The Cessna 150 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation airplane that was designed for flight training, touring and personal use. It is the fifth most produced civilian plane ever, with 23,839 aircraft produced. The Cessna 150 was offered for sale in the 150-basic model, Commuter, Commuter II, Patroller and the aerobatic Aerobat models. The aircraft…
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961. Gagarin became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and titles, including…
Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon. The craft was launched on April 11, 1970, at 14:13 EST (19:13 UTC) from the Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded two days later, crippling…
There are all kinds of flying-sports flying, aerobatics, soaring, ballooning, even hang gliding-but to most of us cross-country flying in a powered aircraft is what flying is all about. Basically, flying from where we are to where we want to be is really not much different than driving a car. We climb in, fasten the…
1989 Damage to United Airlines Flight 811 after the cargo door blew open mid-flight. 9 passengers were ejected through the hole. January 8 – British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737, crashes near Kegworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, after one of its engines loses a fan blade and fails. Of the 118 passengers and eight…
1999 21 accidents 20 fatal 560 dead The black boxes of EgyptAir Flight 99 February 24– China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes while on approach to Wenzhou Airport, killing all 61 passengers and crew on board. April 7 – Turkish Airlines Flight 5904, a Boeing 737-400, crashes in poor weather near Hamdilli,…
Read: Year 2009 = Accidents 26 (Fatal 18) Data valid till 18 May 2018. 2009 = 26 (20) Jan 15 US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320, ditches in the Hudson River just after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City after total engine failure due to multiple bird strikes; all people aboard…
Accident Date November 12, 2001 Summary Vertical stabilizer failure due to pilot error as a result of unnecessary rudder inputs Site Belle Harbor, Queens, New York City, New York, United States Aircraft Aircraft type Airbus A300B4-605R Operator American Airlines Registration N14053 Flight origin John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, United States Destination…
The action by First Officer Gamil al-Batouti in disconnecting the autopilot as a first step in diagnosing something if he had heard a sound or felt a tremor in the aircraft is not unusual and understandable. But as a former airline pilot, I would like to add the following: I would never shut off the engines…
When Prime Minister Chamberlain’s ultimatum to Germany expired on 3 September 1939, World War II found the home-based Royal Air Force established with a strength of: 55 Bomber Squadrons with Bristol Blenheim IVs Vickers Wellington Is and IAs Armstrong Whitworth Whitley IIIs and IVs Handley Page Hampdens 35 fighter squadrons with Hawker Hurricanes Supermarine…
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