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I am doing my PPL atm. I am struggling to navigate with a vfr sectional chart , i am getting lost more often. how do i fix this issue ?. Any tips ? I have trouble identifying small towns, ...

What I'm trying to do is basically plot a rectangle on a runway that goes parallel with the runway. When I start out everything works as expected: But what I notice is that as I go further down the ...

Which airport (/field, /strip, /skiway) is the "biggest", "most supported" on Antartica? So, • has the most permanent staff (do any?) • has the most runway facilities such as say runway lights, ...

I saw a picture of this the other day and it got me thinking... How does having the shuttle on the back of the 747 affect the factors of flight? My guess is that is provides an incredible amount of ...

is it because they flap gently, they flap less often or do is their structure responsible.I was thinking their principle of stalking can be applied to stealth aircrafts. Is it possible?

Is there a frequency I can tune into to listen to airport I’m in Durham by RDU AIRPORT and would like to listen in on a ham radio only legally

Lion Air flight 610 was crashed on 29 October 2018. It was Boeing 373 Max 8. Almost one year ago. I have not heard any news from National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) when they will release ...

Are there any intermediate thrust reverser settings also? How often do pilots use these intermediate settings?

So i am wanting to make an scale model airplane. i only don't know what aircraft type it should be. one thing that i am sure about is that i want it to be or an A320-200, A320NEO, A321 or A321LR. So ...

I'm a regular international flyer, my hand luggage is always scanned, and despite my best efforts it often gets searched, either due to mistakes on my part, or security being extra cautious. On my ...

According to this page on the 737's operational limitations, the Original 737s (737-100/-200) are limited to 250 KIAS below 10,000 feet if the windscreen-heating system is inoperative: Anti-Ice &...

Of the (rather numerous) accidents involving the Tu-104, several were either caused or aggravated by major electrical failures, which disabled the aircraft's navballs, which caused the pilots to ...

What do you use for control and performance instruments while demonstrating power on stall under the hood with attitude and heading indicator covered (No vacuum instruments in 6 packs ) ?

As I understood, when the relative airflow meets the wing it changes, and the resulting flow is called effective airflow?

I've read that the front rotor of tandem helicopters are tilted forward so that you can get a forward velocity with no nose-down pitching of the fuselage, but what angle is used for this tilt and why ...

The ADF in my plane works very well until I switch the transponder to ALT. At that moment, the ADF needle is stuck in a random position and will not show the direction to the selected NDB anymore (the ...

In an cabin intercommunication data system, if one loudspeaker fails do the rest get louder? Or does the volume stay the same without the failed speaker?

Is there a document which highlights the responsibilities of the Pilot Flying and the Pilot Not Flying? Specifically, I want to find out what instruments are assigned to whom in all the stages of ...

For busy airport, sequencing can be complexe. If the ATC put all aircraft in front of each other with the correct separation (which can be really small for busy airports) in final, if the airliners' ...

In the references regarding the flight control (for example in F-16) I see the word "wraparound". For example "Rudder coil wraparound", "IBU pitch wraparound", "IBU lateral wraparound"or "AMUX bus ...

I have read conflicting reports that this Russian helicopter is out of production, yet others say otherwise. Could anyone confirm?

Straight-wing Learjets (the 23, 24, 25, 35, and 36), the first generation of the popular business-jet series, are (especially when not equipped with any of the many first- and third-party wing ...

The question arises while I was looking at the evolution of the B737 engines and the lower and lower space available between ground and engines. Then I realized that ground clearance is also low for ...

My Brazilian boyfriend is finally planning to move into the EU zone (he actually got an Italian passport). He would be glad to keep his work as an Air Traffic Controller but despite his 10 years ...

I have difficulties to understand this air phenomenon, why the air from below the leading edge's tip (from below the horizontal line) is deflected up and not just follow the bottom wing's surface? ...

