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The Pilot’s Office
“Best office view“, isn’t it? What would you feel when your office view is the ultimate sky? That place where all the magic happens. Most aircraft consist of 5 main components: 1) Fuselage: This is the body of the plane which holds the…
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The Story of the World's Busiest Flight
If you were to go on a fully booked all economy flight for 4 hours straight, you would be dreading the very thought of going on it; but not the passengers of an El Al Boeing 747 on the 24th May, 1991. In fact, most of them were quite…
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The Functioning of PAPI Lights
At night, you might notice many lights on the tarmac of an airport. All of them have a specific function to help guide traffic on ground and/or in the air. The PAPI lights are one of these lights. What are PAPI lights? No, PAPI is not…
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Static Discharge |VS| St. Elmo’s Fire
Pilots see static discharges dancing on their windscreens fairly often. As a passenger, you might be surprised or even concerned at the display. It can be very impressive, but it’s completely harmless. Let’s take a closer look at one of…
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TBO: Trajectory-Based Operations
After the article about A-CDM ( A irport C ollaborative D ecision M aking), focussing on improving the overall airport performance at one specific airport, the next step is to focus on the bigger picture, away from just one single…
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