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Being sent away from an airfield - could I have asked more questions?
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Why isn't the rudder below the tail?
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90 minute youth activity, what to do?
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What is "Accident" on a VFR sectional?
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What is the difference between Assumed Temperature and Derate takeoff thrust?
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Function of the compressor in a gas turbine engine
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What is this little "rod" thing on the back of the F-22 for?
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Why is port-starboard terminology used in aviation?
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How does a helicopter rotor keep spinning in the same direction when autorotating without reversing the pitch
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Can you help identify this vintage aircraft?
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How can I calculate maximum rate of climb?
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Why are the wings of some modern gliders tadpole shaped?
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Is there a tailwind limit while in cruise?
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Is needing to urinate an emergency?
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How does jet fuel not spill out upon disconnecting from the wing's intake?
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With existing tech and knowledge of meteorology, can aircraft be designed to reliably improve their range or loiter using updrafts to gain altitude?
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Why are there no helicopters with the rotor mounted on the bottom?
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What is the origin of the practice of numbering runways by magnetic heading?
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Do fighter pilots have to manually input the ordnance they have loaded on the aircraft?
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For large commercial jets is it possible to land and slow sufficiently to leave the runway without using reverse thrust or brakes
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Landing Wingsuit on Solid Ground or Water
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Why might a flight have the same departure airport as its destination?
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For the elliptical wing, which property is actually elliptically distributed?
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Do the military really use GA planes as target practice?
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Were stub wings on early flying boats designed or able to exploit ground-effect lift?
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How does the emergency frequency work?
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Why don’t gliders use swallow tails?
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Why do Belugas keep executing a go-around?
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When, if any case, can it be considered justifiable to reject a takeoff after V1 speed, if the aircraft is incapable of taking off?
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Does the other engine have to go through extra checks when one engine fails
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Do airliners respond to mild turbulence in real time?
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How do I intentionally fly into turbulence?
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Does flying slower actually save fuel?
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Feeling of falling during turbulence
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How do virtual circuit breakers work?
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How can Ural Airlines fly an A320 from an unpaved field after an emergency landing?
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How does fuel get to the engine during acrobatics?
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Why don't planes (mostly airliners) primarily use GPS for navigation?
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Could Sudden Decompression Cause You to be Shot Out of the Tunnel on a B-29?
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How should you deal with passenger throttle interference just after take-off?
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How does latitude affect the air temperature at 8 km altitude where planes fly?
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A plane is flying at constant velocity in equilibrium, then pitches up. What happens?
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Why is the refueling point of this A320 on the left wing instead of the right?
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Is careless or reckless operation of an ultralight illegal?
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How do uncoordinated turns (skid, slip) affect a helicopter's turn radius?
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How do birds coordinate their turns?
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What plane was most likely used for this TWA transatlantic flight in 1954?
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Why do most light aircraft not have AoA indicators?
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How do flaps deploy and stow with very large wing flex?
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Why are hangars so high?
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Why does a rectangular wing stall first at the root?
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Effective eating habits as a student pilot
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Why is this plane indicating an altitude of 117,200 feet?
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How is a turbine engine rotated for starting and inspections?
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Why did the F-4 Phantom have quite so many stencilled messages?
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What if I lost electricity in the night when my destination airport light need to activate by radio?
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Why doesn't flightradar show many flights going over China?
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What is this Lufthansa passenger jet plane, based on these three photos?
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How do water bombers pick up water?
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