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Have flown sailplanes, single-engine airplanes, hang gliders, and rc sailplanes and power planes for over 20 years each. Also have flown ultralights and lightsport airplanes.

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Why do most airliners have underwing engines, while business jets have rear-mounted engines?

aircraft-design engine-placement asked Jul 3, 2019 at 12:33
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What is an airliner's "green dot speed", and how does it vary with weight, and why?

aircraft-performance airliner airline-operations terminology airbus asked Mar 10, 2020 at 12:00
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In the US, is there a way for a pilot to legally "maneuver at will" in actual IMC?

faa-regulations flight-training instrument-flight-rules instrument-procedures asked Nov 1, 2018 at 11:45
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In the US, will the tower likely think my aircraft has been hijacked if I taxi with the flaps down?

faa-regulations pilot-technique hijack asked Feb 7, 2021 at 21:33
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Why are there double hinge lines on the rudders of the Grumman C-2?

aircraft-design rudder vertical-stabilizer asked Mar 26, 2021 at 18:47
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In the US, is it legal to cover up some of the required gyro instruments during flight under IFR in actual IMC?

faa-regulations air-traffic-control flight-training instrument-flight-rules asked Nov 1, 2018 at 11:09
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During "partial panel" flying, in what ways is a turn rate indicator more useful than a turn coordinator?

flight-instruments gyroscopic-instruments asked Oct 17, 2018 at 14:03
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What is the primary reason that the non-towered airports ACV, TVL, SGU, BIH, and SIT/PASI have E4 extensions to E2 airspace?

faa-regulations airspace aeronautical-charts ultralight class-e-airspace asked May 3, 2019 at 17:26
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8 votes

What is causing these "corners" on this F-104 V-n diagram?

aerodynamics aircraft-performance aircraft-physics flight-mechanics flight-envelope asked Apr 17, 2021 at 15:25
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8 votes

What "designs" the dihedral angle in modern airliners?

aircraft-design flight-dynamics asked Feb 21 at 14:31
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Top Answers
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How and why can multiple people control the Boeing B-29?
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Could the principle of owls' silent flight be used for stealth aircraft?
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Why are 3- or 4-seat gliders so rare?
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Identify Aircraft in Petra Album Art
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What does "out of trim" mean?
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Is it possible to fly backward if you have really strong headwind?
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Why do most ARFF trucks tend to be so angular?
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Why do planes need a roll motion?
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Why do sailplanes have such large tails?
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Why does camouflage make some planes fly slower?
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Can gliding your plane save fuel?
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Is this contrail from an airplane or a rocket?
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Why does RPM for a fixed-pitch propeller change with an aircraft's pitch?
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How much do propellers stutter?
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Is it normal for gliders not to have attitude indicators?
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Is a trimmed flight not always an unstable system?
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What is the most 'environmentally friendly' way to learn to fly?
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Can a person be operating an aircraft in a "Careless" and "Reckless" manner at the same time? Or are these two different standards?
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Why are planes required to cruise at round flight levels only above 18000 ft of altitude?
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What is the name of the effect that causes a plane in a dive to go up?
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What would be the safest way to drop thousands of small, hard objects from a typical, high wing, GA airplane?
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In a banked turn, why does the center of gravity, rather than the center of lift, follow the path of a circular arc?
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Can gliders and single-engine planes have vortices?
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Why do airports remove/realign runways?
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What are the least powerful airplanes that ever flew?
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How high can an airplane be spotted with eyesight?
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Airplanes in static display at Whiteman AFB
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Why are Li-ion batteries not being used in aircraft but are widely used in electric vehicle industry?
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Why is this plane struggling to gain altitude?
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Do sectional charts indicate which runways have lighting installed?
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