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Video answers: ‘Which country are international airports in?’

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. These people are in the Netherlands in a legal sense, but not in an immigration sense.
  2. When someone clears the US customs in Dublin, they are in US in an immigration sense, but Irish laws still apply, except for the US border agents, who are subject to US laws, although they’re in Ireland too.
  3. It’s technically international territory, allowing the UN, if necessary, to make their own laws that supersede US laws.
  4. Between the two towns in Estonia, it’s possible to cross the Russian border and re-enter Estonia without any documentation at all, provided that you don’t stop between the two towns.
  5. It possible through one of the many unguarded border crossings between US and Canada.
  6. It’s essentially a Canadian town, stuck in Alaska, with the only roads connecting it to Canada.
  7. According to immigration law, you’re not in any country. From a legal point of view you could be in the origin country, destination country, the country where the plane was registered or the country whose airspace you’re flying through.

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Video: ‘Chillin with the 737 MAX’

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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. The test took place in Yakutsk, Russia.
  2. Temperatures as low as -40 degrees are common there.
  3. Unless precautions are taken, the air is so cold that you cough with your first breath, then all the hair on your face freezes.
  4. The plane was drained of fluids and any equipment that might freeze was also removed.
  5. It was left in the cold for 12 hours.
  6. After this the plane had to be brought back to life, they had to put everything back on board and test the systems to make sure that they were working. Once all that was done, they were able to take off.

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Video answers: ‘How do you become a captain?’

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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. According to the video, 4,000 – 5,000 hours are necessary.
  2. The PICUS program allows co-pilots to gain experience in command from the right seat of the plane.
  3. After the PICUS program you have to do the captain’s assessment and an interview with the chief pilot and a psychologist.
  4. They focus on getting used to flying in the left seat.
  5. The co-pilot remains silent during this training to simulate a co-pilot with little experience.
  6. Some airlines normally put more experienced co-pilots to fly with newly qualified captains for an initial period of 300 hours.

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Video answers: ‘Why does the rudder always point to the right?’

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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. On a small plane, it’s usually controlled by pedals which are directly connected to cables to change the position of the rudder. On an Airbus the movements of the side stick generate an electric impulse which is sent to the flight control computer, then the actuators, then a hydraulic system which moves the rudder into position.
  2. When the engines are turned off, hydraulic pressure decreases and the actuators don’t have the pressure to keep the rudder in a neutral position. So in reality, the rudder moves in the direction that the wind is blowing.

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Video answers: ‘Small planes over big oceans’

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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. The belief was that if they lost a single engine, they would only be able to fly for an hour with the one remaining engine and so, for security reasons they couldn’t fly more than an hour from a coastal airport.
  2. They couldn’t make a profit on many routes, so the big planes only operated into and out of big cities.
  3. They became popular as a way to avoid twin-engine restrictions while also having a lower cost than four-engine planes.
  4. It came from the days of piston-engine aircraft. These engines were much less reliable and often broke down.
  5. An airline also needs a special maintenance plan, a special flight crew, a special cabin crew, special dispatchers, special fuel quantities and special passenger recovery plans.
  6. The 787 has an ETOPS rating of 330 minutes and the A350 has an ETOPS rating of 370 minutes.
  7. Because of the bigger ETOPS ratings, three and four engine jets are becoming less and less common.

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Video answers: ‘Electric VTOL taxi network’

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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. It’s planning an elevate network that will use electrically powered aircraft to transport people.
  2. This type of aircraft is being called eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing).
  3. Big players such as Aurora Flight Sciences, Bell Helicopters, Airbus Helicopters and Embraer are working on VTOL (or eVTOL) designs.
  4. Plans are also being made to adapt air traffic control systems to accommodate unmanned aircraft flying in dense built-up areas.
  5. The focus point for this development has been Dallas, Texas so far.

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