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An interview with an Airline Captain -
Taylor Schaberg (18)  
Taylor: Captain Fred how did you become an airline pilot?
Capt Fred: I went through the 2 year Air Force ROTC program while attending the University of Michigan. After graduating with a BA degree in Economics I went to Willams AFB in Phoenix, AZ. There I trained in the T-37 and T-38 jet... ( added 332 days 21 hours ago.) |
Air Medical Helicopter Pilot Career -
Richard Manley (263) 
Helicopter pilots have many different types of employment opportunities available to them. Helicopters around the world are used for a wide variety of jobs including law enforcement, tours, off shore oil and gas support, air medical transport and many more.
EMS (emergency medical services)... ( added 1 year 248 days ago.) |
Tips on Learning to Hover a Helicopter -
Richard Manley (263)
If you are thinking of learning to fly a helicopter, it is probably
one of the most exciting and rewarding challenges you will face.
Some people have compared flying a helicopter to rubbing your
stomach and patting your head at the same time. If only it were that
easy!
When I first began... ( added 1 year 286 days ago.) |
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9½ Steps to Improve Your Flying -
Matt Tanner (444)
There are many things that you can do when you fly to make yourself a safer and better pilot. Too many pilots get careless and stop doing fundamental things that could save their lives. Here are some simple things that you can do to improve your flying.
1. Use your rudder pedals. It seems... ( added 3 years 218 days ago.) |
Check For FOD Before You Fly -
Matt Tanner (444)
Before you fly, you want to make sure that you check inside
the airplane and outside on the ground for "FOD."
What is FOD? It is
Foreign Object Debris. It is anything
that does not belong where it is. For
instance, sticks or rocks on the ramp around the airplane are... ( added 3 years 293 days ago.) |
Ground to Air Transition -
Shariq Mahmood (96)  
Readers here at techno Station are familiar with the flying car introduced on this space earlier. Now a US firm has announced thefirst successful test flights for a flying vehicle - two seaterTerrafuqia Transition car that runs on unleaded petrol and has foldable wings. The wings can be deployed... ( added 179 days 3 hours ago.) |
Think Safety on Your First Helicopter Flight. -
Richard Manley (263)
Flying in a helicopter for the first time can be a very enjoyable and exciting experience. Before you fly you need to be aware of the dangers of being around one of these aircraft. It is important that all flights begin with a thorough safety briefing so that you have a full understanding of what... ( added 1 year 288 days ago.) |
Safely Secure Airport Grounds: Novel Approach To Foil Ground Incursions -
Tony Jackson (92) 
Proactively securing airport grounds requires strategic planning at the highest levels and access to critical information that serves to enhance safety measures for ground support crews. Without appropriate planning, implementation, and follow-through to ensure that a plan is producing the... ( added 2 years 108 days ago.) |
Airport Grounds Safety Technology since 9/11 - Return-On-Investment (ROI) -
Tony Jackson (92)
Built-in loss prevention strategies and technology reviews that delivers ROI
"Proactive Technology Planning for the Unanticipated Growth Curve"
While airports cannot plan for every event that influences successful airport ground operations, implementing proactive incident prevention... ( added 2 years 108 days ago.) |
JFK Airport from a Passenger Point of View -
Jessica Lindell (6)
As I got off the plane I started coughing. The Delta flight attendant from my flight offered me a water to have with me as we waited for our next flight. After we passed through customs, needing for some reason to pass though metal detectors again, they made me dispose of the water. We were then... ( added 2 years 270 days ago.) |
Future Of Aircrafts,future of Air carriers, future of Aviation: Six Quests To Transformation Of Flying Machines -
Naveen Kumar (755)
Imagine the Wright Brothers having a chance of being reincarnated in the 21st century. They would be quite astounded at seeing their wiry miniature craft " Kitty Hawk " transforming to big flying machines clouting the present skylines. The twin brother’s might be left staggering after spin... ( added 4 years 92 days ago.) |
Foynes, Ireland and the First Transatlantic Flights -
 - Russell Shortt (997)  
Russell Shortt
Foynes is a small unassuming hamlet, inhabited by less than seven hundred souls, nestled on the southern bank of the Shannon Estuary in Co. Limerick, Ireland. However, during the turbulent years of World War II, Foynes became the focal point of the aviation world. On 9 July 1939, Pan Am's luxury... ( added 215 days 5 hours ago.) |
History of Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne -
Anthony Reynolds (8)
The SpaceShipOne was designed by Burt Rutan, an aviation legend. His research team at the Scaled Composites aerospace company built it and it was Paul G. Allen who funded it.
Mike Melvill piloted the Spaceship One to an altitude of 100 kilometers (62 miles). The Spaceship One has reached a... ( added 2 years 71 days ago.) |
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