AIRPLANES ENGINES
You’re taxing on the runway and you hear a sound coming from outside, the airplane slows down, stops and that soft sound becomes a rumble filling up the cockpit, while the shadow takes off in few seconds: the best music for any aviation lover.
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REDUNDANCY
Safety is the most important thing when it comes to aviation.
Some people may wonder why aeroplanes are equipped with two engines and two radios, but our geekiest readers know that some aeroplanes also have two (sometimes even three) FCS, which stands for Flight Control...
PLANE SPEAKING
In our last article in this section dedicated to those who always find themselves asking, “How is that done?”, we talked about ACP125 and ICAO, the past and present conventional languages used in airline communications. We received a lot of interest from our readers.
So...
ROGER OR ROMEO?
You too may sometimes use a bit of ACP 125, perhaps even without knowing it. That time you absentmindedly said “Roger” the day after you watched an aviation movie on TV…
“Roger” is an instruction from the English ACP 125 radiotelephone procedures, which means “Received...
PITOT TUBE
Once again, in this section dedicated to fans of physics, engineering, technology, nuts and bolts, we’re looking at a fundamental component of aeronautics: the pitot tube.
The pitot "tube" or "probe" is a fundamental tool for flight data measurement on board an aircraft. Technically, it’s...
THE BLACK BOX: WHAT IS IT?
We’ve all at least heard of the famous ‘black box’. It’s a very important device used to record external communications, the pilots’ voices and the activity of the instrument panel on board a plane. Since 2005, black boxes have also been used on passenger...
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...
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...
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....