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Speed has always been a focal point of many with an interest in any motorized form of transport, and aviation is no exception. Want to arrive at your destination rapidly? Book a ticket for one of these fastest passenger planes in the world. All the way up to the nineties, aircraft manufacturers were trying to […]

A lot of a pilot’s job occurs before the flight. There’s route planning and weather forecasts to check. There are airport procedures to study and airspace restrictions to review. But one of the most important things that a pilot must complete before every flight is a review of his or her aircraft’s performance information. The […]

The ground forces of Nazi Germany drove into Poland at the beginning of WWII, and bombers of the Luftwaffe, the German air force, began airstrikes on an undefended village, Wieluń, in central Poland. Germany was convinced that their Luftwaffe was unbeatable and far superior to their targeted countries’ air forces with this success. The Luftwaffe’s […]

The term “squadron” is used by the air force, army, and navy to describe operational units with two or more aircraft. In the United States Air Force (USAF), the squadrons may be categorized based on their function, such as bomb squadron or fighter squadron, but how many planes are in a squadron? TLDR – Squadrons […]

Everyone has at some point in their life looked out their window and been overjoyed at the sight of snow outside. But seeing snow through an airplane window brings many threats with it; so what exactly are they and can an airplane take off into snow? Or you may have a holiday to the sun […]

Lightning is one of the most potent forces of nature. It is seemingly random, a powerful act of God that shakes you in your boots. Everyone knows not to be playing golf in a thunderstorm because metal and tall objects attract lightning. But what about airplanes? They’re made of metal and flying in the clouds!  […]

Towards the onset of World War 2, few would have predicted the magnitude of the battles to come. However, many would agree that the Italian Royal Air Force (or the Regia Aeronautica Italiana) and their bomber planes was poised to play a significant, if not pivotal, role in the war to come. From 1923, the […]

In January 2009 the photo of a floating US Airways A320 was splashed on the front cover of every newspaper after it made an emergency landing in the Hudson River. But is this an exception to the rule? Or do all airplanes float on water? An emergency landing on water is something that every pilot […]

The Second World War is remembered through the airplanes that survive from it. There were land-based campaigns and naval battles, but the war was fought and won in the air. Aviation was advanced enough that it became the defining aspect of the generation – fleets of thousands of bombers and fighters zooming across the skies […]

Pilots spend a lot of their time talking over two-way radios, which are fickle beasts on the best of days. They’re subject to interference and equipment issues. To make matters worse, pilots are often shouting over wind and engine noise. There are standard words and phrases used over the radio to make communication more straightforward. […]