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On a long flight, you may be tempted to kick your feet up and relax, but you should resist the urge – and not just to spare the passenger in the seat in front you from accidentally kicking them. Your feet can swell up while on a plane – but why? Whether you call them

For as famous as the Blue Angels and the USAF are, they’re not the only daredevils dominating the skies above North America, as the RCAF and Snowbirds are a ‘force’ to be reckoned with as well. What are the RCAF Snowbirds, you ask? They’re Canada’s aerobatics team, and they have a great history of aerobatic

Few things strike more fear into the hearts and minds of pilots than the dreaded flat spin. But what exactly is a flat spin, what causes it, and how do you recover from it? A flat spin is a dangerous flight condition that can be impossible to recover from. Thankfully, it’s not likely to happen

From Captain Sully’s famous splashdown in the Hudson River to Malaysia Flight 370 to the many other crashes and disappearances that make the headlines, you’d be forgiven for thinking flying’s incredibly dangerous – but the truth is anything but. In fact, however, flying is not just safe but one of the safest ways to travel

Before the computer-aided, laser-guided smart bombs of today, quick-thinking and well-trained bombardiers had to use math to calculate their bomb drops. At the dawn of aviation, it was easy enough in slow-moving fabric-on-frame biplanes. But when the fast-moving high-altitude bombers of World War II came along, the challenge required new technology. Bombsights were devices that

What is the NTSB? The National Transportation Safety Board investigates every US civil aviation accident, finds probable cause and issues safety fixes.

Safety Management Systems (SMS) have been adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as the gold standard in effectively managing risk. The need for aviation companies to have a Safety Management System became apparent as safety cultures have shifted away from reactive risk management towards proactive and predictive risk

Few things capture the imagination of aviation lovers quite like aerobatic teams. The United States has the Blue Angels, and the United Kingdom has the Red Arrows, but where did this British band of aerobatic daredevils come from? From Henry V’s legendary longbow men to Robin Hood to the Powell/Pressberger “Archers” filmmaking duo, archery symbolism

There are many types of pilot license issued by the FAA. Many people are familiar with the private and commercial licenses, but you might not realize that there are several others you can get, such as the sport pilot certificate. The sport pilot license was created to provide an easy and less expensive way for

Whether you’re flying into or out of an area that is subject to a lot of cold weather or are traveling during winter, the risk of your plane becoming an icicle is real. Thankfully, deicing measures can melt and thaw that ice and get you ready for takeoff. Airplane deicer is made of a simple