How many days, weeks, or months from a trip date do you want to buy plane tickets? Also, Because we're flying international, who has the best 'track record' for cheap tickets and least amount of luggage lost?|||For an international flight, typically I buy around 2-3 months before I go. Many times I go through a travel agent to see what price they give and then I compare that with a travel website such as http://www.kayak.com.
As for what airline does not lose luggage, it depends on what country you are flying from and where you are going. We can give a number of airlines that don't lose a lot of luggage but they may not fly from the airport you are departing from or fly to the destination you want to go to.|||Most times you get the best airfare %26amp; deals 2- 3 months for international flights. The different airlines with cheaper tickets why don't you check these websites.
www.tripadvisor.com
www.expedia.com
www.travelocity.com
www.orbitz.com
www.hotwire.com
www.kayak.com
Then, check the airline websites, also.
Now the least lost baggage %26amp; tracking would be Delta or United from my travel experience.|||check out this website it has pretty good tips
http://www.farecompare.com/travel-advice鈥?/a>
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
What are some restrictions for boarding a plane?
What are some things that I can or cannot bring to a plane?
Thanks!|||Check out this web site : http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/p鈥?/a> It will have all the info you need.
Thanks!|||Check out this web site : http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/p鈥?/a> It will have all the info you need.
What information do I need to buy plane tickets for someone else?
Someone not in the family, not in the state.
I need to buy them round-trip plane tickets from there to here, with my own credit card.
What information do I need from the recipient of the tickets?|||Date of travel.
Times that work best for both parties involved.
Cities the passenger wants to fly to and from.
Name of the passenger as it appears on their photo ID. Example uncle Jim Smith's ID shows James Smith use James.
Phone number of the passenger.
Address of the passenger. (optional, but helpful)
Whether the passenger wants aisle or window seats.
Don't forget to write down the conformation code.
That's all of it.... good luck.|||You'll also need to pay for it.
I need to buy them round-trip plane tickets from there to here, with my own credit card.
What information do I need from the recipient of the tickets?|||Date of travel.
Times that work best for both parties involved.
Cities the passenger wants to fly to and from.
Name of the passenger as it appears on their photo ID. Example uncle Jim Smith's ID shows James Smith use James.
Phone number of the passenger.
Address of the passenger. (optional, but helpful)
Whether the passenger wants aisle or window seats.
Don't forget to write down the conformation code.
That's all of it.... good luck.|||You'll also need to pay for it.
For a design project I have to improve a passenger plane making it more enviormental, Need your help?
I know you wont know how to improve their efficiency (or maybe u wil) but where could i start? any tips?
Some suggestions already are to:
Reduce the weight of the plane so it uses less fuel
Use a different type of paint on the plane to reduce friction from air|||There are companies that make millions a each year trying to solve that question.
Fuel is a huge cost, and if alternatives could be purchased that were cheaper, safer, and as enconical, the airlines would use it in a heartbeat.
Second, is they can make aircraft lighter, but that means replacing the fleets of aircraft. The new Dreamliner is much lighter and uses less fuel, but the cost and delivery time keeps it from replacing alot of aircraft.
The only way to make aircraft more enviromental is to replace it with high speed maglev trans that would connect all the major cities of the us, easing all to the aircraft congestion.
But at 1 million dollars a mile, not a near future reality given the US enocomy.|||There is only one way to make aircraft more environmental and that is to park them on the ground. The rule of thumb has always been to make them better because this saves money and is more environmental friendly.
The four factors that must be over come for aircraft are drag, thrust, lift and gravity. I am sure your teacher is smart enough to know this or maybe not. Anyway if you cut the weight which engineers do all the time, but within a safety factor of 1.5 it takes less thrust to keep it in the air burning less fuel making it more environmental. However there are trade offs for this, that鈥檚 why the safety factor of 1.5 for design loads is critical.
