WHY CAN AEROPLANES FLY?
The moment has come to step back in time to your school desk, specifically to your Physics classroom. Whether you’ve always been a geek or are relatively new to the experience, today we’re going to brush up on Newton, Bernoulli and Lavoisier in an...
FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
If you aren’t a pilot, a flight attendant, a specialist or an aeronautical engineer, you’ve probably never seen a cockpit. However, if you’re fascinated by words such as “turn and slip indicator”, “radar altimeter” or “machmeter”, this article and maybe the whole column #AvGeek...
LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW!
Heavy snowfall has its charms. Flying over the Dolomites, we wouldn’t expect anything else.
But sometimes, heavy snowfall brings with it gridlock, temporary bus and train cancellations, issues in towns and cities and for those who have upcoming travel plans.
So… How do aeroplanes behave when...
FLAPS
#AvGeek friends, keeping you satisfied is no easy task!
Your questions make us tackle increasingly detailed topics and explain how all the components in our beloved aeroplanes work, even the smallest – but nevertheless important – ones!
Today is all about flaps.
Flaps are the moving parts...
BOARDING ON THE LEFT
If you’ve come across this section of our blog dedicated to flying, we’re sure you love airplanes. You may even be a frequent flyer. If that is the case, sorry for this short piece of obvious information: passengers board planes on the left-hand side....
A CERAMIC COATING COULD MAKE THE HYPERSONIC PLANE A REALITY
Heat has always been the main obstacle to the development of hypersonic aircrafts. Travelling at Mach 5 generates ultra-high temperatures well above 300°C and, up until now, materials subjected to this type of heat have literally disintegrated. But all this is about to change....
HOW DO HELICOPTERS FLY?
To understand how helicopters fly, you have to forget everything you know about airplanes for a moment.
The first and rather obvious difference is visible to the naked eye: helicopters fly thanks to a rotary wing, whereas airplanes fly with fixed wings.
Some history
Let’s go back...
AEROPLANE TAILS
Last but not least on an aeroplane comes the tail, also known as the empennage. A fundamental part of an aeroplane, the tail is structured in both horizontal and vertical planes, the ratio of which changes according to the aeroplane configuration. For example, there...
HOW IS A PLANE WINDOW MADE?
We’ve created this column for those who love technology and always keep up with the times, but above all for those who ask themselves constantly: "How is it made?”.
They allow a perspective on illuminated cities, a moment to stare in amazement at the beauty...