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85 Questions

Do airplanes need brakes in the air?

What is this object in the cockpit of an ultralight?

How many flight hours do the first retiring A380s have?

What exactly do “captain”, “pilot”, “co-pilot” and “first officer” mean?

Why there so many pitch control surfaces on the Piaggio P180 Avanti?

Does the B-1B Lancer have controllable canards?

Is it possible to convert a passenger A380 to carry cargo?

For how long after the last A380 delivery does Airbus have to provide spare parts for it?

Does the Antonov An-225 have an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU)?

How does a single engine tail wheel landing gear airplane turn when it is on the ground?

Why were the ailerons of the Fokker Dr. I (Red Baron) located on the top wing?

Why is the empennage design of this Lockheed 1049E so complicated?

Can an Airbus A380 or Boeing B747 fly with only 2 engines?

What is the aerodynamic reason that the An-225's vertical stabilizers are not simply vertical?

What is the meaning of first flight and introduction in aircraft production?

If a twin-engine airplane's propellers both rotate in the same direction, do they still produce a left-turning tendency?

Do contra-rotating propellers have the same RPM?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of tail wheels that cause modern airplanes to not use them?

Why are the engines of the Airbus A400M slightly tilted down?

Why are the leading edges of wings not always made as 'sharp' as possible?

Is the MD-11's third engine slightly nose up?

If, one day, we have an electric airplane, will it be easier to control than a fuelled airplane?

Is any device installed on airplane to measure wind speed relative to the ground, and its direction?

What is that extended nacelle feature on the Honda HA-420 HondaJet?

What was the lift equation used by the Wright brothers?

Are commercial pilots ranked or graded differently based on the size of the aircraft they fly?

What is the maximum angle between an airplane and runway centerline when touching down at a crab angle in a crosswind landing?

What is the explanation of this airfoil phenomenon? Why the air from below the leading edge's tip deflected up?

Why do some airplanes have a vertical rudder hinge while some others are canted?

What is the function of activating an individual elevator on the B-1B Lancer?