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In a joint move by the UK and US governments, new legislation has been put in place to make military aircraft safer and more reliable. In the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, many planes and helicopters displayed serious weaknesses and even cost the lives of soldiers due to their malfunctioning. Both governments have carried out a full review of all the vehicles and have come up with a new set of rules to influence how they are built.Here are a number of the policies to be introduced

Double review. When an aircraft is supplied by a manufacturer to either the UK or US military, it will first be fully reviewed by at least one other independent aviation body. Any issues that this group identifies, even as small as faulty solenoids or door hinges, must be addressed by the armed force who owns the vehicle. There will also be a procedure put in place where findings regarding certain risks or faults can be shared between countries, so that each can take action to improve their vehicles

Regular safety review. Military vehicles tend to contain some very good safety features at their time of commission, but by the time they have been introduced to service and have been operational for a couple of years, they are already very much out of date.Under the new laws put in place, every aircraft must undergo a complete review of its safety features every four years, and where applicable updated to meet current standards

Annual maintenance. Military vehicles already undergo frequent maintenance, however the maintenance process varies between armed services and even between different military units. Under the new system, every vehicle will be submitted to another independent body each year for a full service to replace and multicore cable, damaged circuit boards or mil spec cable for example. This will help standardise the maintenance process and should reduce the chances of any vehicles being overlooked.

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November 21, 1783, is popularly thought of as marking the first big breakthrough in modern flight. On that date, a pair of brothers, Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier from France, achieved flight in the world’s first manned hot-air balloon, later called a Dirigible. The struggle for flight up until then was composed of attempting to find a way to make a human lighter than air… Or more accurately, vehicle that was lighter than air and could carry a man. It was thought an impossibility for a vehicle that was heavier than air to be able to fly. In addition, it was considered fact that in order to maneuver in flight and achieve more than the simple vertical displacement attainable with a Dirigible, one would need wings like a bird. These two realities seemed to combine to spell out an entirely futile undertaking  for anyone trying to attain manned flight.

In 1888, – Joseph Le Conte, Professor of Natural History at the University of California said the following,

“Put these three indisputable facts together: One: There is a low limit of weight, certainly not much beyond 50 pounds, beyond which it is impossible for an animal to fly. Nature has reached this limit, and with her utmost effort has failed to pass it. Two: The animal machine is far more effective than any we can hope to make; therefore the limit of the weight of a successful flying machine can not be more than fifty pounds. Three: The weight of any machine constructed for flying, including fuel and engineer, cannot be less than three or four hundred pounds. Is it not demonstrated that a true flying machine, self-raising, self-sustaining, self-propelling, is physically impossible?”

Only 15 years later, in December of 1903, the Wright Brothers disproved the professor’s report and flew the first heavier-than-air, powered aircraft, clearing the path for modern flight. With the first World War came the use of ailerons, also known as “flaps.” These provided the aircraft with the ability to roll, boosting maneuverability and allowing the infamous dogfights that took place throughout the war.

Even though aviation technology was moving forward at a fast pace, it still wasn’t able to carry freight or multiple passengers. For these roles, the Dirigible was still in use, and still considered to be the future of aircraft, despite the superiority of biplanes as demonstrated during the course of World War I. In the mid-1930’s, the introduction of the Douglas DC-3, the first passenger airplane, changed the way aviation was seen. In 1937, the Hindenburg Disaster ended the age of the Dirigible.

By the end of WWII, aviation was soaring to new heights of technology. With large bombers, Jet aircraft, and the introduction of rocket propulsion, commercial airliners were able to connect the world in ways never before imagined. Also, the creation of rockets cleared a path for space exploration in the days ahead.

In around 1750, French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau said,

“At first we will only skim the surface of the earth like young starlings, but soon, emboldened by practice and experience, we will spring into the air with the impetuousness of the eagle, diverting ourselves by watching the childish behavior of the little men or awling miserably around on the earth below us.”

During the Russian and American space race, aviation took two flights, one to the cosmos, and another into the back yards of would-be pilots. Small, private aircraft, such as single engine planes and business jets began to appear on runways on a more personal level never before seen in the history of aviation. Not only is attending a flight school in Austin a very real possibility, but the dream of owning your own aircraft had finally become a reality. And the day when owning a plane or being a member of a Austin flying club is as commonplace as owning an automobile, may be just around the bend.

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Flying gives you an entirely different perspective on the world. Certainly, you can see cloud formations, rainbows and other natural marvels from the ground; but once you’ve seen these phenomenons from the air while flying an airplane, you won’t think of them in quite the same way again.

Not everyone can afford their own private airplane, of course; but luckily, when it comes to aircraft rental Austin, Texas is an ideal place to live. You can simply rent a small airplane any time you want to do a little traveling on your own terms, keep in practice in the cockpit, or just be awed by the beauty of the skies.

If you’re not a pilot yourself, you may wonder if the novelty of flight and the unique perspective it provides wear off over time – but if you are a pilot, you already know that the answer is definitely not. There is something magical about taking flight the experience of flight, not to mention glimpsing the entire circle of a rainbow for the first time!

It’s something which is impossible to see from the ground, and yet another compelling argument for taking a closer look at flight school. Austin has some excellent ones to select from, if you were wondering. If you’ve already got your pilot’s license, you’re well acquainted with the sense of freedom offered by the aircraft rental Austin pilots are lucky enough to have at their fingertips.

With as much as air travel has completely reshaped our world, and as mainstream as it has become, it can be hard to believe how new the development of flight is in the grand scheme of things. After all, it was only 1903 when the Wright brothers made that first successful voyage; just think how quickly the technology of aviation has advamced and how much it’s revolutionized the world in this relatively short time.

Maybe it’s only natural that after generations of dreaming of flight that our species might still be obsessed with the chance to glimpse the world from the sky. If you should choose the aircraft rental flight schools in Austin and other organizations offer, you can benefit from this experience virtually anytime you’d wish and share this one of a kind view with anyone you want.

Those who have earned their pilot’s license from any of the flight schools Austin folks have available to them are included in an exclusive club…a club exclusively for those select few who experience flight as an active participant and not just as a passenger along for the ride. This provides a chance to witness the natural wonders of the skies – a never-ending source of wonder, no matter whether you’ve been an aviator for decades or are experiencing aircraft rental in Austin for the first time.

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