Seats, by contrast, do, and quite a lot of lavatories, especially on larger aircraft, are found in the areas of the plane where seats could go instead. Shaving off inches It might seem insane, but if an airline
Have you ever wondered why you have to put your phone on airplane mode? Finally, we have an answer. Many airline passengers are frustrated and annoyed that well into the 21st century, we still can’t use our cellular service on planes. Despite incredible advances in aviation technology, passe...
An American Airlines flight attendantannounced a new federal lawthis on Monday on board a trip from Charlotte to Des Moines – claiming they’re being required to vigorously enforce cell phones in airplane mode while onboard the aircraft. [The crewmember] made a big...
or there job. There are three reasons why I think the airplane is one of the best inventions on earth. Without airplanes we wouldn't be able to go to different continents. For example if you lived in Japan you wouldn't be able to go to Philadelphia without an airplane. Airplanes are ...
it entered a storm, vanished from air control systems, and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. It took more than 2 years for the wreckage to be found, along with the information it held about what went wrong. So why don't planes just send out flight recorder data constantly throughout a fl...
The answer is still no, according to the aviation regulations, which state that you are not supposed to use your smartphone, even if you are (quite unwillingly) putting your phone on “airplane mode”. Electromagnetic interferenceis the main cause behind this strict regulation...
Is it a sexy airplane? Maybe not. But does that matter? The other day there was a topic that one of the regular contributors responded to. This is a bloke who, based on his past posts, reminds me of Jamie fromMythBusters; a very smart, slightly humorless and incredibly literal fellow ...
As electric cars and trucks appear increasingly on U.S. highways, it raises the question: When will commercially viable electric vehicles take to the skies? There are a number of ambitious efforts to build electric-powered airplanes, including regional jets and planes that can cover longer distanc...
“i watch these planes leave chem weather mod trails on cold morning and hot afternoons”– Ah ha. Then you know NOTHING about how different is the stratosphere (where these planes are flying) and the troposphere (where YOU are). There’s no physical dependence between the two. You need ...
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