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A flight attendant, also known as a steward (MASC) or stewardess (FEM), or air host (MASC) or hostess (FEM), is a member of the aircrew aboard commercial flights, many business jets and some government aircraft. [1] [2] Collectively called cabin crew, flight attendants are primarily responsible for passenger safety and comfort.
The flight engineer's position is commonly staffed as a second officer. Flight engineers can still be found in the present day (in greatly diminished numbers), used on airline or air freight operations still flying such older aircraft. The position is typically crewed by a dual-licensed Pilot-Flight Engineer in the present day. [3] [7] [8] [9]
Character Real name Joined in Notes/current status Alpha Flight, volume 1 recruits : Marrina: Marrina Smallwood Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #1 (1983) : Married Namor the Sub-Mariner in Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #40; killed by Namor after she mutated in Avengers vol. 1 #291-293; resurrected in Chaos War: Alpha Flight; member of the re-formed Alpha Flight
The title flight officer was a military rank used by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, and also an air force rank in several Commonwealth countries, where it was used for female officers and was equivalent to the rank of flight lieutenant. The term flight officer is sometimes used today to describe job title positions as ...
Living in the Age of Airplanes is a 2015 American epic documentary film written, directed, and produced by Brian J. Terwilliger.Narrated by Harrison Ford, it explores the way commercial aviation has revolutionized transportation and the many ways it affects everyday lives, and it concludes with a positive endorsement of flying.
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More than 40 years after its premiere, The Facts of Life is still giving Us something to talk about. The sitcom debuted on NBC in August 1979 as a spinoff of Diff'rent Strokes. The Facts of Life ...
Autopilot flight director system AFDX Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet: AFE Above field elevation AFIS Airborne flight information system Also called automatic flight information service AFM Aircraft flight manual: AFS Aeronautical fixed service: AFT Aft The direction against the aircraft movement AFTN Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication ...