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Are solar / geomagnetic storms real risks for commercial aviation?

Minor, typical solar flares do not pose a significant risk to aviation. Flight planning services, such as LIDO, do not typically include specific information on solar flares or solar activity. ...
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Why does the turn tighten in a Spiral Dive as it progresses? Even without applying any elevator control?

It's a case of the planes "static stability" gone amok as the plane circles downward. The lift of the banked wing causes a change in direction, which causes a change in the relative wind on ...
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Why does the turn tighten in a Spiral Dive as it progresses? Even without applying any elevator control?

It's complicated. One factor driving the increase in bank angle is that the outboard wingtip is moving around a larger circle radius, and thus experiencing a higher airspeed, and thus creating more ...
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Is needing to urinate an emergency?

You will have a hard time winning the argument that the need to deviate your flight plan is a true emergency if it was reasonably foreseeable. In short, faking an emergency is a BAD IDEA! Don’t do it....
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Could a trained individual passenger escape a commercial plane crash by bringing the necessary equipment to parachute?

Well, it depends. Remember, first off, that most aircraft accidents take place during takeoff and landing, at altitudes were a parachute is going to be moot and not very useful for survival. Second, ...
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Could a trained individual passenger escape a commercial plane crash by bringing the necessary equipment to parachute?

So, if you could even open the doors, which you can't, you'd need a parachute, oxygen supply and mask, survival gear, and probably thermal clothing. That's a problem. The parachute would likely be ...
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Could a trained individual passenger escape a commercial plane crash by bringing the necessary equipment to parachute?

Either assume that I am notified with enough time to escape, or just forget about crashing entirely and consider that I might just decide to leave the plane whenever I want. You can't open the doors ...
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