How Does a Helicopter Hover?

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 09:37:31 +0000

It was January 26 and Rahul was terribly exited. And with good reason too. His father, a pilot in the Indian Navy, had been bestowed the rare honour of flying the newly acquired “Pawan Hans” helicopters for the Republic Day parade.

Rahul couldn’t sleep the night before. He had already set his alarm clock to wake him up at 4 a.m., He wanted his mother to take him to the venue well before the scheduled time.

Why do Aircrafts Have a Black Box?

Tue, 24 Apr 2001 16:31:18 +0000

Often, after an air disaster, we hear about the black box in the news. The black box does not play any part in making an aircraft fly but it serves an important function. It is basically an electronic device used by investigators to discover the cause of a crash and may be, prevent others.

Why do Aircrafts Have a Black Box? [Illustration by Shiju George]

The black box can be inserted or removed from an aircraft. In a passenger aircraft there are actually two black boxes. One contains the flight data-recorder and the other, the cockpit-voice recorder.

Aviation Technology on Pitara Kids Network

How Does a Helicopter Hover?

Why do Aircrafts Have a Black Box?