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Swinging Sixties …Aviation History …A Flashback !!!

November 21, 2014November 21, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

Poppy Marello,
Digital Content Executive, Routesonline …..It’s the penultimate week for our Aviation History Months articles, and this week we’re looking at airlines that began operation from 1960 – 1980.

Swinging Sixties – Aviation History Month

The sixties saw a number of aviation records, with A Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan making the first non-stop flight from England to Australia on June 21, 1961. Boeing rolled out its first Boeing 727 airline on November 27, 1962, Concorde flew for the first time on March 2, 1969 and of course, on July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed the first men on the moon.

The seventies saw a 24-hour worldwide strike in 1972 calling for tighter security after the International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations (IFALPA) accused governments of failing to take action to halt air piracy. In September 1972, the 1,000^th Boeing 727 is sold, a sales record for airliners. The Space Shuttle ‘Enterprise’ makes its first test flight after detaching from a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

Thai Airways

The airline was founded in 1960 as a joint venture between Thailand’s domestic carrier, Thai Airways Company (TAC) and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS). On 14 May 1997, THAI, along with Lufthansa, Air Canada, SAS, and United Airlines, founded the world’s first and largest airline alliance, Star Alliance.

Thai Airways, 1960s [Image by Thai Airways]

Royal Jordanian

The airline was established under the name ‘Alia’ in December 1963, after King Hussain’s eldest daughter, Princess Alia bint Al Hussein. The national carrier for Jordan joined the jet age in 1970 when it phased out its Fokker F-27s and ordered Boeing 707 aircraft, and in that year, services were initiated to Madrid, Copenhagen and Karachi.

The third Caravelle delivered to Royal Jordanian, 1966. [Image by Royal Jordanian]

Transavia Airlines

In 1966, the airline was established as ‘Transavia Holland’, until 1986 when the name was changed to ‘Transavia Airlines’. The newly branded operator became the first airline to take advantage of the world’s first open skies agreement signed between the UK and Dutch governments, operating its route between Amsterdam and London Gatwick from October 26, 1986.

Boeing 737, 1986, just before the name change. [Image by airliners.net]

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British Airways

The airline was established on 31 March 1974, upon the dissolution of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and British European Airways (BEA). The airline jointly inaugurated the world’s first passenger supersonic services to Bahrain using Concorde G-BOAA aircraft, alongside Air France’s operation to Rio de Janeiro via Dakar in January 1976. In March 1979, the new Boeing 757 aircraft was launched with orders for 19 from British Airways and 21 from Eastern (USA).

British Airways Lockheed L1011 TriStar 200 G-BHBN, 1974 [Image by British Airways]

Air Berlin

The airline was founded as Air Berlin USA in July 1978 by PanAm captain, Kim Lundgren, and was originally headquartered in Oregon, United States to operate charter flights on behalf of German tour operators from Berlin Tegel Airport. On 28 April 1979, the first airberlin jet took off from Berlin to Palma de Mallorca. During most of the 1980s, Air Berlin USA operated only a single 737-200. The airline was sole in 1991 when it changed its name to the current ‘Air Berlin’.

Air Berlin USA Boeing 707, 1979 [Image by Air Berlin]

At Gibraltar Airport its Runway Intersects With The Busiest Road in City !!!

November 19, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

There’s a road running straight through the runway in Gibraltar. Source: Getty Images

SPACE is at a premium in tiny Gibraltar — so much so that the British territory’s only airport runway intersects with its busiest road. Cars travelling along Winston Churchill Avenue must stop for planes several times a day. For about 10 minutes, traffic stays at a standstill to allow a flight to depart for — or arrive from — London, Birmingham, or Manchester.

In 2007 the government released plans for a new four-lane road that would divert traffic through a tunnel under the runway, although cars would not be required to use it. The road, scheduled to open in 2009, has still not been completed.

