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What is the name of the area, controls and instruments where a loadmaster sits?
In the C-17:
It called the loadmasters station:
Master Sgt. Skip Hurley, 62nd Operations Group standards and evaluations superintendent, briefs Master Chief Petty Officer Mark Rudes, command master ...
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Why do you land a fighter jet with AOA Units?
We may anticipate that most fighter planes are not staticly stable.
When an aircraft is staticly stable, airspeed and angle of attack are set by elevator trim. While on a glide path, the aircraft ...
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Why do you land a fighter jet with AOA Units?
While I don't disagree with the other answers, another reason is that AoA is more difficult to measure and is only useful for some parts of the flight (not useful in cruise, for example). So, most GA ...
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Why do you land a fighter jet with AOA Units?
Because AOA is the metric that governs all airfoil aerodynamics. And airline pilots also use AOA, indirectly. They determine (calculate) their landing speeds based on their configuration, (flap/slats ...
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Why do you land a fighter jet with AOA Units?
Angle of attack is the most convenient metric of the performance of the wing. One can safely assume the wing will for example always stall at the same AoA regardless of weight or speed.
Flying ...
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Six Propeller Engine Military-Type Aircraft at KPHX Sky Harbor
Here's another example: 33.915550,-84.509017
You can see two C130's on the hard stand at Dobbins ARB in GA, next to the Lockheed facility. The one pinned above looks like they edited turbofan ...
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Why don't modern military aircraft typically keep their guns covered?
It depends on the airframe. Older fighters from the 1950s-1980s typically faired the gun(s), but left the muzzle exposed. I suspect the parasite drag from this was minimal in comparison with that ...
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Why don't modern military aircraft typically keep their guns covered?
Because the guns are used. In training, fighter aircraft with an air-to-ground mission probably exercise Air-to-Ground deliveries, (including what is called Low-Angle Strafe) several times a month. At ...
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