Whether traveling through land, sea, or air, all vehicles require a reliable power source to operate; yet, the loss of power is never completely avoidable, no matter how well aircraft systems work. Given the fact that power keeps aircraft in flight, losing power while in air would cause the plane to fall out of the sky. In better cases, this would cause irreversible damage to the aircraft and its passengers; however, such an occurrence would most likely cause catastrophic and fatal results. Of course, air travel is incredibly safe due to constant improvements in technology, in tandem with strictly enforced standards and regulations regarding which aircraft are deemed airworthy. As such, most aircraft have multiple backup procedures for loss of power, with Ram Air Turbines (RATs) often being a last resort. That being said, RATs find use in a number of aerospace applications to this day, those of which we will explore in the following blog.