Tag archives for airplane

  1. Flying Home

    I’m flying home today. Right now, in fact. My plane is due to touch down in Seattle at 2:21pm local time.

    Feel free to track my progress: United Airlines flight 945 from Frankfurt to Chicago (9 hours) and United Airlines flight 929 from Chicago…

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  2. Charlie’s Airplane Excitment

    I’m meeting Charlie in Istanbul today. However, he’s had a bit of excitement on his plane ride from the States…

    6:30 PM PDT
    SO…….I am in Halifax…….we had an emergency landing for a guy who had a heart attack. Didn’t empty enough fuel…

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  3. Finally, An Answer

    Several years ago, I posted a problem describing a plane on a massive conveyor belt:
    Imagine a plane is sitting on a massive conveyor belt, as wide and as long as a runway. The conveyer [sic] belt is designed to exactly match the speed of the whe…

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