MORE LIKE THISTravelTravel Rewards Credit Cards If you’ve got a faraway ski vacation in your future, you might be looking at your snow gear and wondering how in the world it’s going to get to the mountain. Should you wear your winter jackets on board the airplane? Do skis count as ...
However, in the event that your baggage doesn’t make it to your destination, boots are much harder to rent than skis or a snowboard, especially ones that are custom molded to your feet. This is why many skiers and snowboarders will bring their boots with them on the airplane as carry ...
Interestingly enough, it's actually easier for an airplane to climb than it is to travel at a fixed altitude. A typical wing has to present a negative angle of attack (slanted forward) in order to achieve zero lift. This wing positioning also generates more drag, which requires greater ...
Interestingly enough, it's actually easier for an airplane to climb than it is to travel at a fixed altitude. A typical wing has to present a negative angle of attack (slanted forward) in order to achieve zero lift. This wing positioning also generates more drag, which requires greater ...
Interestingly enough, it's actually easier for an airplane to climb than it is to travel at a fixed altitude. A typical wing has to present a negative angle of attack (slanted forward) in order to achieve zero lift. This wing positioning also generates more drag, which requires greater ...
By the late 1800s, people all over the world were experimenting with skis and using them for all kinds of purposes. In 1888, for example, a Norwegian man named Frigidity Nansen crossed Greenland on skis. Nansen kept a journal of this trip, and when this journal was published in 1890, ...
It has diving planes (fins mounted on the side) and ballast tanks that it can fill with water or air to make it rise or fall as it needs to. If its tanks are completely filled with air, it's said to be positively buoyant: the tanks weigh less than an equal volume of water and ...
For more advanced learners, there’s the chance to impress with the longest Finnish word. Deep breath: Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas. This 61 character epic roughly translates as ‘airplane jet turbine motor assistant mechanic, non-commissioned officer, in training’....
For BASE jumpers, leaping out of an airplane at 15,000 feet and freefalling at well over 100 mph isn't quite daring enough. To make things more interesting, they jump off various cliffs and man-made objects, usually at a low altitude with only a few seconds to deploy the parachute, ...
I’m a big fan of extended layovers. Stay with me on this. As someone who flies to Europe, not “all the time,” but often enough, and if I’ve learned one thing about European travel it’s that flying directly to your final destination is a missed opportunity for adventure. ...