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When snow or freezing temperatures arrive, de-icing aircraft is essential. For what reasons? What product is used? Where is it applied? Come and see at Montreal airport.
 

Over the last few years some commercial aircraft have a bump that has appeared on their fuselages. What it is exactly and what it is for? Read on and watch the video.
 

Sometimes in bad weather, such as high winds, airliners are completed grounded; but above what speed ? Who makes the decision? Does the limit fixed, depend on the type of aircraft?
 

When an Airbus of the A320 family has only one engine working on the tarmac, you've probably heard a kind of noise that sounds like a dog barking; so what is this noise? Listen to it on the video and read the article to find out where it comes from.
 

In aviation, the altitude and the cabin altitude of a ‘plane are two different things. We asked Liebherr Aerospace, aerospace equipment supplier, to explain.
 

All aircraft are equipped with navigation lights that are mandated internationally, but what do they signify? Watch the video.
 

Whether to maintain or change flight direction, flying a ‘plane is done about three axes: the roll, yaw and pitch. A pilot instructor describes them for us.
 

After a ‘plane crash, what are the terms and amounts of compensation for the families of passengers. Forum by Caroline Cognet-Renard.
 

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issues 200 recommendations and 500 directives each year, but what are the main differences between them ? The following is a brief overview.
 

On 7th January, a British Airways Boeing 777 flew from New-York to London in just five hours and 16 minutes, instead of the usual seven hours. An exceptionally short flight time for a subsonic commercial aircraft made possible by an exceptionally strong tail wind, in this case a jet stream, or fast flowing, narrow air current. Here’s how…
 

It’s not necessarily obvious, yet all commercial aircraft today are equipped with the same system. After takeoff, their front landing-gear retracts in a forward direction, from the rear, towards the front of the ‘plane, and when landing, lowered in the reverse direction. But why ? To find out, we went to see a specialist who works for the supplier OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) Messier-Bugatti-Dowty.
 

When the time has come to retire after twenty years spent in the air, airliners must be dismantled, like those here at the side of Tarbes airport, in south-western France. Since 2009, Tarmac Aerosave has specialized in the dismantling of aircraft, and in so doing, has recycled fifty aircraft of all types from a variety of backgrounds.
 

At the end of October Airbus announced that they have obtained a common type rating for their A330’s and A350 XWB’s; but in concrete terms what does this mean? Simply put, the US and European civil aviation authorities recently decided that the piloting and handling qualities of the A330 and A350 XWB were similar enough to allow pilots of these aircraft to transfer from one to the other without having to take a full conversion course.
 

Between a 1937 Dewoitine D338 and, a 1957 Lockheed Starliner, the difference is obvious. On the ground, the first ‘plane inclines with its tail on the ground, the second is horizontal. Why ? Due to their "conventional" or "tricycle" undercarriage, and their development has several interesting reasons.