Drivers in this country have to watch out for unusual traffic. Source: Getty Images

The airport is, by necessity, small. The Spain-Gibraltar border lies just north of the runway. South of the runway, in the shadow of the Rock of Gibraltar, is North Front cemetery, the only graveyard in the territory where burials are still conducted.

Pedestrians and vehicles cross the airport while planes wait. Picture: Lancastrian. Source: Flickr

It’s an intersection on an airport. Picture: D-Stanley. Source: Flickr

Plane enthusiasts will love this road. Picture: Lancastrian Source: Flickr

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” The War and Beyond… Aviation History Month …. November ” ….

November 14, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

Aviation History Month is still underway, and this week we’re looking at airlines from 1940 – 1960. Despite World War II ongoing during the first quarter of the period, aviation still saw a great deal of progression and many new airlines commenced operation.

The War and Beyond - Aviation History Month

July 1940 saw the first operational flight of the Boeing Stratoliner which became the first aircraft to fly with a pressurised cabin. The aircraft flew up to 20,000 feet avoiding turbulence, from Miami, Florida to Latin America.

The Gloster ‘Whittle’ E28/39 first flew on May 15 1941 as the first successful jet aircraft, with the engine designed by Frank Whittle.

April 1947 saw United Airlines introducing the Douglas DC-6 aircraft, the first commercial postwar aircraft to feature full-cabin pressurisation.

In March 1949, Luck Lady II made the first non-stop flight around the world. The Boeing B-50A was in the air for 94 hours and one minute, was refuelled four times by strategically positioned B-29s before touching down.

But to continue our theme, Routesonline have taken a look at some of the airlines that began operation between the periods of 1940 – 1960.

SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Scandinavian Airlines System, as it was originally named, was founded in 1946 and is now the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. It was created after three airlines from Sweden, Denmark and Norway formed a partnership to handle the intercontinental air traffic. By the end of 1947, Scandinavian Airlines had carried more than 18,000 passengers over the Atlantic. This figure was far beyond the 3675 passengers SAS had forecasted for the time.

SAS Saab 90A-2 Scandia, Arne Viking SE-BSK, ready for takeoff [Image by SAS]

Japan Airlines

The national flag carrier commenced operations in 1951, and in the October of the same year launched the first private domestic airline service in Japan during the postwar period with Northwest Airlines in charge of flight operations. The Martin 202 “Mokusei” was the first aircraft to enter service, but in 1952, it crashed on Mt. Mihara in Izu Oshima, killing all 37 passengers on board.

Japan Airlines launches a Boeing 747 jumbo jet (1970) [Image by The Guardian]

Lufthansa

Although the airline originally traces its history to 1926 as the airline ‘Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G’, it was suspended in 1945 following the defeat of Germany in WWII. In order to create a new national airline, a company called Aktiengesellschaft für Luftverkehrsbedarf (Luftag) founded a new airline in 1953, using many of the staff that worked at the defunct national flag carrier. On 6 August 1954, Luftag acquired the name and logo from the liquidated Deutsche Lufthansa.

The flagship of the Lufthansa fleet: the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation. Their characteristic vertical stabilizers made these aircraft unmistakable. [Image by Lufthansa]

Austrian Airlines

When Austria regained sovereignty over its airspace in 1955 with the signature of the State Treaty, two separate carriers were founded, Air Austria and Austrian Airways. On 4 April 1957, the two companies finally merged to form a single airline, Austrian Airlines.The airline began operations in 1958 with its first service from Vienna – London with one of four chartered Vickers Viscount 779 aircraft.

Austrian Airlines Douglas DC9-MD81 [Image by Austrian Airlines]

You can follow the hashtag #AviationHistoryMonth on Twitter to see what else is going on in the world of aviation history, and follow us at @Routesonline

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November….Aviation History Month …A Look @ Oldest Airlines in the World !!!

November 7, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

November has arrived, which means it is Aviation History Month!