Next is improve the engine performance which engineers are doing all the time. Engines are 30% better now than thirty years ago, which means more environmental. It cost about $30.000.000.00 to develop a new engine and that is a big investment. You can only get so much out of a pound of fuel and engines manufactures are at the limit currently without some major break through.
As of right now aircraft are about as efficient or environmentally clean as can be built. Aircraft manufactures have better engine now that is why the Boeing B-757- -767, and 777 only have two engines instead of three or four. Less engines mean less hydrocarbons burned better for the airline to make money (saves fuel) more environmental friendly.
So one way to be more environmental is to fly slower which airlines are currently doing to save fuel. If you want to get to some place faster it takes more fuel just like automobiles. Ever notice how cars kind of all look a like right now? It鈥檚 because of the wind tunnel testing just like aircraft to reduce drag (friction). Aircraft have reach the limit do to the laws of nature.
I have to ask is your teacher an environmental wacko? Or really doesn鈥檛 know much about the subject.|||That's a multi-million dollar question, and the aviation industry is working hard on it, with vast resources, and not getting much improvement.
The suggestion is to go back to your teacher and explain that you don't have $400,000,000 to spend on it, and need another project to work on.
Seriously, they are about as efficient as they can be right now. The aircraft industry has done as good a job as can be done. That is what you should tell your teacher you found out.
On the other hand, you can make the transportation industry as a whole more efficient and more environmentally sound by persuading more people to take the train and to ride light rail and intercity services. That is a complex social and political problem that must be solved soon, and always runs into political resistance. Conservatives don't want to vote for those products because their golf buddies in industry make more money on cars and trucks and on wasted fossil fuels.
But that is what I would work on. Forget making airliners more efficient--there is little that can be done, and most of them will be parked in the next 10 years anyway, as fuel prices rise. Work on promoting rail travel and efficient power sources.
Tell your teacher a retired airline captain told you so.
Good luck!|||Although it may be unrealistic:
Hybrid jet engines of some sort that use fuel to get the aircraft to alititude, above the clouds. Cover the top of the wings and fuselage with solar panels to create electricity to power the engines. The solar panels could also be used to turn water vapor into hydrogen, powering the engines.|||Thats a tough task , I bet theres guys paid millions to try and solve that problem.
My suggestion is do away with meals , we can all go without food for quiet a while.
Dan www.stylelimousines.co.uk|||Use pure hydrogen fuel.
Some suggestions already are to:
Reduce the weight of the plane so it uses less fuel
Use a different type of paint on the plane to reduce friction from air|||There are companies that make millions a each year trying to solve that question.
Fuel is a huge cost, and if alternatives could be purchased that were cheaper, safer, and as enconical, the airlines would use it in a heartbeat.
Second, is they can make aircraft lighter, but that means replacing the fleets of aircraft. The new Dreamliner is much lighter and uses less fuel, but the cost and delivery time keeps it from replacing alot of aircraft.
The only way to make aircraft more enviromental is to replace it with high speed maglev trans that would connect all the major cities of the us, easing all to the aircraft congestion.
But at 1 million dollars a mile, not a near future reality given the US enocomy.|||There is only one way to make aircraft more environmental and that is to park them on the ground. The rule of thumb has always been to make them better because this saves money and is more environmental friendly.
The four factors that must be over come for aircraft are drag, thrust, lift and gravity. I am sure your teacher is smart enough to know this or maybe not. Anyway if you cut the weight which engineers do all the time, but within a safety factor of 1.5 it takes less thrust to keep it in the air burning less fuel making it more environmental. However there are trade offs for this, that鈥檚 why the safety factor of 1.5 for design loads is critical.
Next is improve the engine performance which engineers are doing all the time. Engines are 30% better now than thirty years ago, which means more environmental. It cost about $30.000.000.00 to develop a new engine and that is a big investment. You can only get so much out of a pound of fuel and engines manufactures are at the limit currently without some major break through.
As of right now aircraft are about as efficient or environmentally clean as can be built. Aircraft manufactures have better engine now that is why the Boeing B-757- -767, and 777 only have two engines instead of three or four. Less engines mean less hydrocarbons burned better for the airline to make money (saves fuel) more environmental friendly.
