How Does Weather Affect Flying?

Anyone who has ever been stuck in an airport waiting because of weather delays know the role that weather plays in when your plane will take off and land. But, how does the weather affect flying and why can disturbances in the air (or on the ground) delay or even cause flight cancellations? Ask any seasoned pilot how does weather affect flying and they will explain it this way: It disrupts visibility.... 

Nasa’s F-15 Program

There are few fighters that capture the imagination in the same way that the F-15 Eagle does. Almost all the pilots who flew the Eagles in peace and in war, acknowledge that it was a completely ‘different beast’. Its handling capability and its sheer power will be difficult to duplicate in a platform-era base. To resume, the F-15 will most likely end up in history as the most feared and... 

Bernoulli’s Principal Review

Bernoulli’s principle, physical principle formulated by Daniel Bernoulli that states that as the speed of a moving fluid (liquid or gas) increases, the pressure within the fluid decreases. The phenomenon described by Bernoulli’s principle has many practical applications; it is employed in the carburetor and the atomizer, in which air is the moving fluid, and in the aspirator, in which water... 

Aerodynamics

Aerodynamics is a branch of dynamics concerned with studying the motion of air, particularly when it interacts with a moving object. Aerodynamics is closely related to fluid dynamics and gas dynamics, with much theory shared between them. Aerodynamics is often used synonymously with gas dynamics, with the difference being that gas dynamics applies to all gases. Understanding the motion of air (often...