Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Zach asks, Hi Kent, My family and I recently flew from Cancun to ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Plane Answers: Water vapor in a jet's A/C, flashing landing lights and a fuel question.
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Zach asks, Hi Kent, My family and I recently flew from Cancun to ...Plane Answers: First step to becoming a pilot and are regional jets safe?
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Rich asks: I'm 29 years of age and as long as I can remember, only ...Plane Answers: Sleeping gas to thwart terrorists, longer winter takeoffs and which aircraft is the smoothest in rough air
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Jack asks: I was wondering why the airlines don't put sleeping gas ...Plane Answers: How a pilot's flight time relates to their experience
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Ted asks: Due to the latest streak of incidents and accidents I have ...Plane Answers: Step climbs, ferry flights and US Airways milking the publicity
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Sam asks: I just "discovered" your Q&A's section and I wanted to ...Plane Answers: Wake turbulence and the TCAS traffic avoidance maneuver
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Patrick asks: Greetings from SE Texas! I enjoy your Cockpit ...Plane Answers: What's really in a pilot's 'kitbag?'
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Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! After an accident, pilots are either portrayed as heroes or ...Plane Answers: Minimum fuel requirements and sudden drops inflight
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Frank asks: Kent, A couple of questions for you:
How much ...Plane Answers: Why captain Sullenberger and his crew deserve the hero status
There's an interesting trend in our culture that cites pilots either as heroes or villains based on their performance in an emergency. I would imagine that Captain "Sully" Sullenberger would actually cringe at a pilot being given either label. And while we won't hear from ...Plane Answers: Inflight medical emergencies, tips for pilots and fifty years of jet transcons
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! John asks about medical emergencies: What do you do in case of ...Plane Answers: Glide ratios and the most critical phase of flight
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Twenty-four hours before the US Airways ditching in the Hudson ...Plane Answers: Fear of flying, aging aircraft and more on those 'dings.'
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Brian asks: I would like to know if I have the option of knowing ...Plane Answers: Sunburns and inflight icing
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! David asks: Do pilots get sunburn from being up at 39,000 feet for ...Plane Answers: Frost on the wings and non-flying pilot duties
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Paul asks: Can a plane take off with frost on it or does it have to ...Plane Answers: A pilot's inflight routine, cruising speed and chasing the dream
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Frank asks: I've recently been on a few long flights and was ...Plane Answers: Tapping into ATC communications, tracking aircraft and a 60 second takeoff rule?
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Ronald asks: Is there a site where you can listen to aircraft during ...Plane Answers: Airplane specific questions
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! I get a lot of question about the specific details or features of ...Plane Answers: Kent's 3 favorite and 3 most dreaded runways.
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Deb asks: Are there any favorite/hated runways by pilots? Pictures ...Plane Answers: Loud bangs, crosswind landings and F/A 'crosschecks'
Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Ruthann, who's my proofreader for Cockpit Chronicles and this column ...
