http://dir.salon.com/topics/airplanes/?source=rss&aim=airplanes en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/10/16/askthepilot338/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/10/16/askthepilot338/index.html?source=rss View the landing of a Boeing 767, from the cockpit. Behold the glory of approach lights at dawn. Plus: A tutorial By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/10/09/askthepilot337/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/10/09/askthepilot337/index.html?source=rss What is proper etiquette during an emergency evacuation? Plus: Confused pilots and angry readers By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/10/02/askthepilot336/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/10/02/askthepilot336/index.html?source=rss Plus: What happened to "The Simpsons"? And REM? The weird phenomenon of pop-culture tailspin By Liz Prato Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/08/25/lockerbie_plane_crash/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/08/25/lockerbie_plane_crash/index.html?source=rss In 1988, Annie Lareau escaped death while her friends did not. Can she find compassion for the man responsible? By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/08/14/askthepilot330/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/08/14/askthepilot330/index.html?source=rss Severe turbulence, a midair collision and the latest stuck-on-a-plane horror story By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/07/17/askthepilot327/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/07/17/askthepilot327/index.html?source=rss Plus, a crash in Iran spotlights the safety of Russian-built planes, and the latest misinformation from the press By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/06/26/askthepilot325/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/06/26/askthepilot325/index.html?source=rss I'd love to move on from the Air France crash, but the media insist on getting things wrong again By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/06/02/askthepilot322/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/06/02/askthepilot322/index.html?source=rss Flight 447 shouldn't have gone down, but it did. Were normally non-dangerous phenomena the culprits? By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/05/22/askthepilot321/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/05/22/askthepilot321/index.html?source=rss Do pilots have a "romper room"? Do they fly the same routes over and over? Those questions and more By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/05/01/askthepilot318/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/05/01/askthepilot318/index.html?source=rss How did a suicidal passenger get the door of a pressurized plane open? Plus: Can't any pilot fly most planes? And: The autopilot was on during landing? By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/04/10/askthepilot316/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/04/10/askthepilot316/index.html?source=rss The Buffalo crash revisited. Plus: Landing in the water, idolizing Sully and selling books. By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/04/03/askthepilot315/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/04/03/askthepilot315/index.html?source=rss Did a stupid, inexplicable mistake cause the crash near Buffalo, N.Y.? Plus: The weird hell of working for a regional airline. By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/03/27/askthepilot314/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/03/27/askthepilot314/index.html?source=rss Planes crash. The media descends. But why can't reporters get their facts straight? Plus: Kudos to an outstanding exception. By Garrison Keillor Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/12/17/flush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/12/17/flush/index.html?source=rss It would be easy to miss those seven simple words next to the flush button in the airliner bathroom. Pay attention, or ruin your life! By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/12/05/askthepilot301/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/12/05/askthepilot301/index.html?source=rss Malcolm Gladwell claims cultural issues can play a big role in plane crashes. The pilot begs to differ. By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/06/13/askthepilot281/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/06/13/askthepilot281/index.html?source=rss The smell of smoke in the cockpit, and it's back to Boston for a planeload of fixated Japanese tourists. By Pablo Päster Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/ask_pablo/2008/06/09/ask_pablo_summer_travel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/ask_pablo/2008/06/09/ask_pablo_summer_travel/index.html?source=rss I'm planning my summer vacation. Is it more ecological to fly or drive? By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/06/06/askthepilot280/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/06/06/askthepilot280/index.html?source=rss When a routine flight is plunged into weirdness after the crew smells smoke, how to deal with a possible emergency -- and a plane full of foreign tourists. By Garrison Keillor Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/04/30/airport_security/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/04/30/airport_security/index.html?source=rss As we inched through the airport security line, I seemed to be the only one grinding my teeth. Would anyone have defended me if I'd spoken up to the shirts? By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/04/04/askthepilot271/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/04/04/askthepilot271/index.html?source=rss From cockpit check to walkaround to stocking the galley: The Zen of preparing the "Monster" to fly. By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/01/18/askthepilot261/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/01/18/askthepilot261/index.html?source=rss If I've flown into the Port-au-Prince airport, does that mean I've been to Haiti? What, exactly, constitutes a trip to another country? By Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/16/ebbert/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/16/ebbert/index.html?source=rss Kyla Ebbert, famously told to cover herself on an airplane, poses for Playboy. By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/11/09/askthepilot253/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/11/09/askthepilot253/index.html?source=rss Oversized and overhyped, the world's biggest plane is here. Is the Airbus A380 the "most hideous airliner ever conceived"? By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/10/19/askthepilot250/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/10/19/askthepilot250/index.html?source=rss The worst thing about hotel rooms? It's not the ugly carpeting. Plus: Why don't planes carry parachutes for passengers? By Patrick Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/10/05/askthepilot248/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/10/05/askthepilot248/index.html?source=rss Airport congestion and flight delays are making travelers insane. A look at what will and won't solve the problem.