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Did You Know
RCAC is a national organization dedicated to
promoting the viability of regional and community
airports.
RCAC has been formed to provide a national voice
for communicating to the Federal and Provincial
Governments the economic, regulatory and
operational issues affecting regional community
airports. The organization has developed committees
composed of grass roots members to research and
report on critical issues affecting the membership.
RCAC participates in CARAC meetings and will have a
continuing dialogue with the Minister of
Transportation and Transport Canada staff on a wide
range of airport issues and legislation including
Safety/Emergency requirements, Nav Canada level of
service proposals, and other subjects of interest to
regional community airports. RCAC is intent on
bringing issues to the attention of decision-makers
on a personal meeting basis and not solely on
written correspondence to get the issues resolved.
The wings of the airplane are just one component of flight.
There are actually four forces of flight that push the plane
up, down, forward, or slow it down. These four forces of
flight are lift, thrust, drag, and weight.
The Wright brothers invented and flew the first airplane in
1903. It is considered the world’s first “sustained and
controlled heavier-than-air powered flight.” Their aircraft,
the Wright Flyer, flew about 120 feet. Today, the newest
Boeing 787 can fly 10,000 miles on a single tank of gas.
One the most deadly airplane accidents actually happened
on the ground. In 1977, two fully loaded planes carrying a
total of over 600 passengers collided head-on in the
middle of the runway in what is now known as the
Tenerife Accident, named after Tenerife Island where the
accident occurred. Over 500 people died. [
Increases in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are
increasing the incidents of airplane turbulence.
The oxygen in an airplane’s emergency oxygen masks lasts
for only about 15 minutes.
English is the international language of flight. All flight
controllers and all commercial pilots who fly on
international flights are required to speak English.