The most basic aircraft today have what is known as the “6-pack”. The 6-pack includes the Airspeed Indicator, Attitude Indicator(Artificial Horizion), Altimeter, Turn Coordinator, Heading Indicator, and the Vertical Speed Indicator. The hub of your instrument scan while flying is…
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From the blurred beginnings of human history, man’s survival has been dependent upon his ability to use his mind and finer fingers to manipulate the raw and seemingly anarchic environment and to create what he needed from what he found…
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The giant carbon footprint indelibly imprinted on the environment by aviation is unmistakable and has increased rapidly courtesy of the expansion of air travel in the past decade alone. Considering that there are over 80,000 planes in the air every…
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When people think of careers in aviation, the first jobs that come to mind are most likely pilots and flight attendants, but have you ever considered the behind the scenes work of an air traffic controller? Air traffic controllers (ATC)…
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All types of commercially manufactured aircraft must undergo the Flight Test Process. This procedure is required in order to ascertain that the engineering and design characteristics of an aircraft meet established structural, controllability and safety parameters. It serves to establish…
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Reducing Airplane Noise for the Future The Silent Aircraft Initiative was conceived in 2003 in an effort to reduce noise pollution. Engineers, researchers, and scientists from around the world joined forces to dramatically control the amount of noise produced by…
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How can a machine be light enough to fly but strong enough to stay intact under great stress? How can a wing carry fuel and engines without breaking off? All while being made of beer can aluminum? One key is…
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Since the beginning of the first prospects of aviation, daredevil test pilots have been at the forefront of expanding the technological development of the latest and greatest in the industry. In the old days, flight testing was mainly done by…
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The silent aircraft initiative is an undertaking to reduce the noise that aircraft make, so that the airports would not contribute so much noise pollution, which reduces nearby land and home values, and causes health problems, especially in children. People…
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If you have ever lived near an airport, you know that an airport generates a tremendous amount of noise. Of course it is the aircraft that generates these noises and it is aircraft that are, in many ways, responsible for…
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