aeroplane
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Apparently, Planes Can’t Take Off if There’s a Swarm of Bees on the Wing
There are plenty of reasons why the average flight would get delayed. Someone threw up during the landing. The pilot called in sick. It’s a Southwest flight. None of them are ideal, but you’d understand why there’s a delay. But as it turns out, your flight could also be delayed because a swarm of bees…
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Why Does It Take Longer To Fly From East To West on an Airplane?
I am a retired United States Air Force pilot and flight instructor, and a few years ago I was sitting in the cockpit of a Boeing 747 aeroplane. I was 29,000 feet in the sky, flying from New Jersey to Sacramento, California, and then to Hawaii. It took six hours to fly and land the…
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Nobody Wants Elvis Presley’s Sad Old Aeroplane
All Photo Credits: IronPlanet About a year ago, a colleague discovered that a 1962 Lockheed Jetstar once owned by Elvis Presley, the Elvis, was for sale and “as swanky as you think it is.” Well, it might be swanky in design, but months of sitting derelict have not been kind to this jalopass aircraft. Will…
