Meet the bossy voice behind Boeing’s F-18 cockpit warning system
ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – Stern, sharp, bossy, are all adjectives to describe the voice of the FA-18 Super Hornet’S cockpit warning system. For 20 years you might have heard Leslie Shucks voice at Boeing...
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Inside Ryanair’s corporate jet: Caviar, champagne and lots of legroom
By Pól Ó Conghaile – Ryanair means business with its new corporate jet, as this exclusive video from inside the Boeing 737-700 reveals. Ryanair launched its first customised jet this week, with 60...
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Would a Bigger Airbus A350 Be a Boeing 777X Killer?
After initially downplaying the idea, Airbus executives have started to seriously consider launching an even larger version of the new A350 widebody jet. This new model — tentatively named the...
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Inside the biggest building in the world: A tour of the Boeing factory
THERE are times when it’s hard to truly grasp the size of something, even when it’s right in front of you. Standing before the Boeing Factory in Everett, Washington, I try to process the fact that the...
View ArticleCabin Pressure: Its Not Just the Pilots Who Need to See a Psychiatrist
While commercial pilots should be subject to more stringent medical checks, as military pilots are, if they are expected to be tested psychiatrically then so should other people who are responsible for...
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What do the captain’s cabins look like on American aircraft carriers?
The Admiral of the Carrier Strike Group takes the carrier as his flag ship and has an at-sea and in-port stateroom, as well. Unlike the captain, he stays in the nice, spacious one near his office—which...
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Delta pilots put new A321 to the test in skies above Germany
By Michael Thomas for Delta news – Check back with Delta News Hub each day this week as we follow Delta’s Delivery Go Team and document the high stakes, high-dollar world of new aircraft delivery....
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What would happen if a gun shot is fired on a flying airplane’s window in the...
I saw a movie with this scene and in that the hole create a pressure difference and the window explodes. Is it true? As there’s already a small hole in airplane windows to maintain pressure. Does size...
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What airline pilots think of their passengers
Souls on Board What it’s like to fly strangers across oceans. By Mark Vanhoenacker The wing of a Boeing 747-400. Mark Vanhoenacker All week, Mark Vanhoenacker will be sharing stories about piloting...
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The most awesome In-Flight Photos Ever Taken by Pilots from the Cockpit
by DL Cade for 500px : Some people just have cooler offices than others… offices with a view… an ever-changing view that can include everything from the aurora borealis, to gorgeous cityscapes, to...
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Malaysia Airlines Is Bringing Back The Boeing 747!
BY LUCKY – While there are many things I love about the A380, the 747 will always be the queen of the skies, in my opinion. The 747 signified a quantum leap for aviation, as it opened up new...
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Japan Airlines Announces New 777-200ER Business Class Seat
BY LUCKY – Japan Airlines has just announced a new business class product for their fleet of 11 Boeing 777-200ERs, which they use primarily for mid-range flights (including within Asia and to Hawaii)....
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What is it like to land on an aircraft carrier?
By Barry Hampe– It is precision flying at low speed and a high angle of attack. It is the definitive skill that sets Navy carrier pilots (and Air Force exchange pilots who have flown with a Navy...
View ArticleTake a look inside the Airbus A380 – the world’s largest passenger plane
Emirates will be using the aircraft on its Dubai service at Birmingham Airport from Easter Sunday BY ENDA MULLEN – The Coventry Telegraph has had a look inside the Airbus A380 – the world’s largest...
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29 Commercial Airline Pilots That Tweet From 30, 000 Feet
From their offices in the sky there’s a new wave of professionals taking to the 140 character medium to share their enviable views. Aviator extraordinaires, air travel writers and published pilot...
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Drone almost brought down a Boeing 777 passenger jet just after take-off at...
Boeing 777 plane in near-miss with drone while landing at Heathrow Pilot spotted the unmanned object when it was lit up by landing lights Official investigation found plane would have had ‘no warning’...
View ArticleRussian official calls for Boeing 737 ban
By Dan Catchpole – In the wake of last week’s crash of a Flydubai jet, a Russian official has called for banning Boeing 737s from the country’s commercial passenger routes, according to a report in...
View ArticleThe World’s Safest and Most Dangerous Airlines
Qantas has been named the world’s safest airline for the third year running, while 10 carriers have been handed the lowest possible one-star rating By Natalie Paris and Lizzie Porter An annual survey...
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The Crazy Tests New Planes Go Through Before Flying
by Kristen Dold – We guarantee you’ve never taken an exam this tough. Or long. Or involving quite so many dead chickens. (Seriously.) Before passengers set foot on a new jet, each plane must ace tens...
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13 Things You Never Knew About the Boeing 737
By Colin Cutler – It’s the most-produced airliner in the world, and these are 13 impressive facts about it. 1) The 737’s maiden flight was on April 9, 1967 – more than two years before the first moon...
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