Category Archives: Mathematics of Aircraft

Traversable and Hub Networks

Image Source: http://flikie.s3.amazonaws.com Airports can sure get busy, but not to the extent of the above photo-shopped masterpiece ! Airlines use “Hub Networks”, which are actually multiple Hub and Spoke structures that are interconnected to each other by multiple paths. … Continue reading

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Mathematics of Aircraft Disasters

Image Source: http://www.aviationwa.org.au If you don’t think Mathematics is vitally important, then think again! The following news article we saw on an Australian news website today. It is all about a mathematical mistake that made a passenger plane nearly “stall” … Continue reading

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