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    Why People Clap When the Plane Lands (and Whether Pilots Even Notice)

    by SharonKurheg January 18, 2026
    by SharonKurheg January 18, 2026

    Whether you’ve been flying for 45 minutes or 4.5 hours, it invariably happens: the plane lands and at least one person claps. What’s up with that? I mean, can the …

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    Commercial Flight Hijacked… By Its Own Pilot

    by SharonKurheg December 30, 2025
    by SharonKurheg December 30, 2025

    You really don’t hear about commercial hijackings much anymore. Sure, every now and then a truck of Costco-bound lobsters goes missing (that actually happened last week), or a flight school …

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  • Airports

    Why So Few Pilots Land at This Airport

    by SharonKurheg October 9, 2024
    by SharonKurheg October 9, 2024

    Some airports are more difficult for pilots to land at, than others. Here are some of the more difficult ones, and why: Barra Airport, Scotland It’s said that you won’t …

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    Why Do Pilots Say “Souls on Board?” Or Do They?

    by SharonKurheg February 22, 2024
    by SharonKurheg February 22, 2024

    Whenever I’ve boarded a flight and the door to the cockpit is open, I’ve admittedly been nosy and tried to pick up bits of what they’re saying. I never get …

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    The “Secret Bedroom” on Airplanes

    by SharonKurheg November 6, 2023
    by SharonKurheg November 6, 2023

    As technology has advanced, so has the ability for flights to become longer and longer. For some of the longest long haul flights, depending on weather, climate conditions and airport …

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    FBI Busted Into Wrong Hotel Room, Detained Delta Pilot

    by SharonKurheg August 1, 2023
    by SharonKurheg August 1, 2023

    Well, this certainly doesn’t happen every day. A Delta Airlines pilot was handcuffed and interrogated by members of the FBI and the U.S. Army in the bathroom of his hotel …

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    Pilot Thought Co-Pilot Was Pretending To Nap. No, He Had Died!

    by SharonKurheg March 3, 2023
    by SharonKurheg March 3, 2023

    A pilot continued to fly the plane he was in, despite his co-pilot suffering a cardiac arrest in the air and dying, according to an Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) …

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    Fascinating! How A Jet Airliner & Its Cockpit Both Work

    by SharonKurheg October 21, 2022
    by SharonKurheg October 21, 2022

    When you fly, you may get a quick glance at the cockpit. But other than that, most of us blissfully don’t pay much attention to everything a pilot needs to …

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    Very Cool! A Day In The Life Of A Boeing 737 Airline Pilot

    by SharonKurheg July 7, 2022
    by SharonKurheg July 7, 2022

    Ah, the stuff you find on TikTok… @almostcaptainmorgan is the (very creative) TikTok handle of a woman who identifies herself as a First Officer/Pilot on Boeing 737s. The background of …

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    American Airlines Pays Up For Its Scheduling Snafu, Hopefully Limiting More Disruptions

    by joeheg July 7, 2022
    by joeheg July 7, 2022

    Traveling by air this summer has gotten off to a rocky start. Starting on Memorial Day weekend, it was apparent that the airlines couldn’t handle the number of passengers who …

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