Archive for the ‘Aviation’ Category
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
As you guys know MAS will take over the Rural Air service from FAX in Sabah and Sarawak. This time it will be fully subsidized by the Malaysian government. They are maintaining the same fares but will be providing better services through an additional 200 weekly flights, and interlining services ...
Posted in Uncategorized, Aviation, News, Aircraft, Pictures | 8 Comments »
Thursday, July 20th, 2006
What is a crosswind landing?
I always thought crosswind landing is cool. For those who don’t know what a crosswind is: A crosswind is a wind condition when the prevailing wind is blowing across the runway. From Encarta: “a wind that blows across a particular route, flight path, or direction of ...
Posted in Aviation, FAQ, Videos, Pictures, Landing | 18 Comments »
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
“Good morning ladies and gentlemen. This is your captain speaking…”
Im sure you have heard this before. Normally the captain will make the announcement. But can a first officer do an announcement?
Sure they can. Below is an example of a full announcement made by a first officer for a typical short ...
Posted in Uncategorized, Aviation, FAQ, Cruise | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, July 5th, 2006
Nintendo DS
JAL has introduced a new service, the Nintendo DS Lite portable game console and compatible software titles, now available free of charge for in-flight play. Passengers wishing to take advantage of this campaign are asked to speak with a flight attendant.
Campaign period
June 1, 2006 – August 31, 2006 (date ...
Posted in Aviation, News | 2 Comments »
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006
Well if you are wondering why there is two pilot in the cockpit/flight deck read this up. This is because there is a difference between Captain’s and a First Officer’s duty. First Officer will now be known as FO. Read on...
Introduction
Picture of a b737 flight deck
Before entering the aircraft, ...
Posted in Aviation, FAQ, Takeoff | 30 Comments »
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
So is it?
Well static from http://www.planecrashinfo.com says that the odds of being killed on a single trip 52.6 million to 1. Where the odds of being killed by normal cars is 7.6 million to 1. And the odds of being hit by a lightning is 280,000 to 1. ...
Posted in General, Aviation, FAQ | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
What if an engine fails after takeoff?
Although it is very unlikely to have an engine failure, pilots are trained to recognize engine failure and how to handle the situation. Below is a situation where an engine failure is encountered during the takeoff roll.
Above is the profile for a normal ...
Posted in Aviation, Takeoff | 10 Comments »
Saturday, June 24th, 2006
An acrobatic plane flying inverted under a bridge. Imagine the G and difficulty performing this maneuver. I find this video really cool. I mean really when ure upside down, everything is the opposite. Normally you would pull the control stick to get away form the ground. But during inverted flying. ...
Posted in Aviation, Videos | No Comments »