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It’s easier than ever to take to the skies, hop across the Pond, and live the Transatlantic lifestyle you’ve always dreamed of – albeit with a few bumps along the way. The flight path between New York and London is among the world’s busiest – and most turbulent flight routes in the world. If you’ve

It’s common for Hollywood movies to show scenes of cabin depressurization. The unfolding tragedy includes oxygen masks popping out of their sockets, objects flying in the air, and passengers sucked out of the cabin. All these scenes make the viewer think, why are airplane cabin pressurized, and what would happen if the plane loses cabin

What would happen if there is only one pilot on an airplane and suddenly he becomes incapacitated due to a heart attack? While the thought of a passenger trying to land a large commercial airline can bring up heroic images from a Hollywood movie, in reality this probably wouldn’t end well. And there are some

If you’ve ever seen a helicopter in action, you’ve likely been amazed at the things it can do, especially as it relates to the maneuvers it can perform and the seeming ease at which they are performed. You may have seen the Red Bull helicopter flying upside down and that made you wonder if all

If you take a flight in a helicopter, you’ll be surprised by how easy it is for them to get around, and it seems like they can fly just about anywhere and to any location. But is this really the case? Can helicopters truly fly and land anywhere they want to? If you own a

If you’ve ever flown in an airplane, you’ve likely noticed that most of them are painted white or some type of light color or shade. Most are painted white with minimal livery. This isn’t an accident because, in fact, most airplanes are white for a number of good reasons. However, there is one famous exception

Most people have heard of or seen air shows where various airplanes show off their skills and perform different maneuvers, but is it possible for helicopters to do the same thing? Helicopters are amazing in their maneuverability, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they can do tricks the same way some airplanes can. Can Helicopters Do

Helicopters are million dollar machines and seem to be indestructible, but are they really that sturdy? Everyone has seen movies about helicopters maneuvering and doing their jobs in the worst weather imaginable, but is this a realistic view of helicopters? Can helicopters actually fly in weather such as rain, wind, snow, storms and hurricanes? Can

Helicopter flight is based on different principles than airplane’s, and each aircraft has different advantages over the other. Some people will argue the question whether helicopters are supposed to fly at all. It’s obvious that both aircraft have different strengths and weaknesses, and both serve different purposes. Let’s get into the strengths of helicopters and

From Icarus’ wing-melting failure to Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches of an air screw to the Wright Brothers finally flying at Kitty Hawk, few things have held a greater place in the human imagination than the dream of flight. The reality of how airplanes make use of lift and gravity to stay airborne is even more astonishing.