Birds and animals “feel” things in more dimensions than humans do. Birds for example are very sensitive to magnetic fields. Earthquakes being tectonic activity, I can’t see how it won’t have small impact on the earth’s magnetic field in the region. This could in turn be felt by the birds.Read More →
Pilots always take-off in the direction opposite to the direction of the windflow. This helps because the aircraft gets additional lift from the wind other than the speed of the aircraft itself. Example: … The aircraft can then takeoff in a shorter distance as it would have to accelerate justRead More →
A few international airlines such as Air Algeria, Cubana and Iran Air still allow smoking in certain sections on their flights, which is why most of the signage remains on domestic airliners today. Do pilots smoke in the cockpit? Pilots can legally smoke cigarettes in the cockpit during a flight.Read More →