Many passengers wonder whether turbulence is worse in the back of the plane. The aircraft's rear tends to experience more up-and-down motion, making turbulence feel more pronounced. This increased sensation is because the aircraft's tail swings more during turbulent conditions, leading to a ...
The party days ended with the 1973 fuel crisis, when virtually every 747 operator got rid of the lounge and replaced it with more seats for paying passengers. In announcing the change, a British Airways press release noted that the upstairs area was “currently used for a first-class lunge”...
Most pilots aren't looking to take their passengers for a spin though. They're too busy manning the flight instruments we'll talk about next. Flight Instruments Flight instruments help pilots keep an eye on conditions. Sami Sarkis/ Photographer's Choice RF/Getty Images To the untrained ey...
Most pilots aren't looking to take their passengers for a spin though. They're too busy manning the flight instruments we'll talk about next. Flight Instruments Flight instruments help pilots keep an eye on conditions. Sami Sarkis/ Photographer's Choice RF/Getty Images To the untrained ey...
Some 1,200 passengers, most of whom cannot connect to other flights, are in for a long and noisy day. 10.00pm Frankfurt still occupies everyone’s thoughts. Hoey says: “If we lose it to a diversion, it’s a long-haul aircraft we need for tonight, so we have to work out ...
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This means on landing passengers have to queue to go through passport control, and fill in the green US form explaining why they want to enter the country. Many imigration officials refuse to accept this unless you put down an address you are staying at in the US, even though you will ...
Let us now consider the relationship between wing loading and power. Does it take more power to fly more passengers and cargo? And, does loading affect stall speed? At a constant speed, if the wing loading is increased the vertical velocity must be increased to compensate. This is done by...
That’s a trend that’s been in place for some time, but airlines were probably slower at scaling these technologies out than many customers would like,” he says. Until these new technologies fully materialize, passengers returning to the air may have to make do with what’s already out...
The poll was taken after theDC crash, but before a Delta Air Lines planeflipped overduring a crash landing at the Toronto Pearson International Airport on February 17. For many passengers, the fact that pilots are locked behind the flight deck doors, and only appear as disembodied voices on ...