Last Updated on January 7, 2021
#7 – Side Stick
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This looks like a joystick and it is used to control the airplane. It usually located on the right-hand side of the pilot, and they are usually found in aircrafts that have a “fly-by-wire” control system.
Moreover, there are two of these: one is used by the pilot and the other by the copilot. They move, however, in sync—that is to say, one copies the movement of the other.
#8 – Bleed Air System
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Don’t you find it weird that you can breathe in an ordinary manner during your flight? Of course, you do! The system that makes this a possibility is an ingenious one.
It is called the bleed air system and is responsible for keeping airflow inside the cabin, keeping the passengers and the flight crew breathing oxygen at all times. It is also used to keep the right amount of pressure inside the plane.
#9 – The Cockpit Window’s Eye Level Indicator
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The pilot needs to be sitting properly on his or her seat in order to fly the plane in the right manner. Seats on planes can move to fit every the shape of every pilot.
The cockpit window, moreover, has eye level indicators that help the pilot adjust the seat in a fashion that lets him have the perfect view, allowing him or her to see out of the window properly and have all the controls in his or her eye view.
#10 – The Hole in Your Window
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This little hole must have scared you the first time you saw it. Who wouldn’t be scared? What you don’t know is that it was put there to keep the pressure inside the cabin and that outside the plane at equal levels.
If these holes didn’t exist, the windows would shatter under the immense force of the pressure applied to them. You wouldn’t like that, so be grateful they exist.
Next time you board the plane, you won’t be so ignorant. Now you know the purpose behind a lot of things inside the plane! Enjoy your knowledge. 😉
