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Aircraft and Flying
The increasing popularity of package holidays to foreign resorts, coupled with low fares, has made air travel available to many more people. But how does an aeroplane fly? How can a pilot navigate and land safely in cloud and fog? How safe is air travel? What is the future of aviation - supersonic or a return to airships? What are air pockets and exactly what does happen during turnround at an airport? British Airways pilot
Captain Terry Lakin , and author and aviation enthusiast
Chris McAllister join
Teresa McGonagle in the studio to answer your questions. Produced by the Woman's Hour unit
Lines open from 8.0 am

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Captain Terry Lakin
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Chris McAllister
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Teresa McGonagle
Source: Radio Times

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