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Many aircraft - particularly large commercial airliners - have both an all-moving tailplane (horizontal stabiliser) and elevators. (They also have a small third moving element on the trailing edge of ...

I have been fascinated with the thought of flying all kind Aircrafts on Mars. To begin, I don't know much about the fundamental things or requistes for flying. Is it possible with the the things we ...

i have seen this part on a me 262 model kit but i don't know what it is...I ve make some research on it but i find nothing! Maybe it can be radar,or a weapon? Do you know what is this? And also it ...

Consider KBIV (Holland) in west Michigan: Now consider the ILS / LOC to Rwy 26 at KBIV: Questions: There is a note on the IAP: "Procedure NA for arrival on PMM VOR/DME airway radials 004 CW ...

Piston engines often get away with using aluminium as their heat exposed material, while even the early jets required inconel to operate. Is that because the combustion takes only, for example, half ...

Found it on a quiz worded this way. No other details unfortunately. I can only assume it has to do with the heated element materials of tungsten or molybdenum reaction with film layer materials. ...

While reading through one of my companies operations notice regarding the LEAP 1A engine I came across this term. But my company hasn't been able to explain how this system works. Could someone help ...

In this video, the captain proclaims after take-off: We were nervous about this, but takeoff went smoothly It was his first passenger flight in the A350, but still... not exactly what I would want ...

I'm conducting some research on my bachelor's thesis on predictive maintenance and I have so far not been able to find a solution to the following question: Which size of dust is more damaging to the ...

What are the highest temperature locations in the outer shell on an aircraft engine? Particularly, modern turbofans like the Trent 900 for example. I'm interested in the temperature constraints of ...

I'm a member of a student aviation club at my university, and we're working on a UAV. The club member working on our drone's power supply system has designed a system that uses externally-visible LED ...

I have read in some articles that the major advantage of having a high aspect ratio (AR) wing is to reduce the induced drag. If winglets main job is also to reduce the induced drag, how much drag does ...

I would like to build a Remote Control Coaxial Helicopter for a delivery system using a Honda GX389cc 11.7HP engine. The gross weight will be 70kg. Will it work for me or not? And what propeller size ...

I found this website that provides a large database of CVR transcripts of various air disasters. On their description page, they explain the following concerning the disclose of the CVR data: Due to ...

What is the correct term for the type of performance chart where, from a starting location, curved lines are followed to various reference points to eventually find a solution? For a specific example, ...

Although the Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket-powered interceptor had a number of frequently-lethal features (its extremely-toxic, violently-reactive, enthusiastically-explosive hypergolic propellants; its ...

Why did engineers start designing planes with aluminium skin on the wings instead of fabric covering? While the force of lift acts on the skin, to my knowledge it is not subject to high stresses

Does anyone know of a publicly available database that lists all military airports including location in Europe? https://ourairports.com/ seems to be limited on that end. Thank you!

I define "active" in accordance with the FAA's definition: "An active aircraft is one that flies at least one hour during the year." The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) ...

The jets before the merge starts with military power, which means max thrust before ab.Why named that way?

The idea is to move an otherwise flyable aircraft with a bad engine from an airstrip with no facilities, to an FBO with a AP mechanic available for an engine swap. Let's say perhaps 100-200 miles, VFR ...

Is it allowable for an EASA 145 approved maintenance organisation of a commercial airline to remove and release a component as Serviceable with an EASA Form 1? To make it more specific, is it ...

Why are NASA's engineers concerned about gusts affecting the X-57? I understand that NASA is recommending automatic torque based prop speed control to be used in flight but also in gusty conditions. ...

I work in the Avionics industry. I always wonder, how many Line-Replaceable Units (LRUs) are present in modern aircraft like A380 and Boeing 747. I understand that number of LRUs varies from customer ...

Used to obtain the corresponding pressure at ambient temperature. Example when testing Proof or burst pressure to a given value at 300°F, but you will test with corresponding pressure (higher) to ...

