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The physics of mobility: an interesting comparison of road, rail, and air travel

Aerotime

His innovative approach integrates infrastructure and movement processes into holistic CO2 and energy comparisons. To be fair, it must be stated that aircraft do not always travel the shortest possible distance between two airports due to fixed arrival and departure routes and air traffic control requirements.

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Rotation Gone Wrong: The Critical Error Behind LATAM’s Milan Tail Strike

Fear of Landing

. […] There are many checks and balances which should catch a slip like this, as the wrong weight has serious consequences: not just that the airspeed is too high or low for rotation, but that all of the V-speeds are off, which affects go/no-go decisions. These V-speeds need to be calculated for every flight.

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