Cruising Altitude: How Low Is Too Low?
Elevating or descending? Cruising altitude is a direct result of safety, fuel use, and comfort in a myriad of ways.
Supersonic passenger aircraft may be returning – here’s what that would mean for the climate
Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN1d
Missed messages, altitude errors led to Black Hawk, passenger jet collision: NTSB
The NTSB reported that missed air traffic messages and incorrect altitude data may have caused the Black Hawk ...
KMUW3d
NTSB: Garbled communication, bad altitude data may have played roles in deadly crash
All 64 people onboard the flight from Wichita were killed, as were the three members of the helicopter crew. The collision was the deadliest plane crash in the U.S. since 2001, when a jet slammed into ...