La decisione di riattaccare che salva vite umane (e perché i piloti esitano ancora)
Share this story There is no safer manoeuvre in aviation than a go-around. The data is clear. The accidents prevented by a go-around vastly outnumber any accidents caused by performing one. And yet, pilots worldwide resist it with a stubbornness that baffles anyone...
SAS compie 80 anni con uno splendido A330 interamente blu.
Share this story Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is celebrating eight decades of aviation history with a striking tribute to its heritage. To mark 80 years in the skies, the airline has unveiled a special all-blue Airbus A330-300, featuring a completely reimagined livery...
Il tuo primo volo notturno: perché tutto cambia dopo il tramonto.
Share this story Your first night flight is a threshold moment in any pilot’s journey. Somewhere between sundown and complete darkness, the airport transforms into something unrecognizable. The runway that felt familiar at noon now glows like a jeweled runway of...
Il motore a idrogeno di ZeroAvia si avvicina alla certificazione FAA.
Share this story Aviation is undergoing a quiet revolution, and one of its most promising frontiers involves replacing fossil fuels with clean energy. ZeroAvia, a British-American aerospace company, is leading this charge with hydrogen-electric powertrains designed...
Traguardo fondamentale per un'auto volante: il primo volo di transizione con pilota a bordo di un eVTOL.
Share this story On April 2, at Cotswold Airport in the English countryside, test pilot Paul Stone climbed into a machine that looked like nothing that had ever taken off from a runway before. It had wings like an aeroplane, rotors like a helicopter, and the quiet hum...
La FAA sta riscrivendo le regole per l'addestramento al volo, e l'aeroporto di Mesa ha appena peggiorato la situazione.
Share this story America’s flight training ecosystem is under siege from two directions simultaneously: regulatory overhaul from above and economic pressure from below. The FAA just released a 471-page modernization proposal for Part 141 pilot schools on April 1,...
Cosa succede davvero quando un uccello colpisce un jet a 800 km/h?
Share this story At 3:27 PM on January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 encountered a flock of Canada geese shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia. Both engines ingested birds at nearly full throttle. Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger had 208 seconds to...
Perché i piloti da caccia ricevono un nominativo (e come ottenerne uno)
Share this story You cannot choose your own callsign. That’s the first rule, the most sacred law of fighter pilot culture. You can beg for it, suggest it, lobby the naming committee with bribes and flattery—it won’t matter. Your callsign will be assigned...
Cosa succede davvero quando un uccello colpisce un jet a 800 km/h?
Share this story At 3:27 PM on January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 encountered a flock of Canada geese shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia. Both engines ingested birds at nearly full throttle. Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger had 208 seconds to...
Illusione somatogravica: l'assassino invisibile al decollo
Share this story It’s 2200 hours over the Persian Gulf. The Airbus A320 rolls into the takeoff, engines howling at full thrust. Everything feels normal. Everything is normal. But inside the flight deck, gravity itself is lying. The pilots of Gulf Air Flight 072...
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