When planes fly from east to west, they are flying against a river of air called a jet stream. These air currents can make your flight longer or shorter, depending on which way you are going.
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Hard evidence on how much coronavirus transmission occurs on transport is hard to come by. But there are ways to reduce your risk.
The aviation industry was already expecting a severe pilot shortage over the coming years. The pandemic could make it even worse.
The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t just disrupted our lives. It has also challenged the way we forecast the weather.
Eight decades after missing aviator Amelia Earhart was declared dead, technologies still don’t quite track every airplane all over the globe.
Phones’ functions go far beyond making calls these days. Here’s the basics on why you can use some features and not others – and why planes may someday soon be filled with passengers yakking on phones.
On Sept. 30, 1968, the first Boeing 747 rolled off the assembly line, ready to hit the skies as the bigger commercial jet at the time. Today, as its days as a civilian carrier come to a close, the first jumbo jet remains an icon of aviation.
The UK’s alcohol problems aren’t limited to high streets – so why are airports allowed to flout the rules?
Over the last three decades, the number of US pilots has decreased by 30 percent. That problem is only going to get worse as demand increases.
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Professor of History, University of Dayton
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Teaching Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University
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Professor of Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, Penn State
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Professor of Public Health Research, Co-Director of Crime and Security Research Institute and Director of Alcohol & Violence Research Group, Cardiff University
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Assistant Director, Center for Aviation Studies, The Ohio State University
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Lecturer, Center for Aviation Studies, The Ohio State University
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Assistant Director, Academics and Program Assessment, The Ohio State University
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PhD candidate in Earth and atmospheric sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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