Airline Seat Belt Regulations Through the Decades: What Changed and Why
It can be a surprise to learn that students of aviation have had to write scientific papers titled “Seat Belts […]
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Top 5 Must-See Aircraft At The National Museum Of The US Air Force
The National Museum of the US Air Force (which likes just outside of Dayton, Ohio)houses aircraft that were sometimes experimental
Top 5: female military pilots who made history and broke records
Many female pilots have broken several aviation records. One of them is Evelyn Bryan Johnson, a colonel in the Civil
What Will Happen When The World’s Airlines Run Out Of Flight Numbers?
British Airways started the supersonic Concorde with the iconic flight number 001; Malaysia Airlines lost out 370 to an incomprehensible
What Was Airfone & Why Did It Become Obsolete?
Airfone’s history is one where a potentially groundbreaking air-ground radiotelephone that could have revolutionized in-flight communication gets supplanted by something
How Common & Dangerous Are Bird Strikes In US Aviation?
On January 15th, 2009, when a U.S Airline plane, Airbus A320-214 scheduled to take off from New York City to
Aviation Nose Art: History, Meaning, and Iconic Designs
While explaining the difference between a piece of fine art and science, Niel Degrasse Tyson, a great expositor of black
6,290 Airsickness Bags, 1,191 Airlines: Inside the World’s Strangest Aviation Collection
Aviation is rife with some unique vocabulary: ETOPS (Extended-range Twin-engine Operations Performance Standards) if often jocularly, colloquially referred to as
Ed White: The First American Walk(er)
The momentous occasion of Ed White performing the first American spacewalk was captured by the co-pilot of Gemini 4, James