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42 votes
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17k views

Do airplanes need brakes in the air?

30 votes
3 answers
9k views

What is this object in the cockpit of an ultralight?

26 votes
3 answers
8k views

How many flight hours do the first retiring A380s have?

22 votes
5 answers
25k views

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

16 votes
4 answers
5k views

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

12 votes
1 answer
3k views

Does the B-1B Lancer have controllable canards?

10 votes
3 answers
722 views

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

10 votes
2 answers
2k views

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

10 votes
1 answer
6k views

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

10 votes
2 answers
536 views

Why is this angle of attack sensor tab not symmetrical between the leading and trailing edges?

9 votes
3 answers
4k views

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

9 votes
2 answers
681 views

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

8 votes
2 answers
3k views

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

8 votes
3 answers
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Why does this V-22's rotors rotate clockwise and anti-clockwise (the right and the left rotor respectively)?

7 votes
2 answers
545 views

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

7 votes
3 answers
1k views

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

7 votes
5 answers
2k views

Do contra-rotating propellers have the same RPM?

7 votes
5 answers
11k views

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

7 votes
2 answers
4k views

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

7 votes
3 answers
4k views

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

6 votes
1 answer
1k views

What is this part in Embraer Legacy 650 and what is it function?

5 votes
2 answers
526 views

Why does the helicopter Robinson R22's rotor blade have flat part as in the picture? What is it for?

5 votes
2 answers
574 views

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

5 votes
2 answers
312 views

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

5 votes
3 answers
813 views

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

5 votes
5 answers
4k views

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

5 votes
1 answer
359 views

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

4 votes
4 answers
3k views

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

4 votes
1 answer
496 views

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

4 votes
1 answer
473 views

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