Category: Aircraft & Flying

https://flyinginireland.com/2020/04/air-corps-to-take-delivery-of-pilatus-pc-12-today%EF%BB%BF/ Saw this flying by the house yesterday, so we have an extra medevac capability.

Finally, something: “Debris confirmed as coming from Flight MH370” http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0805/719398-mh370/ Still hard to believe an entire aircraft can vanish in this day and age, but it’s easy to forget just how big the oceans really are.

There’s a great article in Vanity Fair covering the Air France Flight 447 disaster, and it asks Should Airplanes Be Flying Themselves?. It details the events leading up to the fatal impact and also covers the changes that have taken place in cockpits over the years with increased automation leading to increased safety, but also […]