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According to the news “A feed from a camera fitted under the fuselage of the surveillance drone shows a Russian SU-27 making two extremely close passes while releasing, what appears to be, fuel …
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My mother has a bad hearing problem and wears 2 hearing aids. She tells me the air pressure is worse for her in the back of the plane than the front. I would like to know if this is true – is there a …
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I just read David McCollough’s “The Wright Brothers,” and was surprised to find several references to the exact altitude attained by various Wright airplanes. For example, on page 235: The …
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I’ve noticed listening to videos of emergencies that pilots simply say that their declaring an emergency vs saying Mayday. Am I wrong?
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How does the heading indicator displayed on the PFD of the G1000 work? A conventional cockpit uses a magnetic compass to correct the heading indicator. However, I don’t know if the heading indicator …
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Where exactly is the engine compartment, remarked in yellow? We know that normally the air going to the engine passes through the air filter. But when we open the alternate air valve, where does the …
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What are the FAA regulations for aircraft separation on the ground, outside of active runways?
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A document said that the optimum CG position is from 13% MAC to 33% MAC. I’d like to know what that means, and what would this look like on an actual plane.
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Wind information can be reported by various sources (ATIS, METAR, TAF, spoken on the radio, etc). I was taught that officially some of these sources are relative to magnetic north and others to true …
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What type of fuel is used in helicopters? Do they use Aviation Turbine Fuel (jet fuel), which is used widely in commercial airlines? Also, where would be the fuel tank located in a helicopter?
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On most A-10s I have seen, the area under the cockpit is darker than the rest of the plane. Is there a reason for this?
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Jet engines are by their very nature push-engines, however, most propeller airplanes use pull-engines. Is there an inherent advantage to using pull-propellers except for the increased airflow over the …
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Does a plane have brakes to stop or slow down while flying? For example, if the pilots see a large flock of birds at some distance in front of the airplane, and they want to reduce speed suddenly. …
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I’m not sure if it’s just in Boeing aircraft, but I’ve heard that Cost Index has something to do with flight planning but have no idea what it is. What is it for and how is it calculated? (I’m happy …
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Suppose we know the 3D CAD model of a commercial propeller. Starting from that, we do the slicing to get the profile of airfoil being used to generate the complete shape of the propeller. How do we …
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I am filling out my renewal application for a third-class medical. It asks about my driving record, and about 15 years ago I was living in California with a valid driver license from another state …
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Is it possible to carry out a CDFA approach if there is no defined final approach fix mentioned on the instrument approach chart?
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