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English is the international language of flight. All Air Traffic Controllers and all commercial pilots who fly on international flights are required to communicate in English

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As of today, the longest flight in the world is the 18 hour 50 minute route between New York City (JFK) and Singapore, operated by Singapore Airlines

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Normally a pilot will sit left side and a co pilot will sit right side, because the pilot acts as captain of the aircraft he can operate the throttles with his right hand, co pilots handle other controls

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In the US, 2 million passengers board more than 30,000 flights every day.

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In 1973, Concorde pilots chased a solar eclipse across the Sahara desert at Mach 2. They extended it from 7 minutes to 74.

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Plane doors can’t actually open in mid-flight

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round $700 million is spent by the Singapore Airlines on food per year and $15 million on wine

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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the world's oldest airline, established in 1919.

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If you want to have a solid and coherent API, you really need a few opinionated API designers. Anything else is often counterproductive.

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El Al airlines of Israel is considered one of the most secure airlines in the world. They equip their planes with anti-missile defense systems and there is an undercover air marshal on every international flight

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The US still controls most of the airspace over Tokyo, even though WW2 ended over 75 years ago

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A pilot must have 20/20 vision, with or without corrective lenses, to become a civilian airline pilot

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It’s estimated there are between 1.5 and 2.3M pilots worldwide. The country with the most pilots is the USA (730K pilots).

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There were about 6,000 reports of unruly passengers during 2021 in the US alone

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The Boeing 767 sucks in enough air through its engines to fill a Good Year blimp in about seven seconds

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More than 5.5 billion people has been flown by the 747 family, equal to 80% global population

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The longest range jetliner in service is the Airbus A350 XWB Ultra Long Range, capable of flying up to 18,000 kilometres (11,000 miles)

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The Boeing 747, introduced in 1969, revolutionized air travel and remains an iconic symbol of aviation to this day

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Radar was invented in 1935 by a Scottish physicist named Robert Watson-Watt while he was working for the British military

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The A350-1000’s Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines produce 97,000 lbs of thrust. At takeoff, each of the engine's 68 high pressure turbine blades generates around 900 hp per blade, the equivalent to that of a Formula One racing car

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