Author: Crew Daily
While air travel has eased the life of millions, nay, billions of people across the world in terms of transportation; still, to get through the airports is a stressful thing. However, with the current changes made in these airports, they are now massive like small-sized towns on their own. Seeing as how huge they are, some airports offer certain rooms and many of the amenities for their travelers. The great thing about these amenities is that the passenger does not have to be of the First Class one to get these amenities. Some airports offer solitary places, some offer secret…
One of the most intense jobs on the planet is for none other than the Air traffic controllers as they have to make sure that the airplanes filled with people flying at thousands of feet above the ground level reach their respective airports safely and in an efficient manner. Even the movies have picked up on the importance of these Air traffic controllers as they depicted these workers helping the pilots make it safely to the airports in times of perils. Still, there is a lot of Air traffic control facts that these movies tend to get wrong. For our…
Depending upon the fact of what amenities when looks for, it is quite hard to find a suitable airport lounge in the US. Most of the airport lounges offer their passengers options like dining or the complimentary cockatiels as per their standards all the while giving the passengers the most value of their pass of an airport lounge. If a person has their own favorite airline they will enjoy the airport lounge of the sad airline. In addition to that, some credit card also allows the passengers to access the airport lounges of the said credit card companies such as…
The McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender is the US Air Force’s one of the tanker aircraft that is used for aerial refueling. It is a military upgrade to the commercial airliner named DC-10that was developed under the US Army’s Advanced Tanker Cargo Aircraft Program. The aircraft has been equipped with a wide range of military-specific instruments to allow the aircraft to service its primary mission objective of aerial refueling and transport. The McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender is the only other McDonnell Douglas aerial refueling aircraft other than the C-9 to have been entered in the service of USAF. It was initially…
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is the US Army’s Aerial refueling aircraft. It is the same aircraft that has been developed off the model of the Boeing 367-80 prototype which is also the model for the airliner named Boeing 707. This aircraft is actually the predominant variant for the family of the C-135 Stratolifter; a transport aircraft. The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is actually the main aerial refueling aircraft that is serving the US Air Force and it is the first aircraft of the USAF which is jet-powered. It was designed to replace the previous generation KC-97 Stratofreighter. The purpose of the…
Today we present to or readers the Mil Mi-24, the Russian attack helicopter with NATO designation name Hind. This attack helicopter is actually a large gunship that also serves the role of an attack helicopter along with the ability to do troop transport at a low capacity of 8 passengers. The Mil Mi-24 is the aircraft that was designed and manufactured by the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant back in 1972 to serve the Soviet Air Force and then its successor, the Russian Air Force. In addition to Russia, this helicopter is also serving 30 different air forces in the world.…
Before talking about the MC-12W Liberty lets talk a little bit about the Beechcraft Super King Air which is an aircraft of turboprop twin engines. The aircraft is so well known in its design that this aircraft has been designed into many variants to be used by the US army’s divisions like Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. There these aircraft have their own individual duties like the following. Embassy support Medical evacuation Passenger transport Light air cargo transport In addition to this, many of the variants have been upgraded with the surveillance systems for the projects like the following.…
A UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) or also known as the Uncrewed Aerial vehicle or better yet known by the nickname Drone is the aircraft that is operated without having a pilot on board. These Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are a part of the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) which is composed of following. A UAV A ground-based controller A communication system between the two As for the flight of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, it is operated by the following three manners. Remote controlled by a human operator By the onboard computer systems The original purpose behind the development of the UAVs was…
The Bell AH-1Z Viper was designed as an improvement on the AH-1W SuperCobra in order to replace it as the new attack helicopter for the US Army’s US Marine Corps division. The Bell AH-1Z Viper was designed and manufactured being a part of the US Army’s H-1 Upgrade Program. The Bell AH-1Z Viper presents a design of four-blade rotor system that is bearingless and has a main composite system along with an uprated transmission system that also is equipped with state of the art target sighting system. The Bell AH-1Z Viper is the part of the prolific family of Bell…
The Lockheed Martin VH-71 Kestrel is the helicopter that has been derived as a variant of the original AugustaWestland AW1001 helicopter. This helicopter was designed and manufactured in order to order the Marin One of the US Marine Corps which is the transport helicopter for the US President. The helicopter was presented into many competitions under the name US101. The Lockheed Martin VH-71 Kestrel was developed by the combined efforts of the three of the main aircraft designers and manufacturers which are as follows. Lockheed Martin AugustaWestland Bell helicopter The Lockheed Martin VH-71 Kestrel or also known as the US…