Survive an Aircraft Evacuation
Increase your chances of surviving an emergency evacuation by creating a game plan before departure.
Virgin America Pops DCA’s Perimeter Rule, Launching Flights from San Francisco
Call it “Redwood 1”, “VRD 1” or “VX 1”, the number 1 in a flight number signifies a flagship flight, and this certainly is one of those. NYCAviation was very privileged to be on the inaugural flagship Virgin America...
What They Don’t Teach You in Ground School, Part I: Pushy Corporate Clients
Desperate pilots don’t stay pilots long. In the short term, they may be in the air, but in the long run, the Client Factor will make a decision for them that they simply can’t live with.
15 Hours for Nothing: After Reaching Alaska, Newark-Tokyo Flight Turns Back to Newark
Over 15 hours after departing Newark for Tokyo, passengers aboard Continental flight 9 were right back where they started: New Jersey.
Today in Aviation History: April 8th
British Airways and Iberia formally combine their businesses, an engine explodes and falls off of a BOAC Boeing 707 near Heathrow, a South African de Havilland Comet crashes in the Mediterranean, and more...