Oldest Airlines in the World - Aviation History Month

To coincide with the event, Routesonline delved into the history of some of the world’s oldest airlines, and chose some of our favourite historical photos. Beginning with one of the first ever airlines (KLM), we took a look at the first 20 years of commercial aviation, and some of the airlines that were founded between 1920 and 1940.

KLM

KLM is the oldest running airline still operating under its original name. The airline was founded on October 7, 1919 as ‘Dutch Royal Airlines for the Netherlands and its Colonies’ (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij voor Nederland en Koloniën) – KLM. The first flight by the airline was piloted by Jerry Shaw and it flew from Croydon Airport, London to Amsterdam on May 7, 1920 in a leased De Havilland DH-16.

PH-AJU KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Douglas DC-2 [Image by KLM]

Qantas

Qantas is Australia’s largest airline, and the second oldest airline in the world, founded in November 1920. In 1921, the airlines’ fleet consisted of two biplanes, one Avro 504K with a 100 horsepower water-cooled engine and a Royal Aircraft Factory BE2E with a 90 horsepower air-cooled engine. Qantas began to operate a scheduled airmail service in November 1922 between Charleville and Cloncurry, and this became the first scheduled air service for the airline. Qantas operated its first overseas passenger flight in February 1935 from Brisbane to Singapore using its four-engine DH86 aircraft.

Economy class cabin of a Qantas Boeing 747B in the early 1970s. [Image by Qantas]

Finnair

Finnair, which was founded in 1923, is the fifth oldest airline in the world with continuous operation. The airline was originally founded under the name ‘Aero Yhtiö’ (Aero Company) which is where the airlines’ code ‘AY’ originates from. Aero took delivery of its first aircraft, a German-registered Junkers F 13 D-335, on 14 March 1924, and its maiden commercial flight was on 20 March 1924, when it carried 162 kilos of mail from Helsinki to Tallinn.

Finnair inauguration flight to London Heathrow airport August 29th, 1954. [Image byFinnair]

Czech Airlines

Czech Airlines was founded in 1923 as Czechoslovak State Airlines and completed its first transport from Prague to Bratislava on October 29 of the same year. On the 1^st July 1930, CSA operated its first international flight with a Ford 5AT plane on from Prague to the Croatian capital, Zagreb. It was in 1937 when Czech Airlines introduced cabin attendants on board to improve the passenger experience.

Czech Airlines Tupolev Tu-104. [Image by Czech Airlines]

Icelandair

Icelandair was originally founded in 1937 under the name Flugfélag Akureyrar, before becoming grounded again in 1939 after a capsizing accident destroyed the airlines’ only aircraft. The airline was re-launched in 1940 under the name ‘Flugfélag Íslands’ but was often referred to as Iceland Airways for international purposes. The airline did not adopt its current name until 1979 when it merged with Loftleiðir.

Icelandair Pilots 1942. [Image by Icelandair]

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” Parked His Plane Outside Pub…Went in For a Beer…!!!”

November 6, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

He Parked His Plane at a Pub, Went in For a Beer

The two-seater plane was parked at a pub in Australia. Photo courtesy: inside.com

SYDNEY: A man who taxied his light plane down a street in Australia and parked it at a pub while he went inside for a beer was being questioned on Monday by police, who were not amused.

Locals in Newman, Western Australia, were stunned when they saw the wingless Beechcraft two-seater aircraft chugging down the main drag of the mining town in the Pilbara region, before pulling up at the local watering hole.

“On the way back through town, here’s a plane parked outside the Purple Pub,” Newman resident Beau Woolcock told ABC radio.

“Even more special was seeing one of the local coppers poking his head in the door of the plane looking like he was asking for a licence.”

While the incident quickly became the talk of the town, police did not see the funny side.

“It was a pretty stupid thing to do,” Newman police sergeant Mark McKenzie told reporters, saying the propeller was running and it needed to be steered by foot pedals. It was not clear why it had no wings.

“Kids were coming home from school. It could have been very ugly. All he needed was one gust of wind because without the wings, it’s not stable.

