REVIVAL ISSUE 2008
On a Lighter Note...
Cover Article
| The Worlds Scariest Runways Bhutan Who Flies There: Druk Air, the national carrier. Why It’s Harrowing: Tucked into a tightly cropped valley and surrounded by 16,000-foot-high serrated Himalayan peaks, this is arguably the world’s most forbidding airport to fly into. It requires specially trained pilots to maneuver into this stomach-dropping more... |
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Other Articles
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Few Laughs Pilot: "Bangor Departure, this is Cessna Four Seven Six Bravo." Tower: "Cessna Four Seven Six Bravo, Bangor go ahead." Pilot: "Bangor, I don't seem to be making much progress here. How is my ground speed?" Tower: "Cessna Four Seven Six Bravo, it all depends. If you're a hang glider, you're more... |
Travel Quotes From the 'Friendly Skies' Occasionally, airline attendants make an effort to make the "in-flight safety lecture" and their other announcements a bit more entertaining. Here are some real examples that have been heard or reported: From a Southwest Airlines employee: "There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only more... |
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IIII Geting The Fourth Bar IIII I would say I was a fairly content First Officer, satisfied with my flying, doing my set of landings (good and bad). Having the required hours, which of course I thoroughly enjoyed and not realising the time that had passed by with it, I heard some people talking about the PSB and there I was!!! I knew I was somewhere in the list more... |
Global Aviation Bodies - Birth of ICAO On the invitation of France, the first international conference on air code law was held in Paris in 1910. This was attended by 18 European nations and a number of basic principles governing aviation were laid down. After World War I, in 1919 a special aeronautical commission that had its origin in the inter-allied aviation committee more... |