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How far can a plane squawking 7700 be heard and how quickly will the news spread?
Awarded Jul 27 at 16:21
Why, with a constant speed propeller, does moving the propeller control forward increase drag?
Awarded Jul 26 at 14:57
What is the aircraft loss-rate from Nimitz-class aircraft carriers?
Awarded Jul 26 at 12:50
Does the pilot have to fly the entire published missed approach procedure if the circling approach is abandoned just prior to touchdown?
Awarded Jul 23 at 17:20
Airport location identification from 1960s photo?
Awarded Jul 22 at 22:31
Radial-engine twin with square/straight tail
Awarded Jul 20 at 15:06
What does the “D” symbol mean on this instrument approach chart?
Awarded Jul 19 at 6:32
Why don't militaries use ram-air parachutes?
Awarded Jul 15 at 22:55
What steps can pilots take to mitigate the risk of controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)?
Awarded Jul 14 at 14:42
How do aviation GPS navigation systems report GPS accuracy?
Awarded Jul 10 at 19:17
Are the lift / drag coefficients considered dimensionless?
Awarded Jul 6 at 4:21
Studying bird flight and insect flight: Would studying aerodynamics of airplanes be useful?
Awarded Jul 6 at 1:40
What are those half-vanes in the engine inlet of a 707-328?
Awarded Jul 4 at 17:43
Why does a low pitch propeller have better acceleration/take-off and climb characteristics than a high pitch propeller?
Awarded Jul 1 at 19:21
How much does the fuselage of an airplane contribute to yaw stabilization?
Awarded Jul 1 at 15:50
How does drone reliance on GPS make it 'semi-stealthy'?
Awarded Jun 29 at 15:27
What prevents a small plane like a Cessna or Piper from flying as high as a jet?
Awarded Jun 29 at 12:21
Why do airliners hug the coast on flights?
Awarded Jun 28 at 20:40
Are there any ICAO restrictions on naming a taxiway?
Awarded Jun 28 at 9:25
Could a landing gear jettison mechanism be practical when ditching?
Awarded Jun 26 at 10:18
What are the consequences of pumping the throttle in an carburetor piston engine airplane during start?
Awarded Jun 25 at 10:02
What causes the radar phenomenon of ‘far-shore brightening’?
Awarded Jun 19 at 15:00
Why did most WWII Allied piston engines not use fuel injection?
Awarded Jun 18 at 13:50
What was the first aircraft equipped with a RAT?
Awarded Jun 16 at 6:36
Is there an example of a classic aviation engineering moment when engineers had to discard all their work due to the wrong approach?
Awarded Jun 13 at 23:20
When is it appropriate to foam a landing strip? (example JB292)
Awarded Jun 12 at 12:51
What is the reason for allowing pilots to take Pilot Aptitude Battery Test (PABT) only once?
Awarded Jun 12 at 6:55
What are some disadvantages that come with a design like a B-2 spirit bomber?
Awarded Jun 12 at 3:16
Why would I want to lower the stall speed?
Awarded Jun 11 at 23:05
What is the difference between azimuth and heading?
Awarded Jun 11 at 1:27
What's a metering fix?
Awarded Jun 9 at 10:21
What are those gray spots on the wing?
Awarded Jun 8 at 10:06
Did LeMay actually require crews to remove their guns on B-29s?
Awarded Jun 8 at 10:06
Why are vortices produced at wingtips a source of drag, while vortices from the leading edge (harnessed by delta wings) good?
Awarded Jun 7 at 18:02
Why does an engine fail if its FADEC fails?
Awarded Jun 7 at 12:53
What is this flyer in a 1911 short film?
Awarded Jun 7 at 12:53
How do witness marks on propeller blades provide data on estimated blade angles at the time of impact?
Awarded Jun 7 at 11:47
In an aircraft with tab-flown control surfaces, how can a jammed surface be detected during preflight examinations or flight control checks?
Awarded Jun 7 at 7:07
Why are there large gaps in the spoilers of the Airbus A300?
Awarded Jun 4 at 18:34
Can a GPS signal sent to a plane be spoofed?
Awarded Jun 3 at 22:40
Why does a radar altimeter show negative values on the ground?
Awarded Jun 3 at 14:27
What are the benefits of mounting an engine above the fuselage?
Awarded May 29 at 7:26
Why is it the ATC recording of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 is not yet available online?
Awarded May 28 at 23:25
FAA Aircraft Registration Form AC 8050-3 doesn't exist
Awarded May 27 at 17:16
What is a “runaway supercharger”?
Awarded May 27 at 14:06
What is the difference between conventional VOR and Doppler VOR?
Awarded May 27 at 7:34
Is this a very sloppy holding pattern or something else?
Awarded May 27 at 5:55
Is it possible to hack an airplane while it's moving (in general)?
Awarded May 26 at 12:02
How does the B737's 'throttle offline' setting work?
Awarded May 26 at 7:12
Is it possible to order or purchase a hardcopy of an NTSB report?
Awarded May 23 at 23:06
What is this airplane seen over Delhi?
Awarded May 23 at 16:47
How to safely handle AVGAS (100LL)?
Awarded May 21 at 1:17
How often is the fuel sampled in turbine aircraft?
Awarded May 18 at 9:11
What is this four-engine propeller airplane?
Awarded May 17 at 9:12
Can a person be operating an aircraft in a “Careless” and “Reckless” manner at the same time? Or are these two different standards?
Awarded May 16 at 17:46
How do FBOs Work?
Awarded May 15 at 17:01
Why does the KC-46 use two sensors for MCAS when the 737 Max doesn’t?
Awarded May 13 at 17:47
What should I do if the FAA requests health records that no longer exist?
Awarded May 13 at 15:45
Who is responsible for aircraft separation in IFR (limited/no visibility)?
Awarded May 12 at 13:18
For the elliptical wing, which property is actually elliptically distributed?
Awarded May 11 at 15:49
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