2009, two Northwest Airlines pilots lost their licenses when they overshot their planned destination by 150 miles, only realizing their mistake when a flight attendant asked about landing. The pilots were both on their personal laptops and ignored inquiries from flight control for 90 minutes...
Learn about preflight and inflight tools such as Takeoff and Landing Performance, Glide Advisor, inflight alerts, ADS-B weather and traffic, and more. Special guest Richard McSpadden, Executive Director of AOPA Air Safety Institute joins us to provide insight on aviation trends and increasing ...
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7. Finally, if you're thirsty for something stronger than water and find yourself ordering a Bloody Mary, there's a good reason. You lose about a third of your taste buds in flight. Yep, that's why everything tastes different on a plane. However, the Bloody Mary's savory tomato flavo...
Cirrus had a controversial reputation early on, and to this day it’s the butt of some jokes. But it’s also the best selling piston airplane in the world for 20 years straight, a lone bright spot among small airplane companies who otherwise seem to be surviving on a few big flight sch...
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