May 9th, 2008 at 9:00AM: Welcome to 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! Kyle writes: First of all, thanks for taking the time to respond to people's questions. There's something I've always wanted to know. Do pilots ever get scared of turbulence? If so, what makes them bad enough to ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Plane Answers: When are pilots afraid of turbulence?
May 9th, 2008 at 9:00AM: Welcome to 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! Kyle writes: First of all, thanks for taking the time to respond to people's questions. There's something I've always wanted to know. Do pilots ever get scared of turbulence? If so, what makes them bad enough to ...Severe turbulence causes emergency landing in Calgary
Jan 10th, 2008 at 2:57PM: Several passengers have been taken to hospital in Calgary, Alberta this morning after an Air Canada Airbus A319 had to make an emergency landing, according to reports. The cause appears to be severe turbulence, which led to passengers and loose items being thrown around the cabin. Luckily, no one is severely injured. According to one passenger's account: "It happened very fast. One side of the ...Smoother Ride On Planes Of The Future
Feb 9th, 2007 at 5:28PM: A new turbulence detection system is being developed that may help pilots avoid weather disturbances. According a National Geographic News report, this NASA initiative could "prevent injuries and save airlines millions of dollars."
There's two systems in the works -- the first of which is a modified version of the radar pilot's currently use, called E-Turb. This informs pilots of potential ...Ask The Pilot
Jan 2nd, 2007 at 7:54AM: Ok, so we missed it the first time around, when it was published, back in 2004. But it's made its way to paperback and is now at Hudson News (at a lot of airports, so it's easy to pick up while traveling). It's Patrick Smith's Ask the Pilot.
Based on his salon.com "column" of the same name, it's really a series of questions and answers about air travel related issues, by a straight-talking ...
