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3 answers

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What is the rationale behind requiring ATC to retire at age 56?

asked Aug 20 at 0:42

16 votes

5 answers

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Has there ever been a case where elephants are carried by aircraft?

asked Jul 24 at 0:23

11 votes

1 answer

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What do pilots do if they really need to go to the toilet in critical parts of the flight?

asked Sep 3 at 7:09

7 votes

7 answers

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Why didn't Air Force Ones have camouflage?

asked Sep 5 at 5:19

7 votes

3 answers

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Is it possible for one wing to stall due to icing while the other wing doesn't ice?

asked Sep 10 at 5:42

7 votes

5 answers

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Has an aircraft ever crashed due to it exceeding its ceiling altitude?

asked Jul 13 at 4:19

6 votes

1 answer

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Are hot air balloons regulated by ATC or can they fly without reporting to ATC?

asked Jul 14 at 5:13

6 votes

1 answer

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Are hot-air balloons regulated similar to jet aircraft?

asked Jul 11 at 6:55

6 votes

4 answers

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Is it possible to recover from a graveyard spiral?

asked Sep 4 at 4:50

5 votes

1 answer

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Do most aircraft have a ditch button in the case of emergency?

asked Jul 31 at 6:06

5 votes

3 answers

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Had there ever been a self-ejecting FDR/CDR?

asked Aug 1 at 5:58

4 votes

1 answer

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What is the best procedure if the rudder falls off?

asked Jul 26 at 5:52

3 votes

5 answers

564 views

Had there ever been civil aircrafts with more than four engines?

asked Jul 28 at 18:51

2 votes

1 answer

228 views

Were flight crew allowed to carry firearms before 9/11?

asked Aug 4 at 8:24

0 votes

1 answer

182 views

What are the benefits of buried engines? [duplicate]

asked Jul 29 at 1:23

0 votes

1 answer

135 views

Do hot air balloons have flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders?

asked Jul 11 at 23:20

-2 votes

1 answer

202 views

What is the worst hot air balloon disaster in history in term of lives lost?

asked Jul 11 at 18:36

-2 votes

2 answers

247 views

Could an aircraft possibly achieve a vertical nose dive at 90 degrees without breaking up?

asked Jul 16 at 23:28

-3 votes

3 answers

274 views

Had there ever been an commercial jet aircraft accident caused solely by too many passengers?

asked Jul 12 at 23:43

-3 votes

1 answer

270 views

Had there ever been an accident caused by chatting in the cockpit?

asked Aug 4 at 1:27

-3 votes

2 answers

243 views

Are pilots allowed to take laptops into the cockpit?

asked Aug 14 at 7:19

-3 votes

1 answer

213 views

How much priority is given to Air Force One?

asked Sep 8 at 5:45

-6 votes

1 answer

146 views

What is the largest possible weight a parachute can support? Can parachutes support extremely heavy objects like elephants? [closed]

asked Jul 28 at 5:39

-6 votes

1 answer

207 views

Is there ever a manned aircraft that was successfully flown faster than the Concorde?

asked Jul 19 at 6:19

-7 votes

1 answer

184 views

At what altitude will an explosive depressurization cause structural failure?

asked Jul 31 at 7:33

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25 Questions

What is the rationale behind requiring ATC to retire at age 56?

Has there ever been a case where elephants are carried by aircraft?

What do pilots do if they really need to go to the toilet in critical parts of the flight?

Why didn't Air Force Ones have camouflage?

Is it possible for one wing to stall due to icing while the other wing doesn't ice?

Has an aircraft ever crashed due to it exceeding its ceiling altitude?

Are hot air balloons regulated by ATC or can they fly without reporting to ATC?

Are hot-air balloons regulated similar to jet aircraft?

Is it possible to recover from a graveyard spiral?

Do most aircraft have a ditch button in the case of emergency?

Had there ever been a self-ejecting FDR/CDR?

What is the best procedure if the rudder falls off?

Had there ever been civil aircrafts with more than four engines?

Were flight crew allowed to carry firearms before 9/11?

What are the benefits of buried engines? [duplicate]

Do hot air balloons have flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders?

What is the worst hot air balloon disaster in history in term of lives lost?

Could an aircraft possibly achieve a vertical nose dive at 90 degrees without breaking up?

Had there ever been an commercial jet aircraft accident caused solely by too many passengers?

Had there ever been an accident caused by chatting in the cockpit?

Are pilots allowed to take laptops into the cockpit?

How much priority is given to Air Force One?

What is the largest possible weight a parachute can support? Can parachutes support extremely heavy objects like elephants? [closed]

Is there ever a manned aircraft that was successfully flown faster than the Concorde?

At what altitude will an explosive depressurization cause structural failure?