So one way to be more environmental is to fly slower which airlines are currently doing to save fuel. If you want to get to some place faster it takes more fuel just like automobiles. Ever notice how cars kind of all look a like right now? It鈥檚 because of the wind tunnel testing just like aircraft to reduce drag (friction). Aircraft have reach the limit do to the laws of nature.
I have to ask is your teacher an environmental wacko? Or really doesn鈥檛 know much about the subject.|||That's a multi-million dollar question, and the aviation industry is working hard on it, with vast resources, and not getting much improvement.
The suggestion is to go back to your teacher and explain that you don't have $400,000,000 to spend on it, and need another project to work on.
Seriously, they are about as efficient as they can be right now. The aircraft industry has done as good a job as can be done. That is what you should tell your teacher you found out.
On the other hand, you can make the transportation industry as a whole more efficient and more environmentally sound by persuading more people to take the train and to ride light rail and intercity services. That is a complex social and political problem that must be solved soon, and always runs into political resistance. Conservatives don't want to vote for those products because their golf buddies in industry make more money on cars and trucks and on wasted fossil fuels.
But that is what I would work on. Forget making airliners more efficient--there is little that can be done, and most of them will be parked in the next 10 years anyway, as fuel prices rise. Work on promoting rail travel and efficient power sources.
Tell your teacher a retired airline captain told you so.
Good luck!|||Although it may be unrealistic:
Hybrid jet engines of some sort that use fuel to get the aircraft to alititude, above the clouds. Cover the top of the wings and fuselage with solar panels to create electricity to power the engines. The solar panels could also be used to turn water vapor into hydrogen, powering the engines.|||Thats a tough task , I bet theres guys paid millions to try and solve that problem.
My suggestion is do away with meals , we can all go without food for quiet a while.
Dan www.stylelimousines.co.uk|||Use pure hydrogen fuel.
Question for pilots: What kind of plane is used by American Eagle for its short hops?
I had to fly in one over Christmas break - from O'Hare to Flint, MI - and it was a little plane...maybe 40 people - but I didn't recognize the aircraft. (I looked at the safety card, but it didn't say)
It said 'Regional Jet' on the tail.
It *was* a jet aircraft, not a prop plane.
The seat arrangement was 1 - 2 or (however you write it).
So what kind of plane is this?|||ERJ-135 if it had the 40 seat type arrangement...ERJ-145 has a little more seats than that....same plane...just stretched...ERJ stands for Embraer Regional Jet....hope this helps
Jonathan S
ATP-LRJET,HS-125
CFI/AGI|||That was an Embraer 145. Yes, you are right, it was a jet!|||It was an Embraer ERJ-145 Regional Jet.|||Probably that was a EMBRAER ERJ-145 designed and built in Brazil at the EMBRAER main plant located in the City of S茫o Jos茅 dos Campos, State of S茫o Paulo. A very beautiful and reliable aircraft.|||American Eagle uses 2 Regional Jets.
If the jet has a capacity of 50 seats or less it is the Embraer Regional Jet (ERJ). If the jet has a capacity of 70 seats then it is the Canadian Regional Jet (CRJ). American Eagle also uses Saab and ATR turboprop aircraft as well.
It sounds like since the cabin configuration was 2 (aisle) then 1............then it was the ERJ.|||Embraer RJ (Regional Jet)
It said 'Regional Jet' on the tail.
It *was* a jet aircraft, not a prop plane.
The seat arrangement was 1 - 2 or (however you write it).
So what kind of plane is this?|||ERJ-135 if it had the 40 seat type arrangement...ERJ-145 has a little more seats than that....same plane...just stretched...ERJ stands for Embraer Regional Jet....hope this helps
Jonathan S
ATP-LRJET,HS-125
CFI/AGI|||That was an Embraer 145. Yes, you are right, it was a jet!|||It was an Embraer ERJ-145 Regional Jet.|||Probably that was a EMBRAER ERJ-145 designed and built in Brazil at the EMBRAER main plant located in the City of S茫o Jos茅 dos Campos, State of S茫o Paulo. A very beautiful and reliable aircraft.|||American Eagle uses 2 Regional Jets.
