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Are 737 pilots required to train in manual-reversion flight?
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Why do windowless cargo Metroliners still have overwing-exit hatches?
Awarded Mar 21 at 12:26
Why does spin recovery involve cutting the throttle?
Awarded Feb 10 at 0:16
Can a helicopter's main rotor mince a human?
Awarded Feb 7 at 10:22
Why do the 747's wing gear tilt while airborne, but not its body gear?
Awarded Mar 28, 2022 at 11:18
How exactly do the Beechcraft 1900's stabilons work?
Awarded Jan 2, 2022 at 17:25
Why is there this open gap (?) above the root of this DC-10's horizontal stabilizer?
Awarded Dec 21, 2021 at 4:31
Why shouldn’t the A330/40’s speedbrakes be used in alternate law?
Awarded Dec 16, 2021 at 15:45
Do aircraft using only spoilerons for roll control, with no conventional ailerons, have a crossover airspeed?
Awarded Sep 25, 2021 at 7:43
Which popular turboprop engine feathers its propeller blades with each shutdown?
Awarded Sep 22, 2021 at 20:15
What's this turquoise stuff covering the overlap between the blast pads of KBOS runways 04L and 09?
Awarded Sep 2, 2021 at 13:36
Why don't militaries use ram-air parachutes?
Awarded Jul 9, 2021 at 10:58
Why was the tip of the B-52's vertical tail chopped off in 1959?
Awarded Apr 9, 2021 at 17:56
How controllable is the 737 in single-engine manual-reversion flight? Is it controllably landable (or go-around-able) in this condition?
Awarded Mar 29, 2021 at 15:36
Why is the DC-9-80 ("MD-80") prohibited from taking off with a flap setting between 13 and 15 degrees?
Awarded Feb 15, 2021 at 15:46
What prevents the use of a multi-segment ILS for non-straight approaches?
Awarded Jan 7, 2021 at 19:34
Why is the Constellation's nose gear so long?
Awarded Jan 3, 2021 at 11:57
How is radar separation assured between primary and secondary targets?
Awarded Jan 3, 2021 at 11:57
How does ATC locate a stealth aircraft if its transponder fails?
Awarded Jun 16, 2020 at 22:42
Would deploying the Space Shuttle's landing gear early have improved safety? [duplicate]
Awarded Jun 8, 2020 at 11:05
Why do the 737-100's JT8Ds, and no others, have suck-in doors?
Awarded May 15, 2020 at 21:42
What is the upper deck on converted freighter long-hump 747s used for?
Awarded Apr 13, 2020 at 15:25
Why would an ILS installation need a “reflecting surface” around the glideslope antenna?
Awarded Mar 31, 2020 at 19:20
Why would a B-29 consume more fuel at 17 kft than at 9 kft?
Awarded Mar 19, 2020 at 21:55
Why didn’t Boeing ramp 737NG production back up in response to the 737 MAX groundings?
Awarded Feb 2, 2020 at 15:55
Why did the space shuttle use bias-ply tyres instead of radials?
Awarded Jan 23, 2020 at 21:05
Why wasn't the 737 MAX's landing gear lengthened enough to mount the engines under the wings, rather than in front of them?
Awarded Jan 3, 2020 at 15:50
What is the purpose of the Dash 8’s “TOUCHED RUNWAY” warning light?
Awarded Nov 30, 2019 at 13:30
Why was the DC-9-80/MD-80 so successful despite being obsolete almost from birth?
Awarded Nov 8, 2019 at 16:20
Why do airports in the UK have so few runways?
Awarded Nov 4, 2019 at 14:45
Why are the angle-of-attack sensors on most airplanes mounted on the forward fuselage rather than at the wing roots?
Awarded Oct 29, 2019 at 23:35
Why does spoiler extension cause straight-wing Learjets to pitch down, rather than up, and why did it take so long to discover this?
Awarded Oct 16, 2019 at 5:15
Why is a 737 Original speed-restricted below 10 kft with inoperative windscreen heating?
Awarded Oct 14, 2019 at 20:05
Why is the missed-approach course for the "RNAV (GNSS) - A" approach to runway 28 at ENSB shaped all funny?
Awarded Sep 19, 2019 at 15:30
Why are two-stroke engines nearly unheard of in aviation?
Awarded Sep 15, 2019 at 18:05
How does the Harrier avoid engine damage when operating from dirt fields?
Awarded Sep 2, 2019 at 20:15
Did Kai Tak have a straight-in approach to runway 13 for higher-performance aircraft?
Awarded Aug 26, 2019 at 2:55
Why don't modern jet engines use forced exhaust mixing?
Awarded Aug 16, 2019 at 15:00
Why are Gatwick's runways too close together?
Awarded Aug 10, 2019 at 15:25
What are these silver stripes on Cosmic Girl for?
Awarded Aug 8, 2019 at 16:15
Why do the C-141 and C-5 have T-tails?
Awarded Aug 8, 2019 at 2:00
Why does the B-52 have such a tiny rudder?
Awarded Aug 4, 2019 at 5:15
When were the last subsonic turbojet-powered airliners retired from commercial passenger service?
Awarded Jul 31, 2019 at 11:10
Why are several of the Tu-104’s cabin windows oddly positioned?
Awarded Jul 25, 2019 at 15:35
Why do (or did, until very recently) aircraft transponders wait to be interrogated before broadcasting beacon signals?
Awarded Jun 11, 2019 at 13:35
Why do newer 737s use two different styles of split winglets?
Awarded May 24, 2019 at 18:10
Why do aircraft have a crossover airspeed, and why does it increase at higher vertical load factors?
Awarded May 7, 2019 at 20:25
Don’t seats that recline flat defeat the purpose of having seatbelts?
Awarded Apr 26, 2019 at 20:50
Why not use the yoke to control yaw, as well as pitch and roll?
Awarded Apr 22, 2019 at 16:30
Why did AF447 never return to normal law?
Awarded Apr 21, 2019 at 12:05
Why can't wing-mounted spoilers be used to steepen approaches?
Awarded Apr 12, 2019 at 16:45
Are there any passenger aircraft with no cabin access to/from the cockpit?
Awarded Apr 7, 2019 at 13:15
Why are the 737's rear doors unusable in a water landing?
Awarded Apr 4, 2019 at 17:15
Why didn't Boeing produce its own regional jet?
Awarded Apr 4, 2019 at 6:30
When and why was runway 07/25 at Kai Tak removed?
Awarded Mar 20, 2019 at 17:50
Why is the 737 MAX 7 selling so poorly?
Awarded Mar 14, 2019 at 2:40
Why does the DC-9-80/MD-80 have this cusp in its fuselage?
Awarded Mar 4, 2019 at 3:00
Do any airports have runways or taxiways that cross active rail lines at grade?
Awarded Jan 26, 2019 at 14:05
What makes it safe for the DC-8 to use reverse thrust in flight?
Awarded Jan 9, 2019 at 21:50
Why are piston engines so unreliable in airliners?
Awarded Dec 21, 2018 at 14:25
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