All About Flying
Today, when most people hear the word drone, they immediately think of a fun piece of technology that they can use to capture footage of beautiful landscapes, or of their friends and family doing fun things like sports. However, drones never used to be normalized as a simple piece of household technology that can be …
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In the modern world, the vast majority of us take plane travel for granted. For a relatively small amount of money, we can jump into a plane and fly to an entirely different continent within a couple of hours, something that would have taken our ancient ancestors many generations of travel to achieve. Passenger flying …
Helicopters are marvels of engineering, making use of advanced technologies not just to keep themselves in the air, but to perform incredible feats of movement that no other vehicles are able to mimic. Over the last century, helicopter technology has improved dramatically, and they are now one of the most reliable and safest means of …
When countries develop new military technology it is best to undergo the project in secret. After all, they don’t want other nations finding out, lest the rival steal the tech, or perhaps develop a technological counter of their own. That’s why there is a long, extensive history of war planes being covertly developed. Many of …
As with all major industries, aviation has its fair share of myths and legends. Some of the stories have a speck of truth, and are simply incorrectly repeated information. Other stories are nothing short of completely ridiculous, perhaps dreamed up as an elaborate practical joke. Either way, here are some of the most commonly believed …
The life of a commercial pilot may seem appealing to many – flying around the world, staying at nice hotels and being able to sit back all day long. However, the job is far from easy. In addition to being full of complexities, being a commercial pilot requires an exceptional amount of skill and experience, …
Humans have always had a deep fascination with flying. Even thousands of years ago, our ancestors had entire mythologies based around the ability to fly, and birds and other air creatures were closely associated with gods and other entities.
VTOL stands for “vertical take-off and lift” and refers to flying vehicles that can take off vertically rather than horizontally, which is generally how most planes leave the ground. VTOL vehicles are particularly rare, as the technology needed to lift a plane vertically is quite complex, and there’s a lot of engineering and maintenance that’s …
World War 2 was the bloodiest war of all time, involving tens of millions of soldiers from militaries across the world. It was also the birth of the modern fighter plane, aircraft that were armed to the teeth, and were in constant battles for dominance of the skies.