If the jet has a capacity of 50 seats or less it is the Embraer Regional Jet (ERJ). If the jet has a capacity of 70 seats then it is the Canadian Regional Jet (CRJ). American Eagle also uses Saab and ATR turboprop aircraft as well.
It sounds like since the cabin configuration was 2 (aisle) then 1............then it was the ERJ.|||Embraer RJ (Regional Jet)
What is the stalling speed for a plane?
In Beever plane, the flaps reduce your stalling speed. I read this.
But, what is stalling speed? Can anyone just tell me by a very simple way? I have almost none-knowledge of flight.|||The stalling speed of an aircraft is the critical airspeed at which the wing cannot create enough lift to maintain flight.
Stalling speed varies with different aircraft as lift is due to the shape and size of the wing as well as it's cross-sectional shape.
A lower stalling speed can be achieved by deploying wing mounted flaps and slats. These devices effectively provide more lift for the same airspeed.|||Happy to be of assistance.
|||It's not a constant as it varies due to wind speed, plane, and flap setting. An overladen plane has a higher stall speed, and a head wind has the effect of lowering the stall speed - hence you try to take off into wind.
Basically it's the speed at which the lift force from the wings making the plane ascend is less than the gravitational force pulling it down.|||I Agree with marty.
In addition the stall speed is determined by air density (altitude) weight and the wing surface (size).
You can't just come up with a standard stall speed because on the same aircraft it can change.|||Stall Speed as the minimum speed at which the wings can produce sufficient lift for level flight|||The forward movement of the plane through the air and the shape of the wings gives the wings 'lift'. By altering the shape of the wings (flaps) gives the wings more 'lift' Unfortunately more flaps means more problems at speed and far more fuel used, so flaps are not used as the plane speeds up. So a small plane, in still air, would not get enough 'lift' at below about 50 mph, so it would STALL and just fall out of the sky. Applying flaps at 50MPH would give more 'lift' so it could still fly at 35 mph, below this speed it would STALL. On large jets these speeds are far greater but the same principle applies.|||its the speed that cause aircraft to descend automatically
its like u through something in air when ur force which u apply is reduce or consume the thing u through will come down but did u noticed its not falling straight away it'll go down in a particular way|||The good doctor above has it wrong. A headwind has nothing to do with the stall speed. You takeoff into a headwind because you use less runway but the airspeed at which the airplane reaches it's critical angle of attack and stalls remains constant at a given aircraft weight and load factor. As the weight and/or load factor increases however, the speed at which the critical angle of attack is reached increases proportionately.|||The stalling speed is the airspeed at which the airflow over and under the wings can no longer support the aircraft and it will just fall.
Basically the faster a plane goes the more lift is produced by the wings. The slower, the less lift is produced. Flaps are extendable surfaces on the wing that increase the wing area. The more wing area the more lift is produced for a given airspeed.
When you are travelling in a car, put your hand out of the window and level with the ground. Then tip your hand so the front edge is higher. See how the airflow lifts your hand more? Its the same principle.
To get an aircraft to cruise at the required speeds safely you dont want that extra lift so you have to retract the flaps so you have a clean wing (a normal shaped wing). On approach and landing and take off it involves low speed handling and the flaps enable the pilot to increase their level of control and lower the landing speeds so it is safer for the aircraft or passengers.
The stalling speed is a certain speed (different for all aircraft and changes in weather conditions) at which the flaps do not compensate for the lack of airspeed and the plane will just fall, literally. The nose of the aircraft may still be level with the horizon or even pitched up but its still losing height and falling.
