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DNA Special: Black Box will tell the story of crash - This black box is the biggest eyewitness of this helicopter crash, which can tell the full story of the time of the crash.

– PTB, New Hampshire Yes, most do keep a log of the flight time (that is how pilots are often paid), the city pair and the aircraft number.  When flying a large fleet of airplanes, I would not say pilots have a “favorite” per se, but there are some airplanes with handling characteristics that you take note of. As an example, we had a 737 that had been damaged in a hard landing incident many years ago. It flew slightly sideways and require more trimming than the newer airplanes. When you ...