Kritika Baral, Author at aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/author/kritika-baral/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:18:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://aviospace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/463575282_2477404082464408_3209599391009761950_n-150x150.jpg Kritika Baral, Author at aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/author/kritika-baral/ 32 32 Why Altitude Air Is Rebuilding Its Fleet a Year After a Lobuche Crash https://aviospace.org/why-altitude-air-is-rebuilding-its-fleet-a-year-after-a-lobuche-crash/ https://aviospace.org/why-altitude-air-is-rebuilding-its-fleet-a-year-after-a-lobuche-crash/#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:35:35 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=17205 Altitude Air, a Kathmandu-based helicopter charter operator, is preparing to expand its fleet back to three helicopters by November 2026. The company currently flies with two aircraft after one of its three Airbus H125 helicopters was damaged beyond repair in an accident near Lobuche, in the Everest region, in late October last year. Company Director […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/why-altitude-air-is-rebuilding-its-fleet-a-year-after-a-lobuche-crash/feed/ 0 Buddha Air’s New ATR 72-600 Lands in Kathmandu, Fleet Hits 17 https://aviospace.org/buddha-airs-new-atr-72-600-lands-in-kathmandu-fleet-hits-17/ https://aviospace.org/buddha-airs-new-atr-72-600-lands-in-kathmandu-fleet-hits-17/#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:36:29 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=17200 Buddha Air (U4), Nepal’s largest private airline by fleet size, has taken delivery of a new-generation ATR 72-600 turboprop, registered 9N-AOS. The aircraft landed at Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM), Kathmandu, on Saturday, July 25, 2026, after a ferry flight that began in Toulouse, France, and routed through Cairo and Muscat. The delivery raises Buddha Air’s […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/buddha-airs-new-atr-72-600-lands-in-kathmandu-fleet-hits-17/feed/ 0 How Common and Dangerous Are Bird Strikes in Indian Aviation? https://aviospace.org/how-common-and-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-indian-aviation/ https://aviospace.org/how-common-and-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-indian-aviation/#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:06:06 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=17193 Indian airports recorded 1,782 bird strikes in 2025, a 39 percent jump over the 1,278 cases logged in 2024, according to figures the government shared with parliament, according to a report by FODNews. The scale of the problem stems from a familiar and largely unresolved cause: garbage dumps, meat shops, and open waste sites operating […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/how-common-and-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-indian-aviation/feed/ 0 Is Pilot Training a Degree Course? How to Become a Pilot? https://aviospace.org/is-pilot-training-a-degree-course/ https://aviospace.org/is-pilot-training-a-degree-course/#respond Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:52:16 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=14710 The most common question from aspiring pilots is whether pilot training is a degree course. The answer is no. Pilot training is a licence-based programme, not a university degree. It leads to FAA certificates, not academic qualifications. The FAA does not require a college degree for any pilot licence, from the Private Pilot Licence (PPL) […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/is-pilot-training-a-degree-course/feed/ 0 Why Do Pilots Wear Sunglasses? The Surprising Reason Goes Beyond Bright Sunlight https://aviospace.org/why-pilots-wear-sunglasses/ https://aviospace.org/why-pilots-wear-sunglasses/#respond Sun, 31 May 2026 13:45:15 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=14625 Pilots wear sunglasses for the same reason surgeons wear gloves: their working environment exposes a critical biological asset to an occupational hazard that ground-based workers simply do not face at equivalent intensity. At sea level, the Earth’s atmosphere filters a substantial proportion of the sun’s ultraviolet output before it reaches human eyes; the Hong Kong […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/why-pilots-wear-sunglasses/feed/ 0 Delta’s $1.5 Billion JFK Transformation: From Terminal 2 to Terminal 4 https://aviospace.org/delta-jfk-terminal-2-terminal-4/ https://aviospace.org/delta-jfk-terminal-2-terminal-4/#respond Sun, 31 May 2026 13:20:20 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=14675 Delta Air Lines (DL) has transformed its presence at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York, through a USD 1.5 billion Terminal 4 modernisation and expansion programme. This was the largest capital commitment by any single airline at any U.S. airport in the post-pandemic era. It helped consolidate all operations from the former Terminal […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/delta-jfk-terminal-2-terminal-4/feed/ 0 A-10 Warthog: The Legendary Gunship That Refuses to Retire https://aviospace.org/a-10-warthog-history/ https://aviospace.org/a-10-warthog-history/#respond Sun, 31 May 2026 12:38:52 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=14677 The A-10 Warthog, which is officially known as the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, is a single-seat, straight-wing jet aircraft was designed and developed to serve the United States Air Force (USAF) for close air support (CAS) of friendly ground troops. Developed in the middle of the Cold War, it is one of the most […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/a-10-warthog-history/feed/ 0 E-6B Mercury: America’s Most Lethal Aircraft Ever https://aviospace.org/boeing-last-707-e6b-mercury/ https://aviospace.org/boeing-last-707-e6b-mercury/#respond Thu, 28 May 2026 15:41:06 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=14482 The Boeing E-6B Mercury is not the fastest aircraft in the U.S. military, not the most heavily armed, and not the most recognisable. Despite this, many consider this to be the most consequential by strategic measure. Operating under the codename TACAMO, an acronym for “Take Charge and Move Out,” the E-6B is the United States’ […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/boeing-last-707-e6b-mercury/feed/ 0 Taking Flight with Solar Energy: The Benefits of Solar Panels in Aircraft https://aviospace.org/solar-aircraft-technology/ https://aviospace.org/solar-aircraft-technology/#respond Wed, 27 May 2026 15:55:13 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=14505 Aviation accounts for approximately 2.5 percent of global CO₂ emissions and roughly 4 percent of total climate forcing when contractions from condensation trails are included. Despite being a relatively modest share of the global total, this represents the hardest-to-decarbonise segment of the transport sector, because the energy density of jet fuel is approximately 43 megajoules […]

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