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6 Best Cities For Doing Business – Business Travel
Does your job involve business travel? Are you aware of which cities are considered the best cities for doing business?…
- Travel Insurance
Travel Insurance
12 Important Reasons why you need Travel Insurance for your trip One important travel detail you must not ignore Travel,…
On the early Boeing 737’s there were small windows placed above the captain and co-pilot in the cockpit. These were removed in later models. Did these serve any purpose other than a bit of better views? Why were they replaced?
Aviation’s question answered: Those windows are called eyebrow windows, and they were designed on many aircraft, not just Boeing. The…
I sometimes see flight attendants lift this plate up on the lavatory door. Why do they do that?
Consuela G.’s question answered: That metal plate covers the external lavatory door opening and closing mechanism. It lifts a spring…
What is that opening with a plate that protrudes out of the body of the airplane?
Anita W.’s question answered: That is an outflow valve, found on all cabin-pressurized airplanes. In the air: To keep a cabin…
Why are ultra long haul flights booming again?
Raunaq Q.’s question answered: As new technology has developed, with airplanes capable of flying longer distances the ultra long-hauls have…
Do pilots for major airlines have an obligation to report about other pilots if that pilot confide in them of mental stress from the job and personal life that could endanger passengers?
Andre M.’s question answered: Major U.S. airlines have great programs in place for this possibility, including my own airline, called…
Is it true that you can automatically land and take off the airplane by computer? Or, is it all flown by hand? If so, is that safe?
Peter A.’s question answered: Autoland: Yes, sometimes we autoland the airplane, if the runway we land on is approved for auto…
- Aerial Views
Above the Pasadena, California Rose Parade January 1, 2019
Broadcast on TV in as many as 217 countries, the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California is a world…