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Cruise Mach Number less or more than Critical Mach Number

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What are these lines on the nose of a Boeing 737?

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Are sequenced waypoints still displayed on the Navigation Display / FMS legs page?

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Is the compressor required on jet engines? Can air be rammed into the turbine?

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Do redundant angle of attack and sideslip sensors use a voting mechanism, or do they display data directly?

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What is the typical temperature of an airliner's hull during flight?

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How much fuel is used for the different phases of the flight of a typical airliner?

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Why hasn't there been a case of an airliner breaking apart and crashing due to turbulence in the past 40-50 years?

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How does a headwind affect the distance that a modern passenger jet can glide?

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Is the bleed air passengers breathe tapped from the engines before or after it comes in contact with fuel? And why? Isn't this unhealthy?

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Why was the minimum turbulence intensity that commercial airliners have to withstand increased?

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What information is recorded in aircraft sensor and maintenance logs?

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Why is there a hole in one of the layer of an airplane's windows?

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Airport location identification from 1960s photo?

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