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Before I fly, why do I:
- Weigh my bag?
- Don’t bring water through security?
- Put my phone on airplane mode?
- Get jet lag?
- Get ear pressure?
How to tell if:
- What aircraft I am going on?
- Where my flight is coming from?
- Is my flight getting delayed, cancelled or diverted?
Titanic vs Costa Concordia disasters:
What things have changed after these disasters?
What has changed after these disasters?
- Sinking of the Titanic (1912)
- Three Mile Island Disaster (1979)
- Chernobyl Disaster (1986)
- 9/11 (2001)
- Fukushima Disaster (2011)
- Sinking of the Costa Concordia (2012)
- Disappearance of Flight MH370 (2014)
What things changed after these disasters?
- Sinking of the Titanic (1912)
- Three Mile Island Disaster (1979)
- Chernobyl Disaster (1986)
- 9/11 (2001)
- Fukushima Disaster (2011)
- Sinking of the Costa Concordia (2012)
- Disappearance of Flight MH370 (2014)
What is the ship equivalent of plane:
- Airspace
- Air Traffic Control
- Pushback trucks (Tugboats or something else?)
- Flight information board
- Do cruise ports have their own IATA/ICAO codes?
- Flight radar24
- Their equivalent of FAA/TSA
Airplane equivalent to car:
Airplane equivalent to car:
- Car Starter Motors
- Car Alternators
- Engine Lubrication System
- Engine Cooling System
- Engine Fuelling System
- Engine Misfiring (Compressor stall?)
- License plates
- Odometer
Cruise ship equivalent to car:
- Car Starter Motor
- Car Alternators
- Engine Lubrication system
- Engine cooling systems
- Engine fuel system
- Engine misfiring
- License plates
Why don’t some of our plugs have a 3rd pin? Just live and neutral. (Especially in high power appliances)
reddit.comWhy do Airports have hotels and gas stations near it?
reddit.comWhy do Airports in Canada have Canada, USA, and International Flights?
reddit.comQuestions about airplanes:
- Why do airplanes put their landing gear up during takeoff?
- What causes turbulence?
- Why don’t planes board from front to back?
- Why can’t planes pushback on their own?
- Difference between Turbulence and Windshear?
- What makes air travelling expensive?
- How do planes know where to go next?
- Why do planes dump fuel?
- How do planes show up on Flightradar24?
Why do airlines:
- Limit liquids to 100ml (3oz)?
- Limit baggage weight to 23kg (50 lbs)?
- Don’t allow batteries and how will it catch fire like that?
- Get delayed or cancelled?
- Get overbooked?
- Deny boarding?
- Tell to turn on airplane mode?
- Change take off and landing directions?
If I fly on the 777, what does the engine hum mean?
reddit.comPlane equivalent of:
- Starter Motor
- Car Alternators
- Engine Oil
- Engine Cooling
- Fuel System
- License Plates