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About a Career in Aviation

What do You Need to Know Before Becoming a Pilot?

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Becoming a pilot involves numerous complexities that many aspiring pilots overlook before entering the profession. The path requires understanding various operational realities, from regulatory requirements to career progression systems that…

Air Traffic Controllers | The Guardians of the Sky

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How is it possible for several aircraft to be present at an airport without the risk of collision? Who is responsible for this level of coordination? How do thousands of…

A glance over business aviation

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Business aviation is essential for many companies of all sizes and types. This article we will discuss some of the benefits of business aviation and its customers, and the most…

How to Recognize the Type of Commercial Airplanes – PART#1

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Have you ever been sitting in the airport waiting for your flight whilst watching planes of different sizes taxiing, taking – off, and/or landing in front of you? Did that…

About a Career in Aviation

Have you ever thought to become a flight instructor?

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For many people, learning to fly is a dream come true. But have you ever considered teaching flying? To be a flight instructor? A flight instructor is someone who instructs…

The Job of the Aviation Manager

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“Aviation Manager”? What’s that? You might not have heard about the job of an “Aviation Manager”. So what is that job and what does he/she does? Basically an Aviation Manager…

Ballistic Aircraft Parachute

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Also known as emergency ballistic reserve parachute, a parachute system within the aircraft systems. And here comes the question: Do all the aircraft have a parachute in their systems? Well,…

What Factors Can Prevent You from Becoming a Pilot?

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Becoming a commercial pilot is an exciting opportunity for many people who find joy in flying. While nearly anyone can get a drivers’ license, a commercial pilot license has some…

What Does Airworthiness Mean?

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A word that gathers a lot of conditions that an aircraft must meet. An official definition does not exist. However, the aviation and aeronautical regulations states the minimum requirements for…

Aerospace Medicine

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Have you ever wondered about the possibility of suffering trauma or a pathology while flying? Almost everyone has experienced emotional sensations and behavior not very normal when flying by plane…

The Puffin: A Personal Aircraft

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It is “personal” because it has a crew capacity of one, only one person who is the pilot of the aircraft. Electric, low noise, capable of reaching a speed of…

Critical Mach Number

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When talking about Mach, it is pretty common to relate it with supersonic aircraft, but not always. This number of airflow velocity helps to determine the limits of the aircraft…

About the Largest Aircraft Carrier; the “Stratolaunch”

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It is undoubtedly the largest aircraft in the world, working as a multi-tasking platform for research and commercial activities in aerospace. This plane allows the customers to launch their aerial…

The Different Rotors (Helicopter)

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The helicopter as an aircraft is not as simple as it seems, the unique flight features make the helicopter a feat of flight science. It is not just making it…

Wing Strakes

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It is considered as another way to produce lift, and if this is attached to the wing then it is called a leading-edge extension. But, why put an extension on…

Wings: Until They Break

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The wings are the most relevant parts of an airplane. They maintain the flight by the reaction forces against the air. Now, talking about the wing as a structural part…

NACA

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Have you ever wondered about the beginning of one of the most important aeronautical research institution? NACA, stands for: “National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics”, it’s an agency founded on March…

What’s Behind A320-xxx Model Designation?

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The Airbus A320 family has undoubtedly a wide range of members, visible at any airport. Some of us can see an Airbus and easily identify it whether it’s an A320,…

ATA 100 (Aeronautical Maintenance Documentation)

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As known, ATA stands for “Air Transport Association”, an American organization. But when talking about it now, ATA 100 refers to a methodology of reference for numbering the aircraft documentation.…

Understanding Aviation SSR and Why Are They Important

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When reading the title of this article, you might wonder what this article is about. SSR stands for Special Service Request and covers a wide variety of different services for…

ISAGO and How It Should Work Out

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A ground handler is subject of many audits. These audits are performed internally, but also from an external partner such as the regulator, the airport, syndicates, or an airline. As…

The Satellite That Started the Space Race

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Right now, satellites surround our planet, nearly 6,000, circle the earth, with huge constellations and different features. Even some of unknown functions. However, these objects have improved the quality and…

Timatic – a ground handler’s little big helper

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The first woman to Fly the U-2 spy plane

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Colonel Merryl Tengesdal, born in the Bronx, New York, in 1971 was the first and only African American woman to fly the United States Air Force’s U-2 spy plane, the…

The first high speed frontier.

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260 years of unsolved and unknown regime of high speed dynamics of gases were broken with the significant flight of the Bell X-1 research vehicle installed under the B-29 bomber…