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Aircraft Windshear. Windshear and microburst phenomenon. Windshear hazard to aircraft, aircraft recovery. Accident - Delta 191

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Episode Outline:

00:00 - Intro

04:00 - Microbursts

14:16 - Predictive and Reactive Windshear

22:13 - Prevention

28:20 - Delta 191

Airline Pilot Sleep and Fatigue. Sleep as a skill. Risks of fatigue. Accident - Colgan Flight 3407.

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Episode Outline:

00:00 - Intro

00:50 - Why Sleep and Fatigue

09:44 - Sleep in Society

15:08 - Conditions for Sleep

18:15 - Circadian Rhythm

20:39 - Rules and Regulation, Rostering and Commuting

25:49 - Sleep and Fatigue in Practice

32:10 - Apollo 11

34:14 - Colgan Flight 3407

46:57 - Ending

Airline Jet Engines. Airline pilot theory and jet engine operation. Accident - British Airways 09, Jakarta Incident, "all four engines have failed".

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Episode Outline:

00:00 - Introduction

00:26 - Axial Flow and Bypass size

01:14 - Principle of Jet Power

02:25 - History, Whittle and War

06:30 - Centrifugal Engine Evolution

07:52 - Jet Engine Technical Description

10:42 - Components

10:59 - Compressors

14:32 - Combustion Chamber

16:20 - Turbine

18:53 - Summary of Airflow and Engineering

20:02 - Pilots Point of View

24:56 - Jet Engines as Hazards

26:19 - Systems

29:15 - Engine Failure

31:58 - British Airways 09

50:08 - Outro