Aircraft and aviation

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When the R101 first took to the skies, she was the largest aircraft ever to fly.

In the early 1960s, Pratt & Whitney, with a clear head start, had an almost dominant market position in the commercial aircraft engines market while GE lagged behind by a fair margin.

Aircraft are amazing machines that can leap into the sky with seemingly little effort.

To arrive safely at a distant destination, pilots need to understand the key components of flight planning.

Aircraft structures, powerplants and systems knowledge is one of the fundamental topics a pilot must master to operate an aircraft safely.

The weather and its associated hazards will be a major concern for pilots every time they leap into the sky.

The engines powering aircraft come in many shapes and sizes, but all will usually be one of two types: a piston or gas turbine engine (jet engine).

Since the early days of flight, airports have been a focal point of aircraft activity.

The study of pilot performance and limitations is now one of the major areas a pilot must master to fly an aircraft safely.

Pilots can encounter a range of hazardous weather conditions each time they conduct a flight; from icing, which can turn an aircraft into an ice block in a matter of minutes, to large hailstones that can come crashing through the windscreen.

Despite aircraft coming in many shapes and sizes, they all have weight and balance limitations that pilots must carefully check before every flight.

Aircraft are amazing machines that are constantly pushing the limits of flight.

Flight navigation aids are the unsung heroes of aviation, providing pilots with crucial information to navigate the skies safely.

This book contains the author's accounts (previously published in various magazines) of her long distance flying trips as a private pilot.

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Nearly 38 years after 256 people died in the crash of Arrow Air Flight 1285, we still don't have a definitive answer as to why the 'plane went down in Gander town'.

Das Flugboot, das so viel zur Geschichte der Luftfahrt beigetragen hatte, war zu jener Zeit von der hier berichtet wird, eine fast schon aussterbende "Spezies".

This book is the second volume of Helen's proposed series of four.