Jet engine maintenance is one of the biggest security issues when it comes to keeping an airplane safe and sound in service. An engine has to receive a major overhaul on every 3,000 or more flight cycles. The estimated time for being ready for maintenance is about five years. The engine is usually taken apart,…
Have you ever wondered where a fuel tanks are on a plane? You assume the average plane consumes a large amount of fuel. For example a plane like a Boeing 747uses about 1 gallon of fuel (about 4 liters) every second. Throughout a 10-hour flight, it might burn 36,000 gallons (150,000 liters). The question is…
From the earliest days of humanity, flying has drawn attention and aroused the desire to be master by the men. Many mythologies have stories about first flying. Human beings have been obsessed with the concept of flight since the start of written history. The most famous myth is one about Daedalus and his son Icarus.…
When the issue of maintaining aircraft in commercial traffic and good MRO service is raised, the first thing that comes to mind is the reliability and the skill levels of the technicians who will be working on your aircraft and of course the price. Maintenance of airplanes is a very important and delicate job and…
When we talk about luxury, especially in 20th-century first half Great Britain, the first brand that comes to mind is certainly Rolls Royce. Well-known radiator shape becomes famous worldwide. The company was founded by Sir Henry Royce and Charles Stewart Rolls on March 15, 1906, by the amalgamation of C.S. Rolls & Co., and Royce…
In 1889, the Edison General Electric Company that Thomas A. Edison established merged with two others to form what would grow one of the most famous conglomerates in the United States. General Electrics can be considered as one of the companies that contributed to the founding of the United States and its progress. In 1903,…
Pratt & Whitney Company, Inc. is founded by Francis Pratt and Amos Whitney back in the 1860. The founders started the company in Hartford, Connecticut. This company, as its first major business, was producing weapons during the American Civil War. Through their development, they have contributed to industrial growth and technical development. It may be…
In the previous text, we talked about the future of commercial supersonic aircraft. The idea of super-fast transportation has never left people in the airline industry. How to enable people to do their jobs personally in very distant destinations, so that they can be in their own city and home the very same day. The…
The idea of super-fast flying has certainly not disappeared with the official withdrawal of the Concorde. The question posed to aircraft designers was how to overcome the problems that led to the temporary abandonment of the concept of supersonic flying. Making a big noise that causes these planes to not fly overland, as well as…
Recent years have made a great deal of progress when it comes to shifting the distance traveled on commercial flights. There is no doubt that the advancement of technology has contributed to this. The appearance of the next-generation of fuel-efficient aircraft was the crucial instance. Today we gonna talk about the longest commercial flight ever.…