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Can I fly a glider in Europe on a Canadian Glider License?
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Is a passenger who is flying the aircraft liable for regulations that they violate?
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What would be the range of a cargo 777 full of usable fuel up to MTOW?
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How do I intentionally fly into turbulence?
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How come deflected flaps cause a nose-up pitching moment in high-wing aircrafts and a nose-down pitching moment in low-wing aircraft?
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Does zero-lift angle of attack depend on Reynolds number?
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Does this trip count for the commercial 300NM cross country requirement?
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What is the round thing on the tip of an MD-90 wing?
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How should a glider pilot signal turns to the towplane?
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Feeling of falling during turbulence
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Does FAA track every plane at every airport?
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Gas Venting Stations: What's The Big Deal?
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How to find trim condition of a sectional airfoil without knowing the angle of attack?
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What causes spiral mode instability and how do you minimize it instead of trying to dampen it?
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How does the position of Maximum camber affect lift and drag on an airfoil?
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How can Ural Airlines fly an A320 from an unpaved field after an emergency landing?
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Flaps Cessna 172 breaker tripping
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How can planes with the same stall speed and power-to-weight ratio have such different takeoff field length, climb rate, glide ratio, etc?
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If alternator fails and I'm running on battery power, what equipment can I turn off to conserve power?
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If I am on flight following, do I have to be direct to my destination? [duplicate]
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Why do newer engines have such wide fan blades?
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Why is an approach that relies on both LOC and PAPI not considered a precision approach?
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What is the life limit due to metal fatigue in large bombers?
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Are go-arounds prohibited at St Barth (TFFJ)?
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What CAD software is most commonly used for aircraft design?
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In helicopter's forward motion, how is the forward pitching moment taken care off?
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Where can I find VFR approach charts for Italy?
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Can you switch from VFR to IFR during a flight?
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Why do some jet engines have fewer fan blades than others?
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What needs to be considered when changing a tire during boarding/deboarding?
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Does anyone have a diagram of the HC-130J wing dimensions and fuel tank locations?
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How much water is carried for jet engine water injection?
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How does outflow valve work?
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What happens to the pressure differential of airflow under and over the wing as the critical angle of attack is reached?
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Do pitot tubes account for reduced pressure at altitude?
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Propeller Efficiency calculation different by two methods
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Does propeller size affect total drag force of plane?
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Center of Gravity, Aerodynamic Center and Center of Pressure, how do they connect?
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Where are the fuel tanks located in an Antonov An-225?
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Why did Air France flight 447 fail to recover from the stall? [duplicate]
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Has this USAF flight violated russian airspace?
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Why aren't PFDs made as robust as the Integrated Standby Instrument System (ISIS)?
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Ground effect and Lift coefficient
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Where can I get full audio cockpit recordings of all four flights involved in the 9/11 attacks? [duplicate]
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Can instrument dual given by a non-CFII during PPL training be credited towards the 25 hours of SIM/Actual time required for an instrument rating?
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What are the pros and cons of adding a gearbox to larger jet engines?
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How can I solve this question using the 1 in 60 rule?
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Why don't planes (mostly airliners) primarily use GPS for navigation?
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What's the difference between radial and bearing when flying VOR?
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What does the term "loading" refers to when we talk about Blade loading and Stage loading in Turbomachinery?
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Why are aerial taxis multirotored, instead of a single rotor?
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If I am at absolute ceiling, can I climb further by trading airspeed for altitude?
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Were my airplane's wheels under-inflated?
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How should you deal with passenger throttle interference just after take-off?
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Would a flight of F-35s from Texas to Denmark have their transponders searchable on e.g. flightradar24.com?
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What makes an airplane STOL?
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What's the difference between "Nonstop Commercial Air Tour" and "Aerial Photography"?
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Can I log flight time while I am a student?
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How should I deal with a cable break at low level during a glider winch launch?
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Is there any plane that has wing of both aerodynamic and geometric twist?
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