Harsh Lessons From Airline Accidents Over the years, there have been many air disasters that became catalysts to drastic changes—improvements—in air safety. For example, the tragic 1956 midair over the Grand Canyon between a TWA Super Constellation and a United Air Lines DC-7 led to the Federal Aviation Act, which created the FAA and led to the Air […]
How do you become a pilot in Europe? Cap’n Raph shows us how he did it! Lessons on how to reach the European pilot’s cockpit.
His name is Captain Richard De Crespigny. He flies the world’s largest airliner, the Airbus A380, for Qantas Airlines. And on November 4, 2010, he and his crew suffered what is called a “Black Swan event”—an event so rare that it can’t be prepared for, with major consequences. That event: the explosion of his Number 2 engine, […]
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His name is Captain Richard De Crespigny. He flies one of the world’s largest airliners, the Airbus A380, for Qantas Airlines. And on November 4, 2010, he and his crew suffered what is called a “Black Swan event.” An engine failure is extremely rare; only 1 out of every 5 pilots will experience an engine failure in their career. […]
Ladies and gents, from the Flight Blog, welcome back aboard! Yes, it’s been a long, tough, mostly grounded summer, so let’s take a special flight together, shall we? Of #Coronavirus, #Aviation & #Goatees! Once again, to help mitigate our airline’s furloughs, I’ve taken another 3-month voluntary leave. Bunny has taken an even longer one, over […]