Category: Aircraft
This Is What Travelling On The Most Luxurious Airplane In The World Is Like
Photographer Marina Lystseva recently took some fascinating photographs which reveal what it’s like to travel in style aboard Etihad Airways A380, which has pushed luxury to a sky-high new leve. A little more than a year […]
The Orange Symbol, its Aircraft and People
This week, the “Knights of the Orange Tail” Squadron celebrated 63 years. By using old weaponry and reducing the radar’s abilities, the aircrews reenacted an attack on the Tanta airport. […]
China Reveal Its Second Aircraft Carrier
China is building its second aircraft carrier, this time entirely with domestic technology, its Defense Ministry said Thursday. Ministry spokesman Col. Yang Yujun told reporters at a news conference that […]
This bomb-proof bag can suppress explosions on aircraft
By-PETER DOCKRILL: Despite high-level security measures, incidents like the downing of a Russian passenger jet in October – which killed 224 people and is thought to possibly have been caused […]
Dazzling new airplane patent offers seats on top of aircraft
At last, a new airplane seating patent that doesn’t try to squeeze more humans into a smaller space. Instead, this concept aims to give passengers an even better view of […]
Why is tracking a missing commercial aircraft so difficult?
When something is lost like this, they call in an expert like me (obviously not me in these cases, but there are lots of similar experts). The problem is you […]
Does the Airbus A380 take off differently than other aircraft?
At least from SFO it seems to go straight ahead without flying any curves for a long time. And it seems to go very slowly, is this only an illusion? […]
When a King Cobra took shelter inside an aircraft at Chennai airport
A photo showing a snake on top of an idol of a goddess inside a temple in Chennai went viral last week. The image very much explained the situation in […]
Why did this aircraft didn’t land even though it was just 200 m above the runaway?
Here, the pilot of the flight IGO202 performed what is called a “Go-Around” or a Missed Approach procedure. As you may be able to understand by the name, a Go-Around […]
Icelandic airline crew lands the first Boeing 757 passenger jet in history on the Antarctic ice sheet
Yesterday the Icelandic Airline Loftleiðir Iceland made history when it landed a Boeing 757 on the Antarctic ice sheet, the local news site Vísir reports. This is the first time […]