Tag: flight
How does the autopilot work?
While everyone knows that pilots rely on an autopilot during flight, it's a subject that still intrigues many passengers, who wonder exactly what it does, how far it can go, and to what extent it takes charge of all...
Air pockets, turbulence: why are we shaken up in flight?
Nobody likes to be shaken up in transport, and on planes even less than elsewhere. Many things can make a flight chaotic, and the discomfort of the situation is compounded by the fear that something could go wrong in...