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Video answers: ‘SOFIA’

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. It’s forty years old.
  2. There’s a hole in the fuselage to allow SOFIA to do its work.
  3. It stands for ‘stratospheric observatory for infrared astronomy’.
  4. They thought it was crazy because it was extremely challenging and there were many problems.
  5. It’s different because it looks at ultraviolet light while SOFIA looks at infrared light.
  6. SOFIA is flexible because different kinds of instruments can be placed on board to make different kinds of observations, and because it’s a flying telescope, it can be positioned anywhere in the world.

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Video answers: ‘Mysterious objects on the A320’

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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. They are used as a reference to allow flight attendants to quickly select the best window to view the leading edge and trailing edge of the wings. They can also be used as guidance as to where to seat passengers on a flight with a low load factor.
  2. The purpose of the piece of metal is to attach an escape rope to during an emergency evacuation from the overwing exits. It allows passengers to move more safely over a wet wing.
  3. It doesn’t have them because the A321 doesn’t have overwing exits.

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Video answers: ‘The economics of airline class’

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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. They make money with premium cabins.
  2. The business class section makes the airline the most money.
  3. First, business and premium-economy class generate the majority of an airline’s revenue.
  4. It happened in the 40s and 50s and at that time a first-class fare usually got you a non-stop flight to your destination, while an economy-class fare usually got you a mail flight that left at a very late time and had several stops along the way.
  5. Airlines started selling the same flight for different prices in 1952.
  6. The ‘tourist’ class ticket had no flexibility and had to be bought in advance while the ‘standard’ class ticket could be bought at any time and had some flexibility.
  7. Firstly, the standard ticket holders were sat at the front, and then airlines started blocking the middle seat, giving them more space, eventually they received better, bigger seats.
  8. They avoided the first-class market because they believed that Concorde would be for first-class passengers.
  9. It’s going away again because business class is much more profitable than first class.

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Video answers: ‘Circular runways’

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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. He thinks it would be of benefit because it would allow planes to only land with a headwind and never with a crosswind.
  2. Three planes would be able to takeoff and land at the same time.
  3. They would feel as if the plane were making a slight turn, nothing more.
  4. It could reduce fuel burn in the area around the airport, and could reduce noise on standard arrivals as planes could fly in from any direction.
  5. The team suggest that it could handle the work of four runways while only being the length of three.

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Video answers: ‘Automating plane manufacturing’

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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. It stands for Fuselage Automated Upright Build.
  2. They help manufacture the forward and aft sections of the plane.
  3. It’s flexible because its different sections are on wheels, allowing them to be moved where necessary.
  4. They can quickly switch drills or fasteners depending on the size of the hole.
  5. It was previously done by humans who suffered a lot of strain on their bodies due to the difficult nature of the work.

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Video answers: ‘How to beat jet lag’

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  1. It’s due to something called ‘desynchronosis’, or when your internal biological clock gets out of sync with your destination.
  2. A dry airplane environment, changes in pressure, and the time difference on arrival all effect the condition, but the biggest effect is sunlight.
  3. One study suggested that melatonin can help, while another found that insulin could help regulate the circadian rhythms of the body. Other people force themselves to stay awake until a normal sleep time at their destination and then wake up at a normal time.
  4. Alcohol and caffeine make jet lag worse.

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