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What DAL level is IFE software certified at?

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Has there ever been a tail-dragger with retractable tail-gear?

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Why not use the yoke to control yaw, as well as pitch and roll?

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Can the iPad use GPS data from a Garmin aera 660?

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Why isn't the bell distribution used? [on hold]

aerodynamics wing lift drag

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Could the Olympus 593 have been windmill-restarted during supersonic flight?

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Can stored/leased 737s be used to substitute for grounded MAXs?

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What helicopter has the most rotor blades?

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Why can't runway 18 at Frankfurt Airport accept takeoffs or landings in the opposite direction?

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What rotor setup on a helicopter is the best for auto rotation?

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How to make compliance time in the following example of Airworthiness Directives? [closed]

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Why is airspeed different in climbs and descents although the AoA doesn't change?

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How can I tell the difference between Spitfires and Hurricanes in photos?

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Why is there really only one basic design for passenger airplanes?

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What is the meaning of AFT in airworthiness directives?

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How to take into account man hours in a Service Bulletin?

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Can you tell me how I can describe the flow over this flat plate? [on hold]

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What is “Boost”/“Super Boost” in the PW127M/N?

jet-engine engine-design

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What was the speed limitations for droop nose on the Concorde?

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What were the Concorde's emergency procedures for an uncommanded droop-nose extension in flight?

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What is the THS deflection speed?

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Could you more explain about the compliance time specifies in the following sentence? [closed]

airworthiness-directive

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Does an AD terminate by issuing new one?

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Is it allowed to scatter human cremains (ashes) from an aircraft?

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What's the difference between 'modification' and 'corrective action' in an AD or SB?

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What is an obstacle identification surface and why would a pilot intentionally penetrate it during an ILS approach?

instrument-procedures ils precision-approach

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Why complex landing gears are used instead of simple, reliable and light weight muscle wire or shape memory alloys?

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answered yesterday Ron Beyer 22.9k

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What certifications must one have to repair/alter propellers and instruments?

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Why are some legs of a SID considered transitions, even when there's only one?

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About advantages of Mahoney filter over kalman filter in Euler angels estimation( yaw,pitch,roll) [on hold]

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Is there any recorded instance of a passenger's hat or scarf being blown into an aircraft's engine?

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Are any commercial airliners other than the Boeing 737 MAX dynamically unstable? [duplicate]

aerodynamics stability

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Why is angle of attack information not displayed in the cockpit?

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modified yesterday user3344003 1,059

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Why are contra-rotating jet engines so rare?

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What are the checklist items for a runaway stab trim on a B737 MAX 8 and MAX 9?

boeing-737 emergency-procedures horizontal-stabilizer checklist

modified yesterday Phillip 1

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Can foreign pilots get an FAA ATPL and work for a US-based commercial airline?

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modified yesterday Victor Garcia 1

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Nose gear failure in single prop aircraft: belly landing or nose landing?

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modified yesterday naco 31

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How do pilots hold the runway centerline during takeoff?

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modified yesterday Jean-François Didisheim 1

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What does the Airspeed indicator show when your pitot tube is blocked?

pitot-static failures

modified yesterday a CVn 4,449

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How (and when) does Heathrow alternate arrival paths?

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modified yesterday J. Hougaard 16.1k

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Why does the Hinch Mountain VOR (as an example) have void areas under certain altitudes published in the AF/D?

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How many flights can be made under EASA permit to fly?

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modified yesterday Community♦ 1

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What are those things under the Concorde’s cockpit windows?

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modified yesterday Sean 6,422

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Drag Coefficient of a rounded nose cylinders [on hold]

aerodynamics drag

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What's the point of writing on a cockpit window?

pilots windows

modified yesterday Glorfindel 391

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How to correctly interpret the taxi procedures in ICAO Doc 4444?

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