Responding to the sharp increase in travellers, Boeing and NASA are developing a new kind of passenger airplane that will be able to carry 800 passengers per flight, which is about 160 more than a 747. The new blended-wing body, or "flying wing," design does away with the cigar-shaped ...
Delta Air Lines pays a junior First Officer $120 per hour. Flying a B777 forUnited Airlines, a senior Captain earns $352, and the junior First Officer $91. All factors matter, such as whether you fly a Boeing 747 or a Bombardier CRJ200. Experience also counts, such as whether you’ve...
How Do Airplanes Fly: Weight and Lift Every object on Earth has weight, a product of both gravity and mass. A Boeing 747-8 passenger airliner, for instance, has a maximum takeoff weight of 487.5 tons (442 metric tons), the force with which the weighty plane is drawn toward the Earth...
A KLM Boeing 747 lands at the airport, more or less in the eye of the storm. The winds are parallel to the runway. They’re too strong for an Ethiopian Airlines flight, which cancels its approach and diverts. Over the peaks of Lantau, the wind speed hits 172 kilometres per ...
This reality could be even closer than we imagine, as some Boeing and Airbus jets already take off, land and brake to a stop without human hands on the controls. Just as architects have already contributed to the notion of a technology-filled city with driverless vehicles, exemplified by BIG...
American Airlines Boeing 777 at London Heathrow A one-day pass costs $79 (subject to availability) and can be used in multiple locations if making stopovers on a single day. Adult guests are not permitted with a day pass (each adult needs to buy their own day-pass) – however up to ...
ARGUING THAT LIFE EVOLVED WITHOUT INTELLIGENT GUIDANCE, say the people who believe in “intelligent design theory,” is akin to arguing that a tornado hitting a junkyard could create a Boeing 747. So, I ask them, why does the 747 have an upstairs cabin? Because Boeing planned it that way,...
Although Southwest uses a high-speed Ku-band connection, the airline does block access to bandwidth-hungry websites and apps such as HBO GO, Netflix, and VoIP. Southwest Wi-Fi Fees Hot Tip:Learn more in ourguide to Southwest Airlines Wi-Fi and inflight entertainment!
world and this allows the student to attain a high level of 'situational awareness' (a phrase we'll examine more closely in a moment) during this crucial part of the training process. It’s not all about flying an aeroplane, we need to be aware of what is going on around us as well...
When the first of the type – registered as N7771 – was unveiled 20 years ago, a Boeing leadership team including such still-familiar names as Alan Mulally, Phil Condit and Mike Bair could not know how successful the 777 would become, but there were high hopes. Condit, who in less than...