Sweep Sweep has the effect of increasing the upwash on the outboard wing sections. As a wing is angled aft, flow over the outboard sections must pass by the low pressure on top of the wing sections ...

A friend sent me a photo of the V-1 flying bomb on display at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo. What's the black painted rectangle on the side of the fuselage? The writing isn't much help... Nicht auftreten ...

I can understand that we have control zones at busy airports to streamline the flow of landing and departing traffic. But in Control areas of many airports i have seen that routes go straight through ...

So in this question they give you the QNH of 1025hPa, Temperature -4 degrees celsius and airfield elevation of 3850ft. I worked out the pressure altitude which is 3490ft. And now I can't work out the ...

Are there sites that stream live VOLMET broadcasts? I need to listen to the format but haven't have the time to put together an amateur radio.

First, I must find a plane with the same capabilities to fly in its wake. As a pilot, what would I need to locate other planes near me? Or find and weight on a plane going in the direction with equal ...

I came across this section on runway holding position marking while reading Jeppesen Airway Manual, which got me very confused. My question is: Is Pattern B describing another type of runway holding ...

Does Sweden manufacture its own jet engine for JAS Gripen, or does it purchase engines from the USA? JAS39 C/D uses Volvo RM12 JAS39 E/F uses Volvo RM16 I read on the internet that Gripen's engine ...

You are flying to the GDM VOR on a 097 heading. The ATC clears you for the approach, but does not specify straight in. The procedure turn is marked by the barb and specifies remaining within 10nm. My ...

I circled the parts on the fuselage in red.

The Shanghai Maglev Train's max speed is 267 mph. Could a plane be made to follow a rail, surface area provided, if not an existing rail to travel along? How much faster could the heavily modified ...

Does the shock wave inhibit or contribute to lift? What is the ideal speed to fly near or on the speed of sound while using the ground effect?

When I got a tire/wheel issue during takeoff, how should I execute the rejected takeoff procedure? Is it different than the typical rejected takeoff procedure for an engine out that is applying the ...

In another thread, we are discussing the events of 9/11/2001, and what options an F-16 pilot would have, if it became sadly necessary to force a 757 to crash. It is presumed the F-16 does not have ...

Are there any types of aircraft that I am forbidden from photographing aircraft. (Australian aircraft, primarily) in Australia? Are there regulations on what I do with the photographs I take? I assume ...

I am referring to a Boeing 737NG. Assuming I am on a VNAV climb but I am instructed by ATC to climb only to an altitude lower than my FMC Cruise altitude. After leveling off, how do I resume my VNAV ...

I’m a noob so sorry for my ignorance. The question is: do we need (in jet airplane) to increase the throttle to maintain constant thrust output if we want to fly higher (not considering climb phase), ...

What does the difference between a 'Mechanical Engineer' and an 'Aerospace Engineer' who both work on planes? Does one focus more on something than the other?

Does wing with bell lift distribution has negative lift at tips during cruising flight? Looking at this diagram, tips has very small lift but it is not negative. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/...

There isn't much more I can post about the question but in the MEL out of the 3 ADRs if ADR 1 fails on ground the MEL doesn't allow for a dispatch.

Say an aircraft takes off of a carrier to do a mission somewhere, and upon returning to the carrier the pilot comes to find that a thick layer of fog has formed just above the surface of the water in ...

I took pictures of 6 aircraft at Long Beach, California. Although I see them a lot of times, I have yet to hear the name. These photos were taken on August 6, 2020: A blue and orange biplane on 5:34 ...

On a lot of fighter jets, I see a heavily slanted intake, such as the F-15. I always thought this is to help ingest air at high angles of attack. However, what about something like the MiG-21? There'...

Must a flight instructor have a CFII to provide multi-engine add-on training to a customer meeting the following criteria: Holds a commercial pilot certificate with a single engine land class rating. ...

On Saturday the 8th of August 2020 at 19:40:10 UTC, two flights flying in opposite directions, in the same corridor over India were vertically separated by just 1,000ft. The flights were SQ322 from ...