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Aeroplanes
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Airlines Pilot Who Tried To Shut Off Plane’s Engines While On Mushrooms Finally Speaks Out [Video]
27 Aug 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Emerson has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder, 83 misdemeanour counts of reckless endangerment and one felony count of endangering an aircraft. Talk about a bad trip.
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Two South African Airlines Honoured Among The Best In The World
09 Jul 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Maybe we shouldn’t be so surprised that several South African-based airlines were honoured at the recent 2024 Skytrax World Airline Awards.
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The Last BelugaXL Wide-Body Airliner Has Entered Service [Video]
13 Jun 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Few aeroplanes can beat the sight of the Airbus Beluga fleet.
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Scientists Explain Why Airplane Turbulence Is Getting More Extreme
27 May 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
While turbulence fatalities are rare, the overall bumpiness in the air is becoming more frequent, and severe.
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Second Boeing Whistleblower Dead In Two Months [Video]
03 May 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Dean was among the first whistleblowers to accuse Spirit AeroSystems leadership of ignoring defects on the 737 MAX.
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With No Rudders Or Flaps, This Bonkers New X-Plane Uses Holes In Its Wings To Hit Mach Speeds
30 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
It sounds like sci-fi, but it’s just the latest mad offering from the US government’s long-running experimental X-Plane series.
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Cape Town’s New ‘Eye in the Sky’ Plane Will Leave Criminal With No Place To Hide
01 Mar 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Expect to see this watchful eye join the Mavericks plane over the Mother City soon.
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The Reason Airline Are Slowly Phasing Out First Class
25 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
If the memory of strolling through the first-class section to board a plane eludes you, it’s possible that the airline has discreetly phased it out.
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The Cape Winelands Airport Is A Step Closer To Becoming Reality
14 Dec 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Construction of the Cape Winelands Airport will begin in 2025.
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A French Pilot Has Been Sentenced For Decapitating A Skydiver With His Aeroplane’s Wing
24 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
40-year-old Nicolas Galy was one of ten parachutists on the trip and was ‘killed instantly’ after colliding with the wing.
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Retired Flight Attendant Shares The Hidden Hells Of Life In The Air [Video]
10 Nov 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
A retired flight attendant for Virgin Australia shared a video explaining some of the more gruelling aspects of the job.
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Airlines Are Crying Foul Over The ‘Skip Lagging’ Travel Hack
29 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Airlines are now crying foul, and have even gone as far as banning customers who make use of this practice, and even placing them on no-fly lists.
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Meet Pibot, The Humanoid Robot That Can Fly An Aeroplane Just Like A Human Pilot [Video]
16 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
A team of engineers and researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) is currently developing a humanoid robot that can fly aeroplanes without the need to modify the cockpit.
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Video Shows The ‘Real’ Speed Of Passenger Planes
03 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
This ‘slowing’ phenomenon is called the Motion Parallax and has to do with how fast an object moves through our field of vision.
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Insane Looking New Blended Wing Jet Burns 50% Less Fuel And Creates Four Times Less Noise
24 May 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Imagine seeing one of these birds floating over Parow as it comes in for a landing at Cape Town International Airport. The future is here people.
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Pilotless, Self-Flying Planes Are Coming To Commercial Aviation Sooner Than We Think
09 Mar 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Self-flying planes are coming to commercial aviation, and not in some distant Jetsons future world.
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Why You’re Actually Asked To Turn Your Phone To Flight Mode Before Take-Off
03 Oct 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Do we really need to put our phones on flight mode and give up our communication? Turns out there is a solid reason.
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Movie-Like Scenes As Passenger With Zero Experience Lands Plane [Video]
11 May 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The passenger could be heard panicking on the line with air traffic control, saying that he doesn’t know how to fly a plane.
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Flying Commercial Soon? Look Out For These Secret Features On The Plane
01 Oct 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Even the most seasoned flyer has probably missed some of these hidden aircraft features, ranging from the useful to the downright pointless.
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Paul Allen Is Building The Biggest Airplane In The World – Check It Out
05 Mar 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
What do you do when you have money coming out of your (insert name of orifice)? Yeah, you build the world’s biggest plane and laugh at us mere peons.
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Finally We Get To See The Living Quarters Of Long-Haul Flight Attendants
29 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
We don’t know about you, but we have always wondered how the flight attendants on long-haul flights stay awake and bubbly – We have their secret … check this out
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Do Airplanes Offload Toilet Waste Into The Air? (+ Another 6 Interesting Air Travel Facts)
30 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Aeroplane travel. Most of us safely assume that because planes have been built by ENGINEERS and that pilots have spent a million hours completing flight school that we must be in good hands. Right? Actually what happens in the cabin of an aeroplane is not always as sanitary and efficient as you may think. There […]
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New Airlines, Skywise Is Set To Take Off With Lower Domestic Flight Costs
07 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
See what we did there with the headline? Low cost flying is set to make a come back when Skywise begins operations between OR Tambo International Airport and Cape Town International Airport in the latter part of this year. Skywise is aiming to cut domestic flight costs by 20%, says Finance Director and former Founding […]
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iPads Are Replacing Traditional In-Flight Entertainment
05 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A low-cost Singaporean airline has begun offering passengers iPads as an alternative to traditional in-flight entertainment. The bold move has allowed the airline to slash costs while improving passengers’ experience while on board.
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