“People think it was a bit of a laugh but it was very dangerous and we’re not very happy with it.”

The West Australian newspaper said staff at the pub had dubbed the man a “legend” for his casual arrival.

Police said they were investigating whether he had committed an offence, given the plane did not leave the ground or cause any traffic accidents and the man passed a breath-test at the scene.

“I need to look at what the appropriate offence would be as it’s a bit of an unusual one,” said police officer Mark Garner.

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Longest and Shortest Dreamliner Routes In the World…

October 31, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

As United Airlines launches the longest Dreamliner route to date, here at Routesonline we decided to look at the top 10 longest and shortest Dreamliner routes in the world.

Longest and Shortest Dreamliner Routes in the World

United Airlines announced earlier this year that they were introducing a new route between Los Angeles and Melbourne starting from October 26, 2014 using Boeing 787-9 aircraft.

The 787-9’s extended range – 13,760 kilometres compared to the 787-8’s 13,197 kilometres enables United to launch the new service, which will be the longest Dreamliner route in the world to date.

Flying times will be approximately 15 hours, 45 minutes’ westbound and 14 hours, 35 minutes eastbound and United has timed the new flights to conveniently connect at Los Angeles with an extensive network throughout the US, Canada and Latin America.

We took a look at the top 10 longest and shortest Dreamliner routes in the world:

Top 10 Longest Dreamliner Routes in the World:

10. United Airlines 10,655 km

The airline, which operates the route between Houston and Tokyo Narita, introduced a second daily offering in the spring of this year (2014). The route is a distance of 10,655 kilometres and takes 14 hours, 5 minutes.

9. Aeromexico 10,680 km

The Monterrey to Tokyo Narita route which takes a little under 14 hours was introduced earlier this year, and the skyteam member operates the route four times weekly. The Carrier started operating the Dreamliner in October 2013, first serving the Mexico City – Monterrey and Mexico City – Tijuana routes.

8. LAN Airlines 10,712 km

The South American Airline group operate routes between Santiago and Madrid which takes 12 hours and 40 minutes. LAN took delivery of its first Boeing 787 in late 2012, making it the first South American airline to add the Dreamliner to its fleet. The aircraft is configured with 217 economy seats in a 3-3-3 layout and 30 in business class in a 2-2-2 layout.

7. Japan Airlines 10,758 km

The Japanese carrier holds two spots in the top ten, with its Tokyo Narita – Boston route as the shorter of the two, operating daily.

6. Hainan Airlines 10,813 km

The 13 and a half hour Beijing – Boston route is operated by the privately owned airline, configured with 177 economy seats and 36 flat-bed business seats.

5. Japan Airlines 10,828 km

70km longer than Japan Airlines’ other top ten entry is the Tokyo Narita – New York JFK route. The airline released a second daily flight between the two cities earlier this year, and the flight time is 12 hours, 30 minutes.

4. United Airlines 11,029 km

The American airline operates a San Francisco – Chengdu route with a flight time of 14 hours, 30 minutes. United 787’s are configured with 30 flat-bed seats in BusinessFirst class, 70 Economy Plus and 113 economy seats.

3. Aeromexico 11,249 km

The airline operates its Mexico City – Tokyo Narita route 4 times weekly and the cabin is configured with 32 seats in Premier Business class and 211 economy seats.

2. Ethiopian Airlines 11,494 km

Ethiopian Airlines was the first African carrier to take delivery of the Boeing Dreamliner aircraft in 2012. It offers a direct route between Toronto and Addis Ababa which takes approximately 13 hours and 20 minutes and operates three times weekly.

1. United Airlines 12,751 km

The newly operated 787-9 Los Angeles – Melbourne route has a flight time of 15 hours, 45 minutes, and is the longest Dreamliner route to date.

