The radio spectrum, a scarce resortOne of the most basic activities in a cockpit is tuning the radio to the assigned frequency of whoever we want to talk to. Contacting ground control, the tower or one's own company is done by turning a few knobs...
Stand in line in a local store and glance at the person in front of you, then the person directly behind you. Statistically speaking, one of you is obese. A growing epidemic in the U.S., obesity rates are soaring not only in adults, but in...
US Airlines have signed an unprecedented agreement to purchase up to 1.5 million gallons per year of renewable synthetic diesel fuel for use in ground service equipment at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) beginning in late 2012. This is a sign of the times.Over time,...
Cape Town - Prices of new cars are exorbitant, at least for some, but that's not the case for 36 794 fortunate South Africans who registered their new cars in January 2017.Over the last five years during January, new car sales in SA remained steady...
IAircraft manufacturers had, for some four decades, attempted to design the elusive DC-3 replacement with different powerplant types, including the piston-engined Convair 240/340/440 and Martin 2-0-2/4-0-4 series and the turboprop Vickers Viscount, Fokker F.27 Friendship, and Hawker Siddeley HS.748. The latest attempt had been made...
747-400 Foundation:Powerplants were the key to commercial aircraft capability, measured by payload, range, and performance, and all were incorporated in the 747-200B when the 63,000 thrust-pound Pratt and Whitney JT9D-7Q became available. First ordered by Northwest Orient, but quickly followed by Braniff, Japan Air Lines,...
Flight safety is something all pilots speak about. They live it, accept it, and always hope to choose it in their day-to-day lives in the aviation world. For the Super Cub fanatic, the Extended Slotted Wing from Dakota Cub offers pilots the opportunity to enhance...
Although passengers on commercial airline flights share concerns about airfares, on-time performance, cramped seats, and lost baggage, there is far more behind the process of flying between two cities. Indeed, it is more of an orchestration between airlines, airports, governmental agencies, and numerous other companies....
A pair of World War I aircraft, sharing a common manufacturer, but differing in their number of wings, took center stage at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome's July 2012 "Meet the Fokkers" event, baking beneath the breathless blue whose still air would not have flickered a candle's...
No single facility can more thoroughly trace the historical development of US naval aviation and the diverse, ever-advancing aircraft which were integral to it than the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida, located at the very Naval Air Station Pensacola where it all began.Naval...