To prove it do the hand thing on a main road then slow down and see how it affects the lift on your hand. No matter what angle you put your hand at it will fall, thats stalling because there is insufficent lift.|||I agree with Marty if you are after a simple answer..|||futuretopgun is correct with his answer , I know this because i have worked in and around aircraft and jet engines for over 20 yrs .|||4 factors affecting aircraft flying 1) weight, 2) lift, 3) thrust, 4) drag. IF 2 %26amp; 3 are greater than 1 %26amp; 4, it will fly. Anytime 4 is greater than 3 or 1 is greater than 2, it stalls (quits flying).|||Hey I'am enjoying this informative debate. carry on Guys|||Whatever the plane, large or small, if it stalls and you are beneath it - run like hell in the other direction ! ! !
Lively runner ! !
But, what is stalling speed? Can anyone just tell me by a very simple way? I have almost none-knowledge of flight.|||The stalling speed of an aircraft is the critical airspeed at which the wing cannot create enough lift to maintain flight.
Stalling speed varies with different aircraft as lift is due to the shape and size of the wing as well as it's cross-sectional shape.
A lower stalling speed can be achieved by deploying wing mounted flaps and slats. These devices effectively provide more lift for the same airspeed.|||Happy to be of assistance.
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|||It's not a constant as it varies due to wind speed, plane, and flap setting. An overladen plane has a higher stall speed, and a head wind has the effect of lowering the stall speed - hence you try to take off into wind.
Basically it's the speed at which the lift force from the wings making the plane ascend is less than the gravitational force pulling it down.|||I Agree with marty.
In addition the stall speed is determined by air density (altitude) weight and the wing surface (size).
You can't just come up with a standard stall speed because on the same aircraft it can change.|||Stall Speed as the minimum speed at which the wings can produce sufficient lift for level flight|||The forward movement of the plane through the air and the shape of the wings gives the wings 'lift'. By altering the shape of the wings (flaps) gives the wings more 'lift' Unfortunately more flaps means more problems at speed and far more fuel used, so flaps are not used as the plane speeds up. So a small plane, in still air, would not get enough 'lift' at below about 50 mph, so it would STALL and just fall out of the sky. Applying flaps at 50MPH would give more 'lift' so it could still fly at 35 mph, below this speed it would STALL. On large jets these speeds are far greater but the same principle applies.|||its the speed that cause aircraft to descend automatically
its like u through something in air when ur force which u apply is reduce or consume the thing u through will come down but did u noticed its not falling straight away it'll go down in a particular way|||The good doctor above has it wrong. A headwind has nothing to do with the stall speed. You takeoff into a headwind because you use less runway but the airspeed at which the airplane reaches it's critical angle of attack and stalls remains constant at a given aircraft weight and load factor. As the weight and/or load factor increases however, the speed at which the critical angle of attack is reached increases proportionately.|||The stalling speed is the airspeed at which the airflow over and under the wings can no longer support the aircraft and it will just fall.
Basically the faster a plane goes the more lift is produced by the wings. The slower, the less lift is produced. Flaps are extendable surfaces on the wing that increase the wing area. The more wing area the more lift is produced for a given airspeed.
When you are travelling in a car, put your hand out of the window and level with the ground. Then tip your hand so the front edge is higher. See how the airflow lifts your hand more? Its the same principle.
To get an aircraft to cruise at the required speeds safely you dont want that extra lift so you have to retract the flaps so you have a clean wing (a normal shaped wing). On approach and landing and take off it involves low speed handling and the flaps enable the pilot to increase their level of control and lower the landing speeds so it is safer for the aircraft or passengers.
The stalling speed is a certain speed (different for all aircraft and changes in weather conditions) at which the flaps do not compensate for the lack of airspeed and the plane will just fall, literally. The nose of the aircraft may still be level with the horizon or even pitched up but its still losing height and falling.
