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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 '19 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 '20 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 '18 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 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 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 '18 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 '18 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 '19 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 at 15:25
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Would FAR 91.227, or any other regulation, forbid use of ADS-B-out in an unregistered ultralight?

faa-regulations ads-b ultralight transponder asked Feb 11 '20 at 23:20
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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 sailplanes have such large tails?
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Why does camouflage make some planes fly slower?
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Why do planes need a roll motion?
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Can gliding your plane save fuel?
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Why does RPM for a fixed-pitch propeller change with an aircraft's pitch?
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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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How much do propellers stutter?
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Is this contrail from an airplane or a rocket?
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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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Can gliders and single-engine planes have vortices?
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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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Why do airports remove/realign runways?
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How high can an airplane be spotted with eyesight?
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What are the least powerful airplanes that ever flew?
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Why are heavy flaps better than just a bigger wing?
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What causes a plane to lose its roll momentum
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Airplanes in static display at Whiteman AFB
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Is a “stalled” aircraft free-falling?
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Why do airports have directional runways instead of a large area to operate in any direction?
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Are glider winch launches rarer in the USA than in the rest of the world? Why?
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Why were the first airplanes “backwards”?
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In general, how do aircraft handle differently in inverted flight versus in upright flight?
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