Topics tagged aviation

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
This Week’s Book Review - Lost Books and Media book-review , aviation , amelia-erhart , conspiracy-theorie , 20th-century-history	6	37	9 March 2026
For 1st time, automated system lands plane safely after loss of pressurization The Happening World aviation , garmin , autoland	0	23	24 December 2025
Watch Out, Embraer! And Airbus too ... The Happening World aviation	0	20	15 December 2025
This Week’s Book Review - Aviation Therapy Books and Media aviation , us-air-force , book-review , flying , pilots	1	32	2 November 2025
You don't need a weatherman ... The Happening World aviation	0	26	22 October 2025
Possibly Useful New Data - Search for Flight MH 370 The Happening World aviation , malaysian-mh-370	4	470	27 February 2025
This Week’s Book Review - Dangers and Difficulties Books and Media artificial-intelligence , aviation , book-review , world-war-ii , novel	2	29	22 December 2024
This Week’s Book Review - Into Unknown Skies Books and Media aviation-history , aviation , history , book-review , douglas-world-cruisers	0	45	29 September 2024
Can Russian Airliners Rescue Russian Civil Aviation? Context russia , aviation	12	547	9 September 2024
CFM RISE Aviation Engine—Isn't It Just a Turboprop? Context aviation , propulsion , propfan , open-rotor	3	2372	9 August 2024
A Barrier to Reusable Spacecraft? The Happening World space , scott-manley , heat-shield , aviation , thermal-protection-system	1	125	28 July 2024
Tailstrikes—What They Are and How to Avoid Them Tracking with Closeups aviation , tailstrike	2	409	23 July 2024
Analysing the Tokyo Airport Runway Collision Context accident-investigation , aviation-safety , aviation , runway-incursion	5	427	30 January 2024
Automation Gone Amok—Smartlynx A320 Training Flight Accident Tracking with Closeups accident-investigation , aviation , airbus , user-interface , fly-by-wire	0	358	22 January 2024
de Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle — A “Chopper” for the Infantry Continuity what-could-possibly-go-wrong , aviation , helicopters , cold-war	0	227	6 January 2024
Weird Wings—Preventing Stall/Spin Accidents in Aircraft Context aviation , aerodynamics , stall-spin-accident , wing-cuff	0	217	13 December 2023
The Last DC-7C in Airline Service Continuity aviation , piston-engine , turbo-compound , dc-7	0	187	1 December 2023
The Westland Affair—Margaret Thatcher's Stumble and Recovery Context aviation , united-kingdom , helicopters , margaret-thatcher	0	224	29 November 2023
Wright Turbo-Compound Engine—Piston-Powered Wizardry Continuity aviation , piston-engine , turbo-compound , power-recovery-turbine	2	433	23 November 2023
Dead Stick—Engine Out over the Rocky Mountains Context aviation , general-aviation , dead-stick-landing , aspen-colorado	0	194	3 November 2023
Wacky Units in Aviation Context units-of-measurement , aviation	1	257	21 October 2023
Area 51's Airline Context aviation , nevada , janet , area-51 , groom-lake	0	207	9 October 2023
Now, That Is a Hard Landing The Happening World aviation , crosswind-landing , boeing-737 , hard-landing	5	400	18 September 2023
Engine Failure at Takeoff—“By the Book” Tracking with Closeups airliners , aviation , engine-failure	8	430	12 September 2023
Will Airships Return to the Skies? Continuity aviation , air-cargo , airship , dirigible	2	281	8 September 2023
“EJECT! EJECT!”—John Nichol on Escaping Doomed Aircraft Tracking with Closeups aviation , ejection-seats , crew-escape-systems	5	338	2 September 2023
Cirrus Ferry Flight from California to Hawaii Uses Airframe Parachute to Ditch in Pacific Tracking with Closeups aviation , cirrus-aircraft , ferry-flight , parachute	4	646	9 August 2023
Crash of a Flying Cattle Car Context accident-investigation , aviation , fatigue , livestock	0	318	24 July 2023
The Flying Mathematicians of World War I Continuity mathematics , history , aviation , world-war-i , united-kingdom	0	296	14 July 2023
Air France Flight 447—Catastrophe from Confusion Tracking with Closeups aviation , accident-investigation , user-interface , mode-confusion , fly-by-wire	20	1490	9 July 2023