I have just spotted a cameo in one of the old CSI:NY episodes. External shot showed a commercial jet, rather big aircraft, with rear tail-mounted engines. While internal shots shown 3+3 seat rows ...

The question could seems stupid, but i think that best moment to launch a rocket is when temperature is lowest in order to achieve the best performance in a reaction engine. I do not know if there is ...

At the Miramar airshow a couple of weeks ago I noticed that in addition to the crew chief of each Blue Angel there was one additional individual standing behind the crew chiefs between aircraft #3 and ...

Eventually, material fatigue will force any aircraft to either be grounded or have its wings rebuilt, or replaced. And please, correct me if I'm wrong. For the F-16, if one were to replace its wings, ...

An aircraft is intending to track from NDB ‘A’ to NDB ‘B’ on a track of 050° (T), heading 060° (T). If the RBI shows the relative bearing of ‘A’ to be 180° and the relative bearing of ‘B’ to be ...

Historically, I have a column in my logbook that is "Ground trainer", which encompasses all flavors of flight simulators/legally recognized training devices. I encountered a student passed to me by ...

I always thought that flaps are trailing edge high lift devices and slats are leading edge high lift devices. This is also confirmed by the accepted answer for What is the difference between flaps and ...

I am aware that the efficiency of the propeller implies a difference in the values of the theoretical power required curve and the corresponding shaft power required, but does that efficiency ...

I'm currently scaling down a model 64 times for a wind tunnel analysis, where I'm measuring drag force (for drag coefficient) and lift force (for lift coefficient). However, I read that scaling down ...

How does it relates to stoichiometry ? What are the possible extinction accidents related to air/fuel mixture ratio ?

A review of the classic DC-3 and the Handley Page HP.42 yielded a surprisingly close match in empty and max gross take off weight at around 18,000 and 28,000 lbs for the HP.42 and 16,000 lbs and 25,...

If an aircraft have two vertical tails then pilot push in the rudder pedal the rudders will not be deployed at the same angle.It is used throughout the all envelope of flight or is it possible only ...

I understand the definition of aircraft 'Stability-Axis', but I am unsure as to the circumstances in which forces or moments would be expressed in this axis system. Is there a convention? What I do ...

Is this https://boomsupersonic.com viable or more vaporware? Any solid information?

from what i understand, additive drag is not really drag. it is a way to account for the variation of inlet condition due to conservation of mass. but i still don't get why it create drag(negative ...

How do weapon pylons attach to a fighter's wings? I'm particularly interested in the inner structure.

If you make your own IFR waypoints, how does ATC know where they are? Just finished my IFR course in Canada. Was surprised to learn that you can make up your own IFR waypoints. If all IFR flights ...

What is the difference between experimental amateur and amateur built aircraft in the US, or are they the same? If not, is there a difference re specifications, inspections, engines, passengers, etc.?...

We find good-flying planes good-looking, mostly. Are there examples of beautiful planes which didn't fly well? EDIT:(Only technically, not if it didn't do well commercially). Well. Beside the ...

When we define the "On condition" concept to aircraft engines then do PW545B engine models come under this "On condition" concept?

What is the relationship between ADS-B IN/OUT system and different mode transponders? Can a aircraft with mode A or C transponder have the ADS-B in/out capability, that is getting more detailed ...

Oblique-winged aircraft (which have one long wing that pivots around a central point, so that the wing is straight at low speeds but strongly-swept - one side forwards, the other side back - at high ...

I have heard about LEFT turning tendency affected by gyroscopic precession of propeller (which is turning clockwise or counter clockwise if seen from front side). But I just watched a video on Youtube ...

Is it allowed to let the engine of an aircraft idle without a pilot in the plane. (For both helicopters and aircr). Would there be a difference between a C172 and a 737?

In forward flight the advancing blade will produce more lift than the retreating blade. It seems this would produce a rolling moment. If so, does the pilot have to move the cyclic to compensate for ...