Airplanes - Page 20

Bad weather scares a lot of people, but when you’re about to fly somewhere, it can be even scarier. If your city is experiencing a hurricane, is it still safe to fly? More importantly, are pilots allowed to get their planes in the air when there’s a nearby hurricane? Can planes fly in cyclones or

Airplanes take us all around the world, but have you ever considered what goes into putting them together? At plants such as Boeing’s 737 factories in Seattle, new planes are completed every nine days. How do they do it, and what goes into making some of the top airplanes in service today? Let’s break down

When you get behind the wheel of a car, you have seatbelts and other devices to keep you safe while you’re on the road, so why don’t airplanes have the same advantages? Although parachutes can save lives, the fact is that none of the commercial airliners have parachutes onboard for their passengers. You might be

Most people have taken a “red eye” flight before, so airplanes flying in the dark is nothing new to them. If you’ve ever wondered what type of headlights airplanes have that allow them to see well at 35,000 feet, you might be surprised to learn that they aren’t headlights at all! Do Airplanes Have Headlights?

All airplanes look alike, right? Wrong! Today’s airplanes are anything but common and boring, because there are, in fact, numerous planes that are weird-looking, oddly shaped, or downright ugly. Indeed, these are eye-catching airplanes that you are sure to remember. If you’re curious about some of the worlds weirdest planes ever built, read on. Most

If you’ve ever wondered how an airplane is able to take off, land, and operate while in the air, the process can be summed up in one word: hydraulics. Airplanes can utilize either hydraulic or pneumatic systems to operate, but once you find out the many advantages of using hydraulics, you’ll likely wonder why they

Airplanes often have brightly colored logos and designs on the outside. If you’re wondering how they got there, it is really a lot simpler than you think. With minor differences, painting an airplane is much the same as painting any other object such as a house or a piece of wooden furniture. It just takes

Have you ever wondered what airline pilots do when they’re in the air and it starts to rain? Do airplanes even have windshield wipers, and if so, how do they work? These may sound like silly questions, but like any other type of vehicle that moves, it is important that airplanes have some way to

Every day thousands of airplanes criss-cross around the globe transporting travelers to their destinations. They fly without a thought to how significant the ability to take to the skies is. Imagine trying to get to another continent just 120 years ago; it would have been a long and tedious voyage on a ship. Most people

Large commercial airliners can have baffling weights. In the case of the A380-800 for instance, the max landing weight is 386 metric tons. How do these huge airplanes brake when landing and what kind of brakes do airplanes have? Do Airplanes Have Brakes? In short: Yes, airplanes do have brakes. Airplanes have disc brakes similar