while others are interested in miles & points becausethey love airplanes. I know there are plenty of people who are very frequent flyers but can barely tell the difference between an Airbus A380 and Boeing 747.
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Drop a stone into the ocean and it will sink into the deep. Chuck a stone off the side of a mountain and it will plummet as well. Sure, steel ships can float and even very heavy airplanes can fly, but to achieve flight, you have to exploit the four basic aerodynamic forces: lift, ...
While the purchase price of these airplanes might be large, it’s nothing compared to the operating expenses. To own one of the bigger planes on this list, you’ll need a full-time staff of pilots, cabin crew, and probably an aircraft manager to do scheduling and maintenance planning. Par...
As the name suggests, you’ll need amulti-engine ratingto fly airplanes with more than one engine. Since airlines all fly jets with more than one engine you’ll need this rating along with a decent number of hours. Holding a multi-engine rating is a commercial pilot requirement for pretty...
Ku-Band speed is an improvement on ATG connections at around 30 to 40 Mbps; however, signals from satellites are shared with other airplanes so bandwidth reduction may occur depending on airspace concentration. Although it’s not the fastest Wi-Fi available, it is the most consistent, with hu...
One way to understand modern jet engines is to compare them with the piston engines used in early airplanes, which are very similar to the ones still used in cars.A piston engine (also called a reciprocating engine, because the pistons move back and forth or "reciprocate") makes its power...
OEB/FSB for Boeing Airplanes and how this applies to Command training OEM responsibilities - (PPT)OEB/FSB Type Rating Training considers Safe Operation including Crew Cooperation, but is not Command Training; Separation between Technical and Non-Technical skills is not supported by OEM. They are ...
En route to this nozzle, the exhaust also shoots through a turbine connected to the rotors by a torque shaft. As the turbine spins, it transfers energy to the compressor blades in front, completing the cycle. In airplanes with turboprops or helicopters with turboshaft engines, the turbines ...
Another spotter trick is learning how to identify Airbus from Boeing airliners. They both share similar configurations—long white tube, big engines—but they have distinctions that can help you tell them apart. One is the cockpit windscreen, which in a Boeing tends to have a downward-pointing ...