Do you know what jet streams are? Aboard his Winnie Mae, Post shattered his own record as he completed the first solo flight around the world on July 22, 1933 after flying for 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes. He demonstrated significant aviation technologies during this flight, including two new aeronautical devices – radio direction finder and an autopilot …
The story so far: On May 20-21, a Singapore Airlines flight, SQ321, with 211 passengers and 18 crew, from London’s Heathrow Airport to Singapore encountered severe turbulence while over the Andaman Sea/Bay of Bengal near the Irrawaddy Basin, Myanmar. When it involves aviation, there are two main forms, which are Clear Air Turbulence, which happens around jet streams, and the …
Air passengers are usually told that turbulence is nothing to be worried about – but as Singapore Flight SQ321 showed on Tuesday, it can prove fatal. A 73-year-old British man, Geoff Kitchen, died of a suspected heart attack while several others suffered serious injuries aboard the plane, which encountered severe turbulence at around 37,000 feet. Airport officials stand near the …
The World Ahead | Triple dip The weather system that influences the world The southern Pacific Ocean has been locked in its La Niña phase for three winters running. This raises air pressure over the south-eastern Pacific and creates stronger westerly winds, which drive more water before them, setting up the opposite feedback loop to El Niño, and keeping ENSO …
