We have all seen Hollywood movies where the fighter pilot rips off their mask after a heroic dogfight, but in real life would this ever happen? Do they wear masks just to look cool, because airline...
Category: Airplanes
This week I was on a plane heading to work and there was a very obvious throttle back of the engines not long after the wheels left the ground. Normally I don't even notice as I've flown so much but...
Have you ever glanced into the cockpit when boarding your flight for your trip and seen the pilots sitting there holding a checklist? Why do they use them? Do they not know how to fly that aircraft?...
We have all been sat there on the plane getting ready for everyone else to find their seat and the refueling truck pulls up and starts to pump fuel into the wing of the aircraft. We have all heard of...
I still remember the first time I got to fly in a small aircraft and I was stunned just how close all the towns were that I had been driving around for years. What took an hour to go from one town to...
If you have traveled a lot you will have been on aircraft piloted by two pilots and some that only have one pilot, so why can some be flown by just one pilot? Some of the reasons like safety may be...