Author: Piali Sarkar

BITS Pilani Goa Campus is around 5 km from the GOI airport and this makes it a paradise for airplane enthusiasts. The GOI airport is actually a civilian enclave of INS Hansa. …

The Air Traffic Control (ATC) is a service provided to aircraft with a purpose of preventing collisions, organizing the flow of air traffic, providing information and other support to pilots. It issues instructions that the pilots are required to obey and also gives advisories or flight information to pilots. …

Aerial Swarm Drones “A novel ‘Drone Show’ has been conceptualized, designed, produced and choreographed within the country. This ‘Make in India’ initiative has been organized by a startup ‘Botlab Dynamics’, supported by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Department of Science & Technology, The show would be of 10 minutes duration involving…

Inclusivity is in the air! With the rise of gay rights movements worldwide, aviation companies have become some of the most vocal supporters of queer causes. Promising workspace equality and involvement with the community, they have started quenching doubts that it is all just rainbow-washing to profit off Pride Month. Among the most formidable driving…

In an era where flying has been safer than ever before and over 4.3 billion passengers taking to the sky, it was almost impossible to imagine two birds mysteriously falling out of the sky in just a span of over four months. The first was on October 29, 2018, when…

The Tokyo Olympics were epic. Especially for Indians, who watched the entire men’s javelin throw event. Neeraj Chopra’s second throw, which secured his gold medal, was a sight to behold. Throwing an object weighing 800g across the field for 87.58m is no mean feat. …

As we look towards the 52nd anniversary of the first Pride March in New York, a seismic shift in our society is visible, as the queer community finds more love and acceptance than ever before. The aviation industry is no stranger to this shift, as many airlines have woken up…

With the launch of Microsoft’s latest Flight Simulator, there is quite a lot to be hyped about considering what is in store. Microsoft has partnered with Asobo Studio on this one and promises to provide one of the best possible simulator experiences, humiliating rivals like Laminar Research’s Xplane 11. …