Even modern aircraft don’t have screen washers like cars. They are of course less prone to picking up dirt than a car. However when they do need to be cleaned it’s done like this…with special cleaner fluid.The pilots’ screens are usually made of three independent layers of glass each reinforced to enormous strength. Even if […]
The first navigation exercises that new pilots undergo are prepared with a map, a pencil and a clock. They know which way the wind is blowing from the forecasts and allow for this when they point their aircraft towards the destination. Like a boat adjusts for the tide a plane does the same with the […]
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