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Weather Hazards: Hail Storms

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Hello Again Readers! In this module I will be talking about the effects and danger of hail storms towards airplanes. It has been known that hail storms are very rare to occur and it only happens to countries and locations that accumulate snow or have low temperatures. When it does happen, multiple damages can occur not only to the aircraft, but also the company as well, not to mention it jeopardizes the safety of the crew and passengers. So what damages can hail storms do to the aircraft, and what are the results of having these components damaged? For starters we can talk about the windshield, getting damage here can restrict the vision of the pilots, depending on how severe the hail, it could penetrate through and can cause more harm (Roche 2018). Next is the Radome, although the whole fuselage would take damage, the radome itself has a lot of important systems behind it, it can destroy the radar, glide slope, localizers and many more (Roche 2018). Lastly, we have the engines, damagi
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Air Traffic Control Entities

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Hello again my readers!      Have you ever wondered how aircraft movement is possible on the ground and up in the air? In this week's blog I will be discussing the difference between the air traffic controllers and ground controllers on how they operate and the area of responsibilities they have.         Ground controllers are primarily responsible for safe movement of aircraft and other equipment, whether it be taxiing from gates to takeoff runways and from landing runways to gates (Freudenrich 2021). Aircraft taxiing is just a part of their responsibility, maintainers also communicate to ground controllers to request engine run up testing on remote pads or designated areas. Equipment operators or rampers as we would like to call them, also requires approval from ground controllers when they are moving an aircraft regardless of the location specially when crossing an active runway, this is to ensure that their status boards are up to date and accurate on where the aircraft is loca
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The Airport and The Environment: Airport Construction

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Hello again readers!      In today’s module I will be discussing two factors that affects the environment around the airport. And what can be done to resolve this issue.      It is known that airport construction is one of the environmental impacts in the surrounding area. This is because the airport requires a large amount of land to properly operate. A small airport takes up almost hundred acres of land, so what more if it was for commercial transport? The reality is, aviation has been essential to people’s daily lives, whether it be for tourism or business, but at what cost can this lead to having to create an airport? (Johnson 2018). An airport can take up spaces that could be meant for housing and other necessary infrastructure, this also leads to deforestation depending on the location of the airport being constructed (Johnson 2018).  Having a large airport also means creating a pathway to get there like highways and roads, this increases the size of area that can affect the
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Legislative Acts: Flight testing and certifications

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 Hello again my readers!       In this week's blog I will be discussing one of the Federal Aviation Regulation that I believe helped shape the aviation industry today. This gave guidance to manufacturers on the requirements needed for the aircraft or engines that is being built, designed and approved prior to its release to the public for its use. Every type of commercial aircraft that is being utilized for transporting goods or passengers in the air went through multiple testing and certifications prior to it being approved for a Type certificate. The regulations that were put in place for aircraft designers and manufacturers to follow was 14 CFR part 21 which is the certification procedures for products and articles. According to 14 CFR part 21.35 Flight tests, each applicant for an aircraft type must perform multiple ground inspections and testing prior to being approved for flight test and must also have a certified flight test pilot (14CFR21 n.d). Flight testing is one thi
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Team-Based Human Factors Challenges

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 Hello again my readers!        In this module blog I will be talking about the team based human factor challenges that can come across in the Aviation Maintenance side of the house.             In my understanding of human factors this is a psychological and physical constraints of the human body and mind. Having a negative human factor could result in creating a human error which could result a fatal error. It is said that 80 percent of the aviation maintenance incidents are caused by human error by installing components wrong or there were damages during the installation (Schossler 2019). The basis for human factors in aviation can be determined by following the dirty dozen of human factors. Namely these are lack of communication, complacency, fatigue, stress, pressure, lack of knowledge, norms, lack of resources, lack of team work, distractions, lack of assertiveness, and lack of awareness (Schossler 2019). The dirty dozen is just a primary basis for the cause of human errors b
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Aviation Security and the growing threat of drones

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 Hello again my readers!     In this weeks Blog I will be discussing the increase threat of drones towards commercial aviation, and what are the mitigations that could be implemented and what has the Transport Security Agency (TSA) done to create a Pre Planned Response towards this threat. We all know on September 11, 2001, acts of terrorism were committed towards the United States, this devastated the aviation industry and it started to crumble because people were afraid to fly. TSA was then created to combat these acts and prevent this from happening again by screening people who are entering the airport or boarding an aircraft. This prevented multiple terrorist attacks and saved many lives in the process, but what if I told you that the increase in drone activity is another means to commit acts of terrorism?. Unmanned Aircraft Systems increased activity due to its popularity among people who are not just into videography or photography but also for recreational activity too. New to
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Aircraft Systems and Flight: Anti-Icing and De-icing system

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  Hello to my readers!                 In this week’s blog I will be talking about the Anti-Icing and De-Icing system of the aircraft and what are the preventative measure that can be taken when there is a fault in the system.   In last week’s discussion we talked about the operating environment and aircraft performance, one of the environmental factors where airplanes operate is freezing temperatures. According to the Pilot’s Handbook Aeronautical Knowledge chapter 7 (FAA 2016), Anti Icing is designed to prevent the formation of ice and De-Icing is designed to remove ice once it has been formed. For smaller types of airplanes, the wing leading edge of the aircraft is equipped with De-Icer boots and for large commercial airplanes, they utilize bleed air that is distributed to the wings leading edge to prevent ice to form. Having a Wing Anti-Ice (WAI) system is very convenient because pilots can just turn it on and it has a timer or a sensor that automatically activates the syst
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