Aircraft Maintenance Special

While on the topic of Aircraft structures, and having used the term ‘pressurization cycle’ not too long ago, it would be practical to cover ...

A question that then comes to mind, what exactly was the structure like in the case of the comet aircraft in the early 1950’s and what is it...

If you’re looking to find this theory (as named) in a text book, or the internet, it’s likely you won’t find it. Simply put, it’s ‘made-up’!...

I wonder how many people think of airliners they fly in, very much like the can in the picture above! In fact it started out much like that ...

The Previous post would have highlighted that sheer negligence has the potential of creating disaster, of devastating proportions. So what c...

We spoke about human error last time around. Now with regard to human error, before I give the impression of finger-pointing the FBW, I want...

The Fly-by-wire(FBW) concept we discussed earlier, has several advantages over the cable systems. Amongst a few of them, fewer movable compo...