Malpensa Airport

recorded as a demerit on their employer records. It becomes a battle over profit and safety, where we can no longer allow profit to be victorious. This impacts the pilots that fly to the people and family of those being flown. Even those who live near airports should take note. Flying while fatigued isn’t…

Catapults made a big impact in the history of aircraft carriers with the long process to launch. Catapults changed the way the US Navy launched fighter planes off carriers. Without the catapult technology, and the ground crew on aircraft carriers, The U.S would have not been able to launch planes off carriers because planes didn't have enough runway to go full speed to take off. One of the most important things before launching an aircraft is the ground crew. The ground crew gives the pilot…

1979 a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 wide body aircraft operated by American Airlines as Flight 191 was scheduled to fly an afternoon flight to Los Angeles International Airport from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport carrying 258 passengers and 13 crewmembers. During the aircraft takeoff roll on runway 32 R at O’Hare International Airport, the engine #1 fell off the left wing. Initially, the aircraft climbed away from the runway in a wings level attitude, but shortly after, the DC-10 rolled into…

Sea-Tac International Airport The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is a direct result from the attacks on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. The US government having seized both Seattle’s Boeing Field and Tacoma’s McChord Field challenged the Civil Aviation Authority and local governments to develop a regional civilian airport. In March, 1942, the Port of Seattle answered and began construction of the Seattle-Tacoma Airport, most commonly referred to as Sea-Tac, completing…

are trip to the airport in the car. We finally that to the airport with the car and my aunt take the car to her house. So then we go throu the airport schrute and wait to git on the airplane. So me and my dad weint for a wauk in the airport. Then they call to get on the airplane so we got on it and found a siut down in the plane. The plane started to take off and that was my favorite then to do on the plane. Two hour later we finally laund in Colorado we went thour the airport. Then…

My children and I arrived at the Atlanta airport over an hour before our flight to New York. The flight was at 8:50 am and we checked our bags and proceeded to security. I was advised by the man tagging the bag the lines were long due to security. We stood in line and the line was not moving. After some time we made it to the gate just in time, but was turned away because the man at the deck said they had already filled out seats! I said we are here on time and the security line was over an hour…

Time flew by so fast I was on the plane before I knew it. Before we had boarded the plane my mother nearly had a breakdown when she had to wish all four of her boys farewell. I just smiled and tried to keep it together as well. I hated to leave her behind, but it's not like I could take her with me or stay. I mean, how often do you get accepted into a school like Enoshima? Not very often. Once we were seated and we had taken off a nice flight attendant lady came by asking if we need anything to…

“Delta 1541, Cleared for takeoff.” These are the words every aviation enthusiast wants to hear. A clearance to depart our world and transfer into a world 35,000 feet in the air is unimaginable. The ability to soar into the sky at rapid speeds is what makes me drawn to flying. As a child, every time I stepped foot on a plane, I always want to go to the cockpit and talk to the pilots about their experiences. This has led to aviation not just being a hobby for me, but what has driven me to want to…

In the spring of 2007, many things changed in my life. It all started at SeaTac airport as my family and I slowly shuffled through the bustling, congested airplane aisles. As we neared the plane exit, my heart begun to race in a cluster of excitement, curiosity, and in the deep corner of my mind, fear. Finally, it was our turn to leave. Our family slowly dragged our luggage along, into the bland and grey hallway which smelled of strangeness. Although only few feet long, the journey through the…

Because of risky flight conditions, a plane heading from Atlanta, Georgia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in July, 2008 almost crashed during its landing. For many passengers, including seven year old Blake Hoffmaster and his family, the experience was traumatizing. Hoffmaster, now a freshman in high school, recalls the event, remembering that the plane was flying through a thunderstorm, and the first signs of a problem was turbulence, then the plane dropped 400 feet in two seconds when…