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Emirates Flight 407: The Miraculous Escape from Disaster – A Tale of Vigilance and Lessons Learned.

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In the quiet hours approaching midnight on March 20, 2009, Emirates Flight 407, a fully loaded Airbus A340, began its take-off from Melbourne Airport bound for Dubai. The routine departure…

How to Recognize the Type of Commercial Airplanes – PART#2

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Today I’ll be giving some simple and easy ways to differentiate between planes, with different angles of view. In part#1 we’ve talked about Airbus and Boeing’s narrow-body airplanes, and today…

Aviation

Do You Think You Can Be a Pilot?

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Let’s just say it like it is, not everyone can be a pilot. It’s not easy, there are certain requirements not everyone possess. It’s nothing personal, for example, I can’t…

A340 Lands in Antarctica for the First Time

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Last week, Portuguese charter airline Hi-Fly made aviation history when they landed an Airbus A340 in Antarctica for the first time. The flight was a unique and partially dangerous journey…

Informative

Which Planes Are Used for Short, Medium, and Long Haul Flights?

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Have you ever wondered which type of aircraft you were going to be flying on when travelling? Were you going to fly on a relatively large plane or a small…

Aviation

The Story of Jessica Cox

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An inspirational story about the pilot, Jessica Cox, who achieved what was thought to be impossible. She was able to fly and earn her licence despite being born without arms.…

Aviation

Would You Fly Over the Bermuda Triangle?

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We’ve all heard various myths, misconceptions, and conspiracy theories regarding the Devil’s Triangle. Do you believe in any of them? Personally I’ve always thought that there must be a rational…

Aviation

Can You Request a SVFR?

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We already know what VFR stands for, visual flight rules, but what is Special VFR? First, let’s recap, visual flight rules (VFR) is a set of rules under which a…

Aviation

Flying Over a Restricted Area

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As much as we hate to admit there are certain airspaces we can’t fly over. Some are considered restricted while there are others even prohibited.What’s the difference? And what happens…