Electronics Engineering Student
Electronics engineering student who writes about aircraft technology and systems. Outside his studies he works on robotics and software projects.
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Step into the flight deck of a widebody jet soaring over the Bay of Bengal, and you are sitting inside a flying supercomputer. Asian skies are…
Nine thousand, five hundred and thirty-four nautical miles. Block times stretching past 18 and a half hours. Singapore Airlines flights SQ23 and SQ24 between Singapore Changi…
Aviation geeks, we stand on the edge of a new era. You probably watched the test flight videos of new multi-rotor aircraft. These machines promise to…
Every airline pilot and aviation enthusiast knows the Boeing 737 has muscle memory built into its DNA. It is a pilot’s airplane, retaining physical cable connections…
Modern commercial aviation relies on a hidden cardiovascular network, and at the absolute center of its pneumatic safety net stands the Boeing 777 Bleed Air Leak…
Aviation safety is a history written in lessons learned. Before the turn of the millennium, fuel tank flammability relied heavily on minimizing ignition sources. That paradigm…
The sheer silence of a dual-engine failure at 35,000 feet is something no pilot ever wants to experience. The deep, resonant hum of the CFM56 or…
Picture a massive metal tube, weighing over 650,000 pounds, hurtling toward a runway at 140 knots. The wind is howling at 40 knots directly across the…
What happens when you try to fly a machine that weighs 600 tons? For many aviation fans, the massive cargo planes of Antonov represent pure engineering…
What happens behind the closed cockpit door? A chilling question crosses the minds of many passengers. Do pilots make mistakes during a flight? Yes. And actually,…
When you connect to in-flight Wi-Fi, a chilling thought might cross your mind: can airplanes be hacked? Discover how strict engineering rules, like air-gapping, separate passenger…
What happens when you look out the window at 35,000 feet and realize no one is physically holding the steering wheel? Initially, the idea of "losing…
