Long-distance flights have as marry as 14 attendants on the largest jets(喷气式飞机) and 6 on other planes. Most short-run jet flights have at least 3 attendants. Fligh attendants check on flight conditions, food, and emergency equipment. They give safety instructions to the passengers, make...
Civil aviation has come a long way from just a few one-time military planes carrying passengers over relatively short distances during the First World War to a multitude of private and public airlines operating in a complex network of flight paths and protocols in the modern era. Air transportat...
and a full-scale prototype by 2030. However, its main design features are already known, and are somewhat surprising. “You shouldn’t assume that an electric plane is going to look like the planes of today,” de Vries says, adding that a common misconception...
According to the agency, the passenger - a man from Arkansas - initially said he didn't know how the bullets ended up in his baby's diaper, and then later changed his tune to say that his girlfriend probably put them in there. The TSA identified the passenger as a man from Arkansas ...
Passenger seats and seat belts are designed to withstand loads that can be expected in a survivable accident. Aircraft manufactured prior to 2009 were required to have seats and belts that could withstand a 9g static load. Newer planes must have seats and seat belts that are certified to withst...
When UPS started flying passengers in the 1990’s, TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) equipment was not required on cargo aircraft. In order to fly passengers, the FAA required UPS to install TCAS in the Quick Change aircraft. The five passenger planes were the first UPS aircraft to re...
The South: With the hub and spoke airline route system, if you went anywhere in the south, odds are you were going to change planes in Atlanta. I did a lot of flying on Eastern, and they had two concourses, and there was a walkway (you walked under the aircraft gate and taxi area...
1941: 'WAR! OAHU BOMBED BY JAPANESE PLANES' U.S. Air Force 1941: 'WAR! OAHU BOMBED BY JAPANESE PLANES' Dec. 7, 1941, is, in the words of President Roosevelt, a date which will live in infamy. That day, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at ...
. i also read somewhere that the white lights (strobe lights) are only on when the planes is near the runway because it can distract other pilots. seems to me that this is not true. could i ask you another question? the turnoff runway lights when are they turned on? when the plane ...
However, since each energy attenuator 30 extends through the rear transverse tubular member 14, the pivotal connections between the back legs 26 and the rear transverse tubular member 14 cannot lie in the same vertical planes as the pivotal connections of the front legs 22, the energy attentu...