If you fly by plane

Now is the time to go on holiday in hot countries, on the seas and oceans, and the fastest and most popular way to get there - by plane. If you have ever flown a plane, then maybe you have any questions, the answers to which you do not give airport employees. I'll try to correct this omission.

During takeoff and landing passengers are asked to translate the seatbacks to the upright position, remove your hand luggage under the seat or in special niches above them, and folded tables. What for? It's all about flight safety for passengers. In case of accident by passengers is literally in milliseconds, so you need to do do well to get out of the chair (except wearing a seat), no packet is not standing in front of their feet, or folded table does not interfere with the front walk. Try flying out of lowered chair to go to the toilet - not an easy task. And imagine that the cabin while still full of smoke, because that can not see anything ...

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Where do confiscated during the passage of "framework" items? It depends on the policy of the airline. If before departure time enough passengers are able to complete the formation of the luggage and deliver the unresolved for carriage in the cabin in the overall luggage items or pay the deposit of mourners. If the aircraft is about to fly away, you can pass confiscated at the lost and found, or in a locker, so you personally or by mail to pick them up. Such an option, by the way, is very unreliable and expensive. The vast majority of confiscated falls into a large waste-heat the oven (not shop duty-free, as I previously thought) or pressed into the trash.



Recently, the most popular item that overlooked on X-rays are ... laptops and handheld computers. Passengers are required to remove the device from the case to pass through the border, and many are in a hurry to forget to pick up computers on the other side, leaving the empty bag, especially if there is a computer in addition to other luggage. At the airport, Denver even posted stickers reminding "Took a laptop?ยป (Got Laptop?) In prominent places, as in the past month forgetful passengers were left "as a gift" airport 95 laptops.



Who comes up with airport codes? All these KBP (Boryspil in Kiev), GDX (Magadan, Russia), VKO (Vnukovo, Moscow), and others? In most cases, these three letters have something in common with the name of a city or airport, but sometimes there are, for example, ORD (Chicago Airport) or MSY (New Orleans). What is the origin of the "wrong" rate? It's all about the history of airports. Chicago airport is named after Butch O'Hare (Butch O'Hare), the famous American pilot of World War II, and before that it was called Orchard Airport (Garden Airport) - that's where the reduction ORD. Airport New Orleans, or rather, the territory in which it is located, formerly called Moisant Stock Yards (MSY), in honor of the pilot, crashed there in 1910 on one of the first airplane - his name was John Moysant (John Moisant). The man tried to set a world distance record, but lost. Later, next to the airport it was built in New Orleans, who knew exactly the name of this land, and eventually three-letter abbreviation MSY and "stuck" to him.

The first airport codes designate officially launched in the 30s of the last century, then to the two-letter city codes Meteorological added X (Los Angelos - LAX, Phoenix - PHX, and so on). A small hill from which the Wright brothers made the first flight in an airplane, also has its own code - FFA (First Flight Airport).



What good is a top seller in stores airports? It depends on the region, it can be assumed that the alcohol is not in last place, as well as different chips and chocolates. And if you take into account only the group non-food products? In Miami, the best odds Hispanic books in Dallas - miniature cowboy saddle, but almost always the first places in the world to do ... mechanical pencils. Why is that? Just flying people often crossword puzzles and pencils in planes do not give



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