The table is soon to change however, with Etihad Airways and China Southern introducing new routes in 2015. Etihad Airways will operate an Abu Dhabi – Brisbane route (12,004 km) and an Abu Dhabi – Washington route (11,383 km) in June 2015 and January 2015 respectively, stealing second and fourth place on our table. China Southern will commence a Guangzhou – San Francisco route (11,075 km) in June 2015.

Top 10 Shortest Dreamliner Routes in the World

10. Ethiopian Airlines 402 km

Although the African airline holds the number 2 spot in the longest Dreamliner routes in the world, it also claims three spots in the shortest Dreamliner routes list. This is a perfect example of the versatility of the Dreamliner aircraft, with Ethiopian Airlines operating a Lusaka – Harare route, a mere 50 minute flight.

9. All Nippon Airways 402 km

The first of the Japanese airline’s entries is its Tokyo Haneda – Osaka Itami route with a flight time of 1 hour, 5 minutes with 787-9 aircraft.

8. Qatar Airways 377 km

The state-owned flag carrier operates a Doha – Dubai with a flight time of 1 hour, 5 minutes. The airline currently has 9 Dreamliner aircraft, with another 51 on order for delivery throughout 2018.

7. All Nippon Airways 315 km

With a flight time of one hour, the Japanese Airline operates a Tokyo Haneda – Komatsu domestic route. The carrier was the launch customer for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

6. All Nippon Airways 261 km

With a flight time of 55 minutes, the Tokyo Haneda – Toyama route is the shortest Dreamliner route the airline offers.

5. Ethiopian Airlines 253 km

The Paris CDG – Brussels route is the shortest European Dreamliner route in the world, with a flight time of 50 minutes.

4. Qatar Airways 146 km

From the airline’s base in Doha, the carrier’s shortest route flies to Bahrain in a mere 45 minutes.

3. Arkefly 119 km

The Dutch charter carrier became ‘Arkefly’ after the German group, TUI took over the financially struggling Holland Air. The Aruba – Curacao route has a flight time of 35 minutes.

2. Ethiopian Airlines 116 km

The airline operates the Malabo – Douala route four times weekly with a flight time of 35 minutes.

1. Arkefly 74 km

The carrier operates the shortest Dreamliner route in the world, between Bonaire – Curacao with a flight time of 25 minutes. Arkefly has one 787 in operation and one on order.

The Dreamliner operates routes between 74km – 12,751km making it one of the most versatile aircraft available. Used for both international and domestic use, the 787-8 Dreamliner can carry 242 passengers while the longer 787-9 can carry 280 passengers. The new 787-10, launched in June 2013, will extend and complement the family, carrying 323 passengers up to 7,020 nautical miles (13,000 km), or more than 90 percent of the world’s twin-aisle routes.

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” Why you are asked to Raise Your Window shades For Take off and Landing … ” ?

October 28, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

Have you ever wondered why cabin crew on commercial flights ask you to raise your window shade for takeoff and landing?

We asked around the office and got all sorts of answers, from passenger curiosity to conspiracy theories about terrorism threats.

We decided to ask Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) corporate communications manager Peter Gibson to explain the real reason behind it.

“The simple answer is, for safety reasons,” Gibson told Business Insider Australia. “In case of an emergency, cabin crew need to decide which side of the aircraft is safest to disembark from. Leaving the window shade up allows them to make a quick call.”

Gibson said the measures were part of commercial airline safety procedures in Australia and applied to all large commercial aircraft.

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Untold Story of MH 17… As Told By Russia Today ….

October 27, 2014October 27, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

The Russian government's English news outlet, Russia Today, released a 26-minute documentary about the "untold story" of the MH-17 tragedy.

The film’s major thesis is that a BUK missile did not – and could not – have been what hit the MH-17 plane. Instead, it was actually a cannon fire from a (presumably) Ukrainian jet.

“The film attempts to establish what might have brought down the ill-fated airline and all 298 people abroad,” RT’s website says.

The mainstream consensus is that the plane was hit by a BUK missile fired by pro-Russia Ukrainian separatists.

