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Posts by Rick James

link to How Do Helicopters Use Hydraulics?

How Do Helicopters Use Hydraulics?

When I first began learning to fly helicopters the machine was very basic and simple to operate. This meant the flight controls I manipulated with my hands were connected directly to the main and...

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Are Aircraft Cockpit Doors Bulletproof?

Modern cockpit doors on aircraft are built to be extremely secure. The September 11 attacks in the United States sparked a major security shakeup across the aviation industry, resulting in cockpit...

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Can a Plane Land Itself? 

Have you ever looked out of the window of an airplane and not been able to see anything beyond the wing and then all of a sudden the airplane lands! If you couldn't see anything how could the pilots?...

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How Do Pilots Know When To Descend?

Have you ever noticed that the pilot comes on to announce they are about to begin the descent and they still seem to have 20-30 minutes left before landing? To some, it seems like a heck of a long...

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Can Helicopters Refuel in Flight?

We have all seen the remarkable skill of the pilots of military jets refuelling while in flight behind an Airbourne tanker, but you may have seen some military helicopters now doing this too. There...

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link to Birds: How Do Pilots Avoid Them?

Birds: How Do Pilots Avoid Them?

Aviation geeks would remember the scene in the movie “Sully” where an Airbus A320, piloted by Captain Chelsea Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles, hits a flock of Canadian geese,...

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