We have all been sitting by the window waiting to board our flight at some point and see a pilot walking around the aircraft looking at stuff, but what are they actually checking for? Then, as you...
Category: Helicopters
Have you ever been stuck in the departure terminal because the flight has been canceled due to weather or the plane you have been flying on has had to divert to another airport because of weather? If...
Have you ever watched a documentary and seen an Air Traffic Controller's radar screen? It looks like complete chaos! Dots moving all over the place surrounded by numbers and arrows, how do they keep...
When flying at night and nearing the destination seeing the airport all lit up is a wonderful and relaxing sight, but what happens if the air traffic controller has gone home or there was never one...
I was helping one of our engineers work underneath the helicopter the other day and the amount of structure and different types of materials used to build it were incredible. It got me thinking about...
If you have ever stood close to a helicopter and heard it start up you may have noticed that some sound like an old truck firing up while others sound like a fighter jet. This is all down to the...