CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question I have seen a pilot’s control wheel. I thought it would be round like a steering wheel on a car.Continue Reading
CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question Sometimes fatigue can creep up on you very quickly. Can pilots nap in the flight deck during a flight ?Continue Reading
CFN – Welcome to Newfoundland – the wildly beautiful, slightly eccentric maritime province. Popsicle colored houses, in bright pinks, purples, yellows, set in craggy cliffs overlooking the sea. Friendly people with strong Irish accents, icebergs, the size of small islands, floating just outside the harbor. All of this, I found, just outsideContinue Reading
CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question Last month (May 2012), I was visiting my relatives in Europe. When I returned home, I was so jet-lagged, tired,Continue Reading
CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question What does it actually mean when they say that an airplane has lost an engine and what are the consequencesContinue Reading
CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question Can modern airliners fly faster than the speed of sound ? Question asked by Gerald Answer The simple answer isContinue Reading
CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question Hello Captain. I am not a pilot, but I find aviation fascinating. I have been reading your weekly column withContinue Reading
CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question . Can flight control of a commercial aircraft be taken over from the ground? Question asked by Brad. Answer .Continue Reading
CFN – I think one of the hardest things to do in life in general, is saying goodbye. Saying goodbye to people that you’ve only just met, or have known for a while, or even for your entire life, is one of the hardest things a person can do. I’veContinue Reading
CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question . When my grandfather reached a certain age, he had to go for a driver test to keep his driver’sContinue Reading
CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question I fly frequently on business and always carry my laptop, Blackberry phone and sometimes my tablet with me. TheContinue Reading
CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. . Answer Airplanes at the beginning of aviation had no electrical systems at all. However, it was not long beforeContinue Reading
CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question In an airplane cabin there are a lot of passengers in close proximity in a confined space. Often manyContinue Reading
CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. . Question I have heard about airplanes hitting birds. How common and how bad a problem is it? Asked byContinue Reading
CFN – One thing that can be said for certain, is how lucky I am to get to experience the things I have — or so my Italian host family kept insisting. Last week, I got to spend the week in Verona, Italy, with a host family for my classesContinue Reading
CFN – This is the first time that my wife and I have had a vacation for over 5 years and we are really enjoying ourselves. It was just an accident that we ended up in the Daytona Beach area but it was all for the good or actually betterContinue Reading
CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. . Question How is an airplane cabin pressurized ? . Answer . The cabin air system in airliners is designedContinue Reading
CFN – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. . Question . Do pilots have to meet certain medical standards ? Question asked by Cathy. . Answer .Continue Reading