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Jpe61
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How could "aggressor" pilots fly foreign aircraft without speaking the language?

70 votes

Is it acceptable to abbreviate “Foxtrot” to “Fox”?

66 votes
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Why do airliners park with the nose facing the terminal?

66 votes
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What operation is this aircraft performing?

59 votes

How can this kind of confusion about taxi instructions occur?

57 votes
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Why are taxiway and runway centerline lights off center?

48 votes

How can citizens assist at an aircraft crash site?

45 votes

Is the cabin pressure "worse" at the back of the cabin than in front?

44 votes

The FAA is asking for medical records that I don’t want to give. May I refuse?

44 votes
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Why does the F-16 canopy have a K-shaped 'latch'?

44 votes
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Do turbofan engine cowlings dilate during spool-up?

43 votes
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If stealth aircraft are invisible to radar, then how do friendlies manage them or see them in flight?

40 votes
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Has any accident been prevented by bending or breaking the rules?

37 votes

Could the principle of owls' silent flight be used for stealth aircraft?

37 votes

Why do most ARFF trucks tend to be so angular?

32 votes

Can a great circle be drawn between any two points on Earth?

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

31 votes
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What causes a Cessna 172 and its gear to shake violently after landing and braking?

29 votes
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What are those gray spots on the wing?

28 votes
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What are those half-vanes in the engine inlet of a 707-328?

27 votes

Heating of XB-70 vs. SR-71

27 votes

Approx 1948 Brasil Brazil Airliner...what is it? Taildragger?

27 votes

Why do new engines have a case with a triangular tiling pattern?

26 votes

What can a pilot do if an air traffic controller is incapacitated?

26 votes

Why are the colors of the MiG-15's attitude indicator inverted?

25 votes
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Do airlines use GPS for critical purposes? If so, why?

24 votes
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Will computational fluid dynamics (CFD) ever be 100% correct?

24 votes
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Did the last US plane to leave Afghanistan have support from the control tower?

24 votes
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Why is this F/A-18 flying through a hailstorm of sparkles?

24 votes

Can passenger airliners hover completely motionless in the air?

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