To prove it do the hand thing on a main road then slow down and see how it affects the lift on your hand. No matter what angle you put your hand at it will fall, thats stalling because there is insufficent lift.|||I agree with Marty if you are after a simple answer..|||futuretopgun is correct with his answer , I know this because i have worked in and around aircraft and jet engines for over 20 yrs .|||4 factors affecting aircraft flying 1) weight, 2) lift, 3) thrust, 4) drag. IF 2 %26amp; 3 are greater than 1 %26amp; 4, it will fly. Anytime 4 is greater than 3 or 1 is greater than 2, it stalls (quits flying).|||Hey I'am enjoying this informative debate. carry on Guys|||Whatever the plane, large or small, if it stalls and you are beneath it - run like hell in the other direction ! ! !
Lively runner ! !
In a 747 it feels like the plane is dropping?
shortly after takeoff in a 747 , im guessing the first 500 ft climb , it feels asif the plane is dropping , why ?|||I just got through asking why so much B.S. on this topic and here I am surrounded by it! Air pockets?.... Stalls?.... Ground effect?.... Retracting the flaps at 500 feet?......NONSENSE!!........c'mon boys and girls......stop the guessing and the B.S....the man has asked a serious question!.......as a matter of fact, people sitting in the aft part of a 747 WILL normally feel as if the airplane is dropping, because as the airplane is rotated, on takeoff, the tail section DOES drop (and the nose section RISES!)|||i agree with MR.cool , because whenever I play FSX , my 747 seems to stall shortly after take-off , the 747 is designed like this way , there's no fault of mine
thank you
alaqmar|||It is not dropping. Its climb path gets a little shallower as the flaps are retracted and as it accelerates to climb speed. The engine power is also brought back just after takeoff for noise abatement.|||after take off pilots pull up to aboutt 15-20 degrees bank and the plane has to captuer the lift just after take of and ur not just traviling forwards in the plane for split second after take off b4 the plane has the upwards lift the pland is still traviling leval to the ground even though the plane is pitched up so it feels like the plane is traviling downwards which it is in relation to the wind
hope this makes sense|||It is probably a combination of two things. Retracting the flaps shortly after takeoff can leave you with a brief sinking feeling. The most probable cause for this feeling is something called "ground effect". Ground effect makes the aircraft more efficent in regards to lift when it is within about 1 wingspan of the ground. The ground deflects the lift which makes a kind of airpocket. Pilots who take off in ground effect and do not have enough speed can stall the plane. Ground effect also has a tendency to make an aircraft float just above the runway when landing, ecspecially if their approach is too fast.|||It's when the pilots retract the flaps. You can feel this in other planes too.|||Ok... That is because the pilot is pulling the nose up to fast and the aircraft is stalling. During a stall the airplane is not going fast enough and begins to stall until it regains speed. Stalls are very common on 747s.|||Probably an air pocket. That's why they have seat belts.
thank you
alaqmar|||It is not dropping. Its climb path gets a little shallower as the flaps are retracted and as it accelerates to climb speed. The engine power is also brought back just after takeoff for noise abatement.|||after take off pilots pull up to aboutt 15-20 degrees bank and the plane has to captuer the lift just after take of and ur not just traviling forwards in the plane for split second after take off b4 the plane has the upwards lift the pland is still traviling leval to the ground even though the plane is pitched up so it feels like the plane is traviling downwards which it is in relation to the wind
hope this makes sense|||It is probably a combination of two things. Retracting the flaps shortly after takeoff can leave you with a brief sinking feeling. The most probable cause for this feeling is something called "ground effect". Ground effect makes the aircraft more efficent in regards to lift when it is within about 1 wingspan of the ground. The ground deflects the lift which makes a kind of airpocket. Pilots who take off in ground effect and do not have enough speed can stall the plane. Ground effect also has a tendency to make an aircraft float just above the runway when landing, ecspecially if their approach is too fast.|||It's when the pilots retract the flaps. You can feel this in other planes too.|||Ok... That is because the pilot is pulling the nose up to fast and the aircraft is stalling. During a stall the airplane is not going fast enough and begins to stall until it regains speed. Stalls are very common on 747s.|||Probably an air pocket. That's why they have seat belts.
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