Planes
Questions
1. Do you like taking the plane?
2. Can you remember the first time you took the plane?
3. Do you prefer the aisle seat or the window seat and why?
4. Do you think flying has got better or worse over the years?
5. Do you ever think or worry about the plane crashing when you’re flying somewhere?
6. Would you like to learn to fly a plane?
7. What will planes look like in a 100 years?
8. Do you think we’ll be flying to the Moon and Mars one day?
Videos
Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? At TED, he tells his story publicly for
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the first time.
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Category: Psychology
While waiting to board his plane, a man discovers that he’s not as much of a VIP as he thinks he is.
Category: Geography & Travel
Bruce Campbell lives in an airplane. Yes, an actual jet. The Portland-based aeronautics enthusiast makes his home in a converted Boeing 727 that was once used as a Greek aircraft until the mid-1960s and now resides in a
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forest near Portland.
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Category: Geography & Travel
It might seem like a glamorous job and it has its perks, but being a member of SIA’s cabin crew also means spending a lot of time away from family, battling jet lag and waking up at odd hours for early morning flights.
However there is a silver lining to being able to travel the world, as Ms Charmaine Ang, a flight stewardess and self-confessed foodie, will attest to.
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However there is a silver lining to being able to travel the world, as Ms Charmaine Ang, a flight stewardess and self-confessed foodie, will attest to.
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Category: Geography & Travel
What is turbulence and why does it happen? Explore the phenomenon that has perplexed physicists for over a century.
You’re on an airplane when you feel a sudden jolt. Outside your window nothing seems to be happening, yet the plane continues to rattle you and your fellow passengers as it passes through turbulent air in the atmosphere. What exactly is turbulence, and why does it happen? Tomás Chor dives into one of the prevailing mysteries of physics: the complex phenomenon of turbulence.
Lesson by Tomás Chor, directed by Biljana Labovic.
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You’re on an airplane when you feel a sudden jolt. Outside your window nothing seems to be happening, yet the plane continues to rattle you and your fellow passengers as it passes through turbulent air in the atmosphere. What exactly is turbulence, and why does it happen? Tomás Chor dives into one of the prevailing mysteries of physics: the complex phenomenon of turbulence.
Lesson by Tomás Chor, directed by Biljana Labovic.
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Category: Geography & Travel | Science