Killing Machines A drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle‚ an aircraft‚ without a human pilot on board. Its flight is controlled by a pilot on the ground or in another vehicle. These drones are used for remote sensing‚ commercial aerial surveillance‚ domestic policing‚ transport‚ scientific research‚ armed attacks‚ search and rescue‚ etc. The most controversial use‚ however‚ is armed attack. These drones are MQ-1 Predator UAV’s armed with Hellfire missiles. They were first used in 2001 from bases
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Did you know…that currently only 4% of commercial pilots are women? So when I was told of two women who not only are airline pilots‚ but sisters who both work for JetBlue and had a dream come true recently‚ I wanted to know more. The women recently operated JetBlue flight 1480 from Ft. Lauderdale to Washington‚ DC making them the first ever sister-sister flight crew at JetBlue! Pia and Anna-Maria Kymalainen grew up in an aviation family in Finland. With their father in aeronautical engineering
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Occupation Safety and Health Administration. (2001). OSH Act of 1970. Retrieved from https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owasrch.search_form?p_doc_type=OSHACT&p_toc_level=0 Federal Aviation Administration. (2007). FAA Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act. Retrieved from https://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=10072
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over five hours or more as it can be anytime such as midnight. Naval pilot‚ nicknamed ‘Disney’ says‚ “ You’re flying at night‚ on a gorgeous‚ clear night. At 30‚000 feet. With the night-vision goggles on it’s like flying through space” (Air Space Magazine). Navy Pilots do not work just in one place‚ they can be relocated several times from a naval base on the shores to an aircraft carrier out in the seas. As a result‚ many pilots get to travel all over the world since they can be stationed such as
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Air Accident An Air accident is the worst nightmare of every pilot or passenger that has ever ridden in an aircraft. Although air travel is one of the safest forms of transportations‚ accidents do happen with dramatic and terrifying results. The circumstance of Air accidents takes place by four causes: takeoff and landing‚ mechanical failures‚ pilot error‚ and bad weather. One cause of Air accidents take place is during takeoff and landing. Approximately 80 percent of all aviation
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2012 Husky Air – Pilot Angels Tusaiyanan Mahalingam Hoda Al-Amood Karim Abrahim Gudny Gudbjartsdóttir 03-10-2012 Husky Air – Pilot Angels Table of Contents The Team Charter (cp.1) ................................................................................................................................ 4 Project Name: .......................................................................................................................................... 4 Team Name: .............
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digital fly-by-wire aircraft: the flight control surfaces are moved by electrical and hydraulic actuators controlled by a digital computer. The computer interprets pilot commands via input from a side-stick‚ making adjustments on its own to keep the plane stable and on course‚ which is particularly useful after engine failure by allowing the pilots to concentrate on engine restart and landing planning. * INCIDENT: US Airways Flight 1456 (also designated under a Star Alliance code share agreement as United
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The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) was established in 1996 by Federal Cabinet Decree (Law 4) to regulate Civil Aviation and provide designated aviation services with emphasis on safety and security and to strengthen the aviation industry within the UAE and its upper airspace. The main office is located in Abu Dhabi and the regional office is located in Dubai to serve the northern Emirates. The GCAA‚ which is the sole authority for the control and regulation of civil aviation in the UAE‚
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Case Study 2 The Case of...Kevin Mueller‚ the Cautious Pilot 1) Why would Captain Mueller and his copilot sit in darkness before taking off on a night flight? Captain Mueller and his co-pilot sat in the dark cockpit to get their eyes adjusted to the night time‚ so that their eyes would produce more rods which aid in seeing in dim light. 2) Why would the mysterious object have first appeared to Mueller in his peripheral vision? The ‘rods’ are thin‚ cylindrical receptor cells in the retina that
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co-captain Greg Cassin were experienced pilots‚ neither had flown to Antarctica before‚ but the ‘straightforward’ flight was seen as easy enough. A few weeks before‚ a briefing session had taken place‚ outlining past flight plans‚ and they were given co-ordinates that were to be entered into the computerised navigation system so the plane could fly on autopilot through McMurdo Sound. The DC10 on a past flight As the DC10 approached Antarctica at 12.45pm‚ the pilots let McMurdo Centre know they would descend
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