How does an oxygen canister on an airplane work? How can heat generate oxygen? Why do those long white clouds form behind jets flying high overhead? How much fuel does an international plane use for a trip? How does an EPIRB distress radio work? How do they start jet engines on airplan...
resulting in a chock-to-chock, Block Time measurement. Fuel Used, though, is the actual block fuel-burn for each type of aircraft, but it does not include fuel reserves. The cruise altitude shown is that which is specified
How does an airplane turn in the air? How does it rise to a higher altitude or dive back toward the ground? First, let's consider the angle of attack, the angle that a wing (or airfoil) presents to oncoming air. The greater the angle of attack, the greater the lift. The smaller ...
Here's the steps to figuring out how your average daily energy needs to power an EV. Step 1. Determine how manykilowatt-hours your EV usesper mile. The EPA and US Department of Energy'sfueleconomy.govsite lists the estimated efficiency of all electric cars in kWh per 100 miles; simply ...
In a statement toCNBC Select, American Airlines said the latest increase was due to ongoing inflation and increased fuel and operating costs. Here's what you need to know about the new checked bag fees and how you can get around them. ...
An OBD/OBD2 scanner will read the codes, which can then point you towards which sensors or parts need replacing. However, it is important to keep in mind, that just because a part is reading bad on the computer, it doesn’t necessarily mean that part is bad. A broken or damaged wire...
An airplane costs around $300 million to build. So in this new model, in addition to paying for the crew’s time and fuel, airlines have to spend $300 million extra each flight to build a plane. How would that change things? First, there would be very few flights available—the schedu...
000 liters of fuel per year if it travels 160,000 kilometers at 40l/100km. At the current $1.32 per liter diesel price, the annual fuel expense for that truck is close to $85,000. You might save more than $40,000 annually if you agreed to accept backhauls for even half of ...
The crew then elected to land on the same runway but in the opposite direction – on runway 19. This was not much of an issue because the wind was very slight and the visibility was excellent. But when they returned for the fatal landing on 19 they touched down with no flaps and no ...
Launched in 2019 at the Paris Air Show, Airbus’ A321XLR (“Extra Long Range”) is an update of the A321neo, with more fuel capacity, increased efficiency, and other incremental improvements towards longer-haul flying. This equates to lower costs to fly routes that weren’t economically feas...