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The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know: Part one  

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Before departure Once you are onboard and safely seated, there will already be a rush of activity going on in the cabin around you. These figures are vital for the crew to be able to calculate the actual take-off speed of the airplane in the prevailing weather conditions (as we’ll see later).

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Discovering IndiGo Airbus A321neo Part 1: New Delhi To Mumbai

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

Damp Lease is which the lessor (owner) provides the aircraft, maintainence of the aircraft and flight crew. However, cabin crew and insurance will not be provided. The airline that is leasing the aircraft will provide its own cabin crew and will be trained before being allowed to work on these leased aircraft.

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Flying Back To Athens On Board Aegean Airlines A320CEO!

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

In addition, the airport has 2 runways, runway 10/28 and 16/34 and operates 2 terminals. The map of Thessaloniki Airport (SKG) (Photo: Wikimedia) On the day of departure After spending about 40 minutes on the public bus, I reached the airport in this gloomy weather. This is the bus that took me to the airport from town.

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My First Embraer ERJ 190-E2 Ride: Flying With Scoot From Singapore To Hat Yai

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

The cabin crew generally was nice and I interacted with one asking her what she thinks about this aircraft and from her response she wasn't enthusiastic about working on it and I can understand why. Just took off in this dreadful weather. The weather didn't look too bad. Once our aircraft pushed back, we were on our way.

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My Tribute to Vistara Part 2: Flying Vistara's Airbus A321neo From New Delhi To Singapore

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

When we reached our aircraft, we were the first batch to board so that gave me a chance to explore the cabin. Anyway, once I settled down, the cabin crew came to distribute the menu and also an amenity kit. Once all the passengers settled down and the crew completed the pre-departure checklists, we were on our way.

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Flying FireFly Propeller Plane from Kuala Lumpur (Subang) to Singapore (Seletar)!

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

The weather was not good that day. Greeted by the not-so-friendly crew, I made my way to the seat with about 90% of the seats taken. Greeted by the not-so-friendly crew, I made my way to the seat with about 90% of the seats taken. I checked the weather radar and fortunately for us, the weather was good until evening time.

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Tribute to Vistara Part 1: Flying Vistara's A320neo from Chennai to New Delhi

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

This time, both of the engines were started after pushed back so no PTU (Power Transfer Unit) - 'barking' noise was heard during our taxi to the runway. It took a while before the seatbelt sign was turned off and the crew started preparing for in-flight service. The 2 hours flight in this cabin was certainly comfortable.

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