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pilots
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Meet Pibot, The Humanoid Robot That Can Fly An Aeroplane Just Like A Human Pilot [Video]
16 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
A team of engineers and researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) is currently developing a humanoid robot that can fly aeroplanes without the need to modify the cockpit.
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What?! The World’s Longest Airplane Flight Through A Tunnel [Video]
07 Sep 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
41-year-old stunt pilot Dario Costa now holds the Guinness World Record for Longest Tunnel Flown through with an Airplane.
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You Really Don’t Expect To Be Struck By A Plane On Your Anniversary [Video]
26 Aug 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
A small single-engine plane made an emergency landing on a highway in California, crashing straight into a couple who happened to be celebrating their wedding anniversary.
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SAA Pilot Doesn’t Hold Back In Viral Retrenchment Rant
22 Jul 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Earlier this week, a deal between SAA and the SAA Pilots Association (SAAPA) was finally sealed, finalising the retrenchment of many pilots.
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Nerves Of Steel As Student Pilot Nails Emergency Landing [Video]
21 Jul 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
After student pilot Brian Parsley took off on his first solo cross-country flight, he was forced to make an emergency landing following engine failure.
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Why Pilot Influencer Accounts Are So Popular Right Now
14 Jul 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Some of these pilots have more followers than Hollywood celebrities, and could afford to quit their day jobs to become Instagram influencers.
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Pilots Open Up About UFO Encounters [Video]
18 May 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
More and more US Navy personnel are speaking out about their experience with UFOs, and the Pentagon is due to release a report on the matter by June 1.
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Too Much? Wingsuit Pilots Are Strapping On Engines Now [Video]
12 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
BMW has created an electric wingsuit that propels the wearer through the sky at up to 300km/h. Nifty, if that’s your vibe.
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Looks Like That ‘Guy In A Jetpack’ Is Back At LA Airport [Video]
15 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The mysterious person in a jetpack has been spotted, once again, at Los Angeles International Airport.
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Only In LA – Pilots Complain About A Guy Flying A Jetpack At 3 000 Feet
03 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Air traffic controllers have to deal with enough stress at work without throwing a ‘person’ with a jetpack into the mix.
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Heroic Pilot Saves Hundreds Of Lives With Expert Cornfield Landing Skills [Video]
16 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A Russian pilot used his expert flying skills to save the lives of more than 230 people when a flock of seagulls collided with his plane.
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This Air Taxi Flies With Passengers On Board And No Pilot [Video]
05 Apr 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You have to really trust your technology to hop in an air taxi and take to the skies. Here’s what went down in Austria yesterday.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
12 Mar 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments
Cops bust SAA pilot with fake licence. Boeing 737s grounded. Trump on Tim Apple flub. Conor McGregor arrested. Drunkorexia on campus. Pelican stunt backfires. Zidane’s Real return. Beckhams hit $1 billion.
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Terrifying Tale Of Fake SAA Pilot Who Flew For More Than 20 Years With Fraudulent Paperwork
01 Mar 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Settle in for the story of William Chandler, the senior SAA pilot who resigned earlier this year after it was discovered he had flown for more than 20 years with fraudulent paperwork.
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Five Of History’s Most Heroic Pilots
16 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
If something is going to go wrong on a flight, history has shown that these are most certainly the pilots you want in the cockpit.
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Cape Town Pilot Who Pitched Up Drunk Sent To Jail
13 Jun 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s something soothing about hearing the captain’s voice running passengers through the flight plans. Less so if he’s slurring.
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Pilot Sucked Halfway Out Of Broken Cockpit Window [Video]
16 May 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
When the windshield of a plane suddenly shattered at 32 000 feet, a pilot and his co-pilot were forced into emergency action.
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Dutch Citizens Don’t Know Their King Sometimes Flies Them Around On KLM Planes
18 May 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Most Dutch citizens know that King Willem-Alexander is a qualified pilot, but they’re less likely to know that he might have flown them abroad.
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SAA Is In Serious Trouble Again – Here’s Why
20 Nov 2015 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
SAA is in financial trouble and it’s board has lost all its support – but why? Check out five reasons from the M&G.
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This Bad Fighter Jet Landing Has Gone Viral On Reddit [Video]
07 Aug 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
When you have yourself something of a shocker you just hope no one caught it on camera. If they did you better hope it never reaches Reddit, as this poor pilot found out.
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“We’re All Dead” – Excerpts From Doomed Air France Airliner Investigation Are Quite Something
14 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Flying these days is super fun. You’re either worrying about catching a deadly disease or falling out of the sky. Fun times…
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Finally We Get To See The Living Quarters Of Long-Haul Flight Attendants
29 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
We don’t know about you, but we have always wondered how the flight attendants on long-haul flights stay awake and bubbly – We have their secret … check this out
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The Highly Promiscuous World Of The Commercial Airline Industry
20 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Let’s just state the obvious, and explain that if you are spending 95% of your time either in the sky or at a hotel in a foreign country during a lay over, chances are you’re living a pretty lonely lifestyle.
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You Could Be Flying In A Pilotless Plane, Sooner Than You Think
07 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The fond and familiar mumble of “this is is your captain speaking” could soon be a distant memory. New robotics could replace pilots on passenger planes within the next few years, according to experts.
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