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The Emirates First Class Experience — A Whole New Level of Luxury
Emirates claims the title of the World's Best Airline. Fittingly, the First Class cabin on Emirates Airlines is nonetheless a prestigious and luxurious flying experience - even being called the “hotel in the sky”. Emirates continues to…
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Flying in an Uncontrolled Airspace
Do you know what's it like to fly without the assistance of Air Traffic Control (ATC)? If yes, then you must've flown in class G airspace, if the answer is no, this article will let you know what to expact. Photo: wikiwand Class G…
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Can You Request a SVFR?
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 pilot operates an aircraft in generally fair weather where the pilot can…
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BERLIN TEGEL:BERLIN'S MOST FAMOUS AIRPORT
Today (08/11/20) the last commercial flight will leave Berlin's Tegel Airport (TXL) as Berlin's new airport, Berlin Brandenburg (BER), is taking over as the Berlin's sole hub. INFORMATION Berlin Tegel was the primary international…
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The History of Flying Cars
I know what you’re thinking: Flying cars have a history? Do they even exist? At least that’s what I also thought, and it turns out it’s a long one. It starts in 1917 with Glenn Curtiss, who built the Curtiss autoplane, a combination…
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The First Forward-Swept Wing Plane to Fly at a Supersonic Speed in Level flight in the World
Instead of the normal-looking planes we have today, did you know that a forward-swept wing aircraft existed? The Grumman X-29 is an aircraft that is surprisingly easy to fly due to its extraordinary design. Photo: deviantart.com…
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Never Do These Things on a Plane
People are weird, some of the things that they've done are just downright crazy. Who even thinks to do things like this? In this article I will write about the craziest things people have actually done on a plane and I highly suggest…
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The Man Who Believed He Can Fly
Since the beginning of time, people have only dreamed about the idea of flying, thinking to themselves, will we ever know that feeling? Impossible. But it always goes down to one human being with a vision, with the idea that, yes, we…
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What’s an Important Risk Management Tool for a Pilot?
What is risk management? it is the vital process of making constructive and effective decisions. It includes two frequently-used tools: PAVE and the 5Ps. I chose to write, in detail, about the 5Ps checklist because I simply prefer it…
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Pilots Can Suffer From Airsickness
Motion sickness, or airsickness, is actually very common at the beginning of flight training. What is airsickness? It occurs because of the opposition between the information we receive from our eyes and the information we receive from…
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Questions Pilots Ask Themselves Before their Flights
Pilots need to have great self-awareness; they need to understand what they’re capable of. Each flight is different, so while pilots do a thorough check of their aircraft, they must also evaluate their fitness for the flight. They must…
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How to be a bad pilot?
It's not easy being a pilot, one mistake and it's game over. Studies have shown that certain attitudes can interfere with a pilot's better judgment and they are called "hazardous" attitudes for a reason. What makes them a real issue is…
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Pilots Negotiate with Terrorists
We have all heard the phrase “we do not negotiate with terrorists”, which is the correct response in order to not give the terrorists leverage, but unfortunately a pilot cannot say that no matter how cool Jodie Dench made it sound in…
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Inside: Commercial airliner interior
For the past decade airlines are competing on how to get the most from the space inside the airplane. As long as the space inside the airplane is limited and confined, airlines try to increase the seating density in each cabin starting…
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