Step aboard any Boeing 737, shut the door, and watch the world outside shrink behind double-paned windows. As the big jet climbs, its cabin pressurization system begins to invisibly pump steadily more ...

Passengers aboard a commercial jet cruising at 35,000 feet sit just inches from air so thin it would cause unconsciousness in under a minute. The cabin pressurization system, which compresses outside ...

The forthcoming 777X large widebody jet will have an interior cabin with the same pleasant passenger features that have been a hit on the 787 Dreamliner: large windows, less dry air, and a lower cabin ...

On modern airliners, it is usually an automatic process and the airplane begins to pressurize as soon as it takes off. On most modern jets, the pressurization system gets the airplane’s intended ...

Any re-engining programme is about obtaining the maximum fuel efficiency benefit at the least cost while accepting certain compromises. For the 777X, Boeing would introduce an all-new engine and scale ...

Modern passenger airliners are essentially tubes-with-wings, they just happen to be tubes that are stuffed full with fancy electronics. Some of the most important of these are related to keeping the ...

Flight testing has started on the unique cabin pressurization system for the Airbus-sponsored Perlan II, an experimental glider aiming to set the winged-aircraft altitude record with a flight to ...

The combination of alcohol plus cabin pressure at cruising altitude may threaten sleeping plane passengers' heart health, particularly on long-haul flights, suggests the first study of its kind, ...

Answer: In heavy turbulence it can feel like the airplane is going up and down long distances, when in reality it is only a few feet. Humans notice the rate of change (how fast you are going up or ...