As an operational First Officer for a major airline, a friend of mine gets asked the question a lot regarding whether passengers are allowed in the cockpit. Since the crackdown following 9/11 many...
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When I first became interested in becoming a helicopter pilot one of the things I wanted to know was how much do helicopter pilots make. I've heard the saying that if you want the money you go to the...
This summer I was traveling by airplane to see family and during the cruise, my son pulled out his bag of chips which he had brought from home. The packet had inflated like a balloon and my son...
I was asked by a friend the other day what the difference was between a Narrow-Body and a Wide-Body airplane. He had overheard two people talking but wasn't quite sure what the difference was...
It has become the norm for aircraft manufacturers to design planes with engines below their wings. This is especially true with large passenger planes and is commonly seen on Boeing and Airbus...
To some people, the thought of an engine failure on an airplane is terrifying enough to never allow them to travel by air. We have all seen videos from passengers of aircraft when a jet engine has...