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How to fly an ILS?
by Captain Joe Today´s video is the follow up to last weeks video about the Instrument Landing System. Last week we spoke about how the ILS works, and today I´ll show you how to fly an ILS and especially what easy rules of thumb are out there which will make your life on the ILS…
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How Does a Volcanic Eruption Impact Airline Operations?
Go inside Virgin Australia’s Operations Control Centre to find out how its team assess the impact of a volcanic eruption to decide whether it is safe to fly or not.
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What Happens When A Bird Flies Into A Plane Engine?
What happens if a bird flies into a plane engine? The event is called a bird strike. Each year, bird strikes cost US airlines an estimated $1.2 billion. Only part of those costs are from actual damage. The rest comes from flight delays and cancellations. A bird strike can disable a plane’s engine. But engines…
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How does an ILS work?
by Captain Joe How does an ILS work? One of the most ask question regarding how an airplane flies towards the runway without any visual aids. So the Instrument landing system is a ground based radio navigation system giving pilots a lateral and vertical guidance towards the runway as they are in approach in IMC…
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Why do cabin crew dim the lights?
by Captain Joe Why do flight attendants dim the lights prior to take-off and landing during hours of darkness? It is all got to do with eye adaptation. If the cabin lights were to be fully bright, and there would be an emergency situation, after a rejected take-off, for instance, you would then jump onto…
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Anti-Ice Systems at Wings and Engines
by Captain Joe All parts which are directly exposed to the aircraft’s movement through the air, are critical surfaces which are prone to icing. Such as the wing leading edges, horizontal and vertical stabilizers, engine intakes, propellers, pitot tubes and static ports and antennas. Any ice accumulation can lead to reduced controllability, increase in weight…
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British Airways Aircraft Slide Deploy
British Airways deployed an evacuation slide on a 777 aircraft to demonstrate how it works and to share some facts.
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Why do pilots deice?
by Captain Joe Today´s video is another interesting topic regarding winter operation. Why do airplanes have to be deiced prior take-off? A lot of passengers underestimated how important it is to deice the critical surface of the airplanes, such as the wings, flight control surfaces such as ailerons, slat and flaps rudders, vertical and horizontal…
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Uçaktaki Kulaklıklar Neden Çift Girişli?
Uçakta dağıtılan kulaklıklar çift girişlidir. Neden böyle bir uygulama yapıldığını biliyor musunuz? İşte o ilginç sorunun cevabı: Uçağa bindiğiniz. Aklınızdan uzun uçuşta hangi filmi seyretsem diye geçiriyorsunuz. Koltuğunuzun üzerinde sizi plastik poşet içinde ‘çift girişli’ bir kulaklık karşılıyor. Veya kabin memuru, kalkış öncesinde uçuş sırasında kullanacağınız ‘amenity kit’ ile birlikte kulaklık dağıtıyor. Hatta business class’ta verilen, gürültüyü…
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How does WiFi work on Airplanes?
by Captain Joe Today’s video is about a very interesting topic, “How does WIFI work on airplanes?”
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Dünyanın En Fazla Ziyaret Edilen Şehirleri Hangileri?
Küresel ödeme sistemleri pazarının önde gelen firmalarından Mastercard, 2016 yılı uluslararası turistik şehir sıralamasını (Index of Global Destination Cities) yayınladı. Mastercard’ın hazırladığı listede şehirler, ziyaret sayısına ve turistlerin yapmış olduğu harcama miktarına göre değerlendiriliyor. Buna göre dünya genelindeki sıralamada Tayland’ın başkenti Bangkok ilk sırayı aldı. 19,4 milyon kişi tarafından ziyaret edilen Bangkok’u, 19 milyon kişiyle…
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Can you dim the cockpit lights?
by Captain Joe Today’s video is another very interesting topic about the “Can you dim the cockpit lights?” In this video you will understand why it is so necessary to be able to dim all cockpit lights and instruments. And this applies not just for airliners, little Cessnas and Pipers are also capable of dimming…