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Can I file IFR DIRECT with a non-WAAS GPS?
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Why do jet planes with multiple engines have separate throttle levers for each engine?
Awarded 4 hours ago
How do I intentionally fly into turbulence?
Awarded 15 hours ago
Does the power behind the engine make any difference to how strong the thrust is? [duplicate]
Awarded 18 hours ago
Are magnetic compass acceleration errors due to the southern side of the compass being weighted?
Awarded 22 hours ago
Feeling of falling during turbulence
Awarded yesterday
What is the 'optimal' taper ratio?
Awarded yesterday
Does FAA track every plane at every airport?
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What is the methodology for assigning airport codes?
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Does a "climb and maintain" instruction override a "climb via the SID" one?
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Flaps Cessna 172 breaker tripping
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Can the CG move out of bounds as fuel is used?
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Can both AC ground and DC ground connect to the same Ground STUD
Awarded 2 days ago
Why do newer engines have such wide fan blades?
Awarded 2 days ago
What is a spool in any jet engine, what is its funtion?
Awarded 2 days ago
How can Ural Airlines fly an A320 from an unpaved field after an emergency landing?
Awarded 2 days ago
Why do we check Idle operation with carb heat on during a Cessna 172 run-up?
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What do aviation agencies do to make waypoints sequences more easy to remember to prevent navigation mistakes? [closed]
Awarded Sep 26 at 5:25
Why does it take so much fuel to start a jet engine?
Awarded Sep 25 at 21:50
How does SLATS/FLAPS retraction damage the RTLU mechanical stop if we retract them after the ADIRS are set off?
Awarded Sep 25 at 14:37
Why does the pilot need to manually retard the thrust levers in an A320?
Awarded Sep 24 at 19:34
What are the disadvantages of a Tail providing lift? (tandem-wings included)
Awarded Sep 23 at 21:21
Are Cargo Holds Pressurized, Non-pressurized, or vacuumed? [duplicate]
Awarded Sep 22 at 15:18
Does the pressure at the static ports drop as the aircraft's speed increases?
Awarded Sep 22 at 13:49
How safe are ATR 72/42 planes? [closed]
Awarded Sep 22 at 2:26
What are the required CFI-A Initial Endorsements?
Awarded Sep 21 at 20:41
Has this USAF flight violated russian airspace?
Awarded Sep 20 at 18:27
Why doesn't condensation form on the inside of airliner windows?
Awarded Sep 20 at 8:47
Does the MD-80 seat layout affect the balance of the aircraft?
Awarded Sep 20 at 8:23
Helicopter mast bumping in low g condition
Awarded Sep 20 at 4:10
What runway alignment should I expect from a straight-in approach?
Awarded Sep 20 at 3:33
How should night time be determined and logged in a fast westbound plane?
Awarded Sep 20 at 2:22
What does ''NAV ILS OUT OF SERVICE'' mean?
Awarded Sep 19 at 23:50
What is the occasional crackling sound on an A330?
Awarded Sep 19 at 22:15
Why has the IO-390 not replaced the IO-360?
Awarded Sep 19 at 13:42
How does the A350 variable camber system decrease drag?
Awarded Sep 19 at 13:27
What materials are used to make up a combustion chamber? [duplicate]
Awarded Sep 19 at 7:50
Where can I find airspace maps for Turkey?
Awarded Sep 19 at 7:50
Advantages and disadvantages of air intakes above fuselage/wings in jet fighters?
Awarded Sep 19 at 0:17
What are different components of an engine pylon?
Awarded Sep 18 at 23:57
Do rotorcraft flight hours count for airlines requirements?
Awarded Sep 18 at 17:16
Are VFR pilots required to avoid an isolated cumulus cloud like any other cloud?
Awarded Sep 18 at 16:47
What means of navigation did commercial Soviet airplanes use in the 50s-90s?
Awarded Sep 18 at 15:10
Are carbon fiber/composite aircraft at greater risk from lightning? [duplicate]
Awarded Sep 18 at 15:10
Why don't planes (mostly airliners) primarily use GPS for navigation?
Awarded Sep 18 at 12:40
What is the critical altitude?
Awarded Sep 17 at 10:27
Which gas is used to fill the evacuation slides of modern aircraft?
Awarded Sep 17 at 3:17
If I am at absolute ceiling, can I climb further by trading airspeed for altitude?
Awarded Sep 16 at 18:52
How should you deal with passenger throttle interference just after take-off?
Awarded Sep 16 at 14:02
What is physics explanation for minimum sink rate airspeed?
Awarded Sep 16 at 0:35
What G forces does a pilot perceive in a "1 G" barrel roll? [duplicate]
Awarded Sep 16 at 0:03
How to interpret the term "standard" which is found in FAA's Obstacle Departure Procedures (ODP) and Standard Instrument Departure Procedures (SID)?
Awarded Sep 15 at 22:07
Would a flight of F-35s from Texas to Denmark have their transponders searchable on e.g. flightradar24.com?
Awarded Sep 15 at 20:36
Why do (some) aircraft shake at low speeds with flaps, slats extended?
Awarded Sep 15 at 16:42
Does a hold-entry count as a hold for instrument currency?
Awarded Sep 15 at 13:10
How is a plane with only ailerons and jet (no props) controlled?
Awarded Sep 14 at 16:07
At what altitude can the sonic boom no longer be heard at sea level?
Awarded Sep 13 at 20:42
Why should you never squawk 0000 in the USA?
Awarded Sep 13 at 19:40
Causes of High CHTs
Awarded Sep 13 at 17:07
Is careless or reckless operation of an ultralight illegal?
Awarded Sep 13 at 15:46
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