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Will there be pilotless airliners in the future? 22 Aug 2013 | 10:22 pm
{youtube}RR2CXBT3yS8{/youtube} BAE Tests Pilotless Passenger Airplane Greetings Sir, Referring to the subject written above, I was wondering, would there be pilotless airliners coming up in the nea...
Is it reliable to travel on these older planes? 8 Aug 2013 | 08:43 pm
{youtube}Y5NrQ2z3vao{/youtube} Aircraft Maintenance Hi Capt Lim I am two days away to travel to South America on a Boeing 767-300 through American Airlines. I happened to notice that their 767 fl....
Asian Cockpit Culture and the Asiana 214 Crash 25 Jul 2013 | 07:36 pm
{youtube}SAi6cRI-rq0{/youtube} Asiana Airlines Crash: The 7 Seconds of Horror on Flight 214 Hi Captain Lim, There has been a lot of hype in the American media about the possibility of the Asian coc...
AF 447 Crash - Why the flight envelope protection did not kick in? 20 Jul 2013 | 05:33 pm
{youtube}ZFyrTUN5_as{/youtube} Air France Flight 447 Crash 'Didn't Have to Happen’ Hi Captain. I can't understand why AF 447 crashed since the flight envelope protection was there. I thought the so...
Asiana Boeing 777 Crash 10 Jul 2013 | 05:38 pm
{youtube}f5edrm3RjLU{/youtube} Plane Crash at San Francisco Airport, Boeing 777 Hi Capt Lim Why did the pilot in charge fail to recognize that he was going to undershoot the runway and did not abor...
How do composite fuselages deal with lightning strikes? 25 Jun 2013 | 09:57 am
{youtube}hZCzintiS4c{/youtube} Airplane Struck By Lightning Hi Capt Lim, How do composite fuselages (i.e. Airbus A350 & Boeing 787) deal with lightning strikes? Bryan Trill
RAF Aptitude Test for the Aspiring Pilots 16 Jun 2013 | 07:18 pm
{youtube}DCauadgDabs{/youtube} ACA SYMBIOTICS - Pilot Aptitude Test Dear Sir, I saw you have a Category in your site on Pilot Career > Aptitude Tests. I stumbled across a RAF Sample Aptitude Test ...
My son who lacks academic qualifications wants to be an airline pilot 5 Jun 2013 | 05:03 pm
{youtube}YBQnezfFL0Y{/youtube} Singapore Youth Flying Club Dear Capt Lim, I am glad I found your site. My son has only 2 'O' levels and presently serving the military, due to complete in Dec 13. ...
Do you think Boeing’s solution to battery problem is good enough? 3 Jun 2013 | 09:11 am
{youtube}e-JPQ73WtRQ{/youtube} Japan approves resumption of Boeing 787 Captain Lim Do you think Boeing's solution to the battery problem is good enough? They claimed the revised set-up is 110% now....
Could the wings snap off if a plane takes off with empty wing tanks? 20 May 2013 | 12:01 pm
{youtube}3BiYQbD-mVk{/youtube} Refuelling an Airbus A380 Dear Captain Lim, Are airliners being refuelled only from one side of the aircraft, namely the right wing? If so, do pilots transfer fuel fr...