And interestingly, Bellingcat’s Eliot Higgins points out that another Russian propaganda outlet disproves that the plane was shot down by a canon.

RT: It Was A Fighter Jet

In the film, one female witness says that the plane “was flying, but there were literally no windows. Well, [the plane was] on the level of the tallest trees.”

“Within a couple of minutes, there was the sound of a plane flying away. There were two planes,” she insists.

This second plane, according to the RT documentary, is the jet that allegedly fired at the MH-17.

Later on in the film, a team tests the cannon fire on aircrafts, and compares the damage to the damage of the MH-17.

“Here the results of the strike,” a man says, and points to the damaged aircrafts. The documentary also shows a side-by-side comparison to the MH-17 debris.

However, Higgins has seen all of this and explain how the comparisons actually prove the opposite of what’s intended:

“Another example of MH17 entry holes comes from ANNA News, a Russian language news channel embedded with separatists in Ukraine. … as we can see, compared to the [RT] piece on the damage done to MH17 there’s a significant size difference.”

“Based on the Russian channel’s own tests it seems clear that the entry holes visible in the above examples do not match what’s shown in the Russian channel’s own tests. It seems that rather than prove MH17 was shot down by cannon fire as they claim, they’ve inadvertently provided evidence that it wasn’t,” he adds.

RT: Why it “could not” have been the BUK missile

The documentary also attempts to disprove why the BUK missile could not have hit the MH-17.

Ivan Andrievsky, the vice president of the Russian Union of Engineers, says: “When a BUK missile is launched, it leaves a long vapor trail … This huge vapor trail would be about 15 kilometers long.”

“And given the meteorological conditions, [it would be visible for] up to 10 minutes. Imagine a huge vapor trail like that not being noticed by anyone,” he adds.

Nevertheless, all non-Russian analysis of the debris have concluded that the plane was most likelyhit by a missile.

The documentary concludes with an poignent interview of a victim’s parents, who visited the scene of the crash.

They were hoping that their daughter might have still been alive, and went toinvestigate for themselves.

“We are for peace. She was for peace. She is for peace. And she will forever be for peace,” says the father.

You can watch the whole documentary here.

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” When there is a Turbulence During your Flight …”

October 22, 2014October 22, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

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[Editorial note: This is an updated version of an earlier post. Turbulence is once again the news, after a Singapore Airlines flight encountered rough conditions while landing in Mumbai. recently.

Turbulence is far and away the No. 1 concern of nervous flyers.

If you’re among those seeking reassurance, please refer to my earlier essay on the topic, a version of which also appears in chapter two of the my book. Many anxious passengers have found this discussion helpful.

READ IT HERE.

In the meantime, I’ll go ahead and reiterate some points:

1. First and foremost, turbulence is, for lack of a better term, normal. Every flight, every day, will encounter some degree of rough air, be it a few light burbles or a more pronounced and consistent chop that sometimes gets your coffee spilling and the plates rattling in the galley. From a pilot’s perspective, garden-variety turbulence is seen as a comfort and convenience issue, not a safety issue per se. It’s annoying, but it is not dangerous.

2. In rare circumstances, however, it’s worse, to the point where a plane’s occupants can be injured or, even more uncommonly, aircraft components can be damaged. How rare? Put it this way: The type of encounter that United and Cathay ran into is the sort of thing even the most frequent flyer will not experience in a lifetime. And of the small number of passengers injured each year, the vast majority of them are people who did not have their seat belts on when they should have.

3. Can turbulence occur unexpectedly — or, as the news people have been embellishing it, “out of nowhere”? Yes. Pilots receive weather and turbulence forecasts prior to flight; once aloft we get periodic updates from our dispatchers and meteorologists on the ground. We have weather radar in the cockpit, as well as our eyes to see and avoid the worst weather. And perhaps most helpful of all, we receive real-time reports from nearby aircraft. With all of these tools at our disposal, we have a pretty good idea of the where, when, and how bad of the bumps. But every so often they happen without warning. Almost always it’s a mild nuisance, but the lesson here is to always have your belt fastened, even when conditions are smooth.

