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Flying Frontier is Perfectly Good… Except for That Seat (Trip Report)

Cranky Flier

I stopped to admire Hazel the Chipmunk on the tail and then went down the jet bridge. But then, a few minutes before our descent, the show began. If you’ve paid for a carry-on — I didn’t need to, but remember, the price was the same for me — that’s your group. Then it dropped further to 2 or 3.

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Delta Connection flight received sink rate alert before Toronto Pearson crash

Aerotime

While the report draws no conclusions as to the cause of the crash, investigators set out a detailed timeline which focuses heavily on the Mitsubishi CRJ900s descent. TSB At a height of 50 feet the rate of descent had increased to 1114 feet per minute (fpm) from 672 fpm around 14 seconds before. to the right, the TSB said.

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Review: Japan Airlines Domestic First Class Airbus A350 (CTS-HND)

One Mile at a Time

Keep in mind these huge jets primarily operate flights that are at most two hours, so of course its a completely different experience than on long haul flights. I think Japan Airlines absolutely nails the domestic first class product, from the free Wi-Fi and tail camera, to the super friendly service, to the seat comfort.

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Examining over 100 years of flight automation and the history of the autopilot

Aerotime

His system would provide an aircraft with automatic stability and control mechanism, through the control of the ailerons, stabilizer, and tail rudder through the use of a set of simple gyroscopes. The process of flight can be divided into seven crucial stages – taxi, take-off, climb, cruise, descent, approach, and landing phases.

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Review: Emirates Business Class Airbus A380 (JFK-MXP)

One Mile at a Time

Emirates Lounge New York Kennedy Airport Emirates has a door to the jet bridge in its lounge, so in theory, boarding sometimes happens through the lounge, if your A380 is parked at the right gate. However, when I was flying, they were doing some work on the upper deck jet bridge, so boarding from the lounge wasnt possible.

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Why Use a Checklist?

Plane and Pilot

In that configuration, it didnt depart the airplane but, instead, blocked airflow to the tail, with fatal results. Theres a whole other reason for using checklists, and that is preparing the pilot mentally for the next flight phase, such as descent or landing, among others. Checklists can also include tasks to lessen workload later.

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Review: Austrian Business Class Boeing 787 (VIE-IAD)

One Mile at a Time

Even though the plane is new to Austrian, its not a new jet. As you can see, the plane doesnt yet have the full Austrian livery, but instead has an all-white fuselage, except for the Austrian name written across the front of the plane, and the Austrian logo on the tail. So we finally deplaned at 2:25PM, still a bit ahead of schedule.