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Hard Landing | SKYbrary Aviation Safety
2024-11-02 09:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
DefinitionAHard Landing, in some regions referred to as aheavy landing, is a landing in which the manufacturer's touchdown limitation, expressed either as a rate of descent or as a 'g' loading value, has been exceeded. A hard landing has the potential to result inLoss of Controland/or aircraft damage, and will necessitate a manufacturer defined hard landing inspection.CriteriaAlmost all of us, either as pilots or as passengers, have experienced what we may have considered a less-than-ideal landing. These might have been manifested in a firm or bounced touchdown, a sudden longitudinal swing to realign the aircraft with the runway centreline, overly harsh deceleration, or even the unexpected displacement of loose articles or the deployment of some of the passenger oxygen masks. Whilst uncomfortable for most, and potentially frightening for some, these events seldom cross the threshold required to be classified as a hard landing. In some situations, such as during alanding on a contaminat...
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5 takeaways from the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics | CNN
2024-11-02 08:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
The Eiffel Tower and the Olympics rings are lit up during the opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. Paris CNN It was wet, parts of it were weird, much of it was beautiful and all of it was very, very memorable. An opening ceremony unlike any other got the 2024 edition of the Olympic Games officially underway in Paris Friday night and truly it was one that will live on in Olympic legend though maybe not in the way the Paris 2024 organizers would have hoped. Here are five takeaways from the opening of the 2024 Olympics. Paris shows off It wasnt exactly the night that Paris 2024 organizers would have hoped for (more on that in a moment). But the opportunity to put the City of Light and its culture and people on full display was well-taken on Friday. The boats floating on the River Seine allowed for incredible Parisian scenes as they passed storied landmarks on their journey to the end of the Parade of Nations at the Trocadero, with an...
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The Boeing 777 Everything You Need to Know [Pilot's Perspective]
2024-11-02 07:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
The Boeing 777 is one of the safest and most successful aircraft in aviation history. If youve been on a long-haul flight in the last 20 years, theres a high probability that youve been on one. First entering service in 1995 with United Airlines, it is now a member of over 50 different airlines fleets.Normally referred to as the triple seven, it has become a firm favorite with airlines and pilots alike. The airlines love the way its performance affects their balance sheets and pilots love it for its simplicity and versatility.Here is the definitive guide on all you need to know about The Triple.The Boeing 777 a Brief HistoryCreating the ConceptThe 777 project was conceived as long ago as 1988. At the time, Boeing was under considerable commercial pressure. The economy was suffering and for the first time in its history, the company was facing very real competition. Airlines were starting to have a real choice of aircraft to fulfill their needs, with Airbus in Europe becoming...
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