4. Do pilots keep their belts fastened in the cockpit? Yes, always. Is this one of those things that, well, hey, we sometimes ignore and get lackadaisical about? No, and neither should you.

5. For what it’s worth, thinking back over the whole history of modern commercial aviation, I cannot recall a single jetliner crash caused by turbulence, strictly speaking. Maybe there have been one or two, but airplanes are engineered to withstand an extreme amount of stress, and the amount of turbulence required to, for instance, tear off a wing, is far beyond anything you’ll ever experience.

6. During turbulence, the pilots are not fighting the controls. Planes are designed with what we call positive stability, meaning that when nudged from their original point in space, by their nature they wish to return there. The best way of handling rough air is to effectively ride it out, hands-off. (Some autopilots have a turbulence mode that desensitizes the system, to avoid over-controlling.) It can be uncomfortable, but the jet is not going to flip upside down.

7. Be wary of analogies. You might hear somebody compare turbulence to “driving over a rough road,” or to “a ship in rough seas.” I don’t like these comparisons, because potholes routinely pop tires, break axles and ruin suspensions, while ships can be capsized or swamped. There are no accurate equivalents in the air.

8. Be wary of passenger accounts in news stories. Not to insult anyone’s powers of observation, but people have a terrible habit of misinterpreting and exaggerating the sensations of flight, particularly if they’re scared. Even in considerably bumpy air — what a pilot might call “moderate turbulence,” a plane is seldom displaced in altitude by more than 20 feet, and usually less. Passengers might feel the plane “plummeting” or “diving” — words the media can’t get enough of — when in fact it’s hardly moving.

9. Will climate change increase the number of severe turbulence encounters? Possibly, but in the meantime remember there are also more airplanes flying than ever before. The worldwide jetliner fleet has more than doubled in the past 20 years, and it continues to grow. It stands to reason that as the number of flights goes up, the number of incidents will also go up, regardless of changes in the weather.

SOURCE:::: http://www.businessinsider.com

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Kindly have a look at my earlier blog post on this subject…pl click the following link and read further…

https://natarajank.com/2013/08/30/what-causes-turbulance-is-it-dangerous/

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World’s Best and Worst Airports !!!

October 21, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

Airport with a spa

There were no surprises when it came to naming the best airport, with Singapore’s Changi International taking the title it’s held every year since the survey began 18 years ago.

It’s success is credited to the spa, pool, gym, four-storey slide and movie theatres that make the airport a destination in itself.

Offering almost as many cool perks as its Singapore counterpart, South Korean’s Seoul Incheon International was named second best.

Amsterdam Schiphol and Hong Kong International Airport (last year’s third and fourth best airports) dropped out from the top five to ninth and seventh spots, respectively.

Helsinki International Airport, Munich International Airport and Vancouver International Airport wrapped up the top five.

Changi is the clear winner 18 years in a row. Source: Supplied

Incheon International Airport in South Korea came in at a close second.

Incheon International Airport in South Korea came in at a close second

Best Airports of 2014

1. Changi Airport, Singapore

2. Incheon International Airport, South Korea

3. Helsinki Airport, Finland

4. Munich Airport, Germany

5. Vancouver International Airport, Canada

6. Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia

7. Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong

8. Tokyo Haneda International Airport, Japan

9. Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, Netherlands

10. Zurich Airport, Switzerland

Worst Airports of 2014

1. Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, Pakistan

2. King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

3. Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal

4. Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Philippines

5. Tashkent International Airport, Uzbekistan

6. Paris Beauvais-Tille Airport, France

6. Frankfurt Hahn Airport, Germany

8. Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport, Italy

9. Tegel Airport, Berlin, Germany

10. LaGuardia Airport, New York City

This article originally appeared on CNN … and news.com.au

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