Plane Answers
by Kyle Ellison (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
There is a Nikon camera lens on the ocean floor between the Thai islands of Phuket and Koh Phi Phi.
No, I didn't see it while scuba diving with leopard sharks in the warm waters of the Andaman Sea (I swear they sneak right up on you). I know it's there because I put ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Israeli police suspect ultra-Orthodox Jews are behind Monday's vandalism at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem.
Anti-Zionist graffiti written in Hebrew was sprayed over several parts of the building, with lines like, "Jews, wake up, the evil Zionist regime ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Zach asks:
Hello First Officer Kent!
It has been my dream since early childhood to earn a private pilot's certificate. For a number of reasons--both financial and otherwise--it is only now (pushing age 30) that I am able to seriously begin the process of choosing a ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
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!
Fellow Gadling writer Mike Barish (author of the hilarious ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
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!
Josh asks:
We've all heard the standard spiel about oxygen ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
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!
Kent,
My girlfriend and I were traveling to Washington D.C. on ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
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!
Ignacio asks:
Say you're on a Boston-Paris trip. The flight ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
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!
A friend of mine who works as an air traffic controller emailed ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Probably the most popular offering on LiveATC.net is the JFK ground and tower frequency. It's rather entertaining to listen to the Kennedy controllers who are often faced with the daunting task of moving so many airplanes from all corners of the world with a variety of ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
I've always been a big fan of PBS's Frontline. It's obvious that they study a subject before they report on it. And as any pilot knows, that can be a rarity in the often hyped television coverage of the airline industry.
Frontline has tackled specific airline subjects in ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
As a pilot, I feel the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has failed me. They're tasked to investigate accidents and report on them so the aviation community can hopefully avoid similar mistakes. They also submit recommendations to the FAA for changes they feel will ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
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!
We've received a lot of follow up questions to the Plane Answers ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Michael asks:
I am an aspiring airline pilot and I was wondering what were the steps you took to get hired with the airlines. So far I am 15 and starting my flight training with the Civil Air Patrol.
So you want to be a pilot? You've probably read the stories of the ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Rich asks:
Hi Kent, I love your blog and it has really helped me to relax when flying. When I was a kid and used to fly it seemed as though the flight deck would regularly update passengers about what was going on with the trip, the plane, etc. Now it seems as though most ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Nathanial asks:
Hi Kent,
My dad has been an airline pilot for a major carrier for over 25 years and also fly's the 757/767, he was also a naval aviator for 10 years before that. He talks about the difference in pilots that were trained in the military vs. the civilian ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
The culture in aviation has always been focused around how to make flying even more safe. The FAA, NTSB and even Congress are looking into ways to improve air safety after the 49 people were killed in the Colgan Air accident in February–the only fatal accident in the ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
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O.K., I'll admit it. Flying has become a monotonous chore that few look forward to. As a frequent flyer, you're probably more ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
I've had a few questions come in concerning the rather egregious error made by the Northwest pilots last week. I hesitated to discuss the incidents, since there's absolutely no defending what they did. But when my own sister Kim, asks: "I would love to hear your opinion as ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
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! Justin asks: I have seen advertisements lately that have been ...
by Kent Wien (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
You'd like to choose the most eco-friendly airline, a company that goes above and beyond the others to fly efficiently, burn less fuel and maybe even offset its carbon. But does an airline like that exist? Airlines have gone to great lengths to operate efficiently in their ...
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