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What was the first fighter plane used?
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How do airplanes fly?
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How much would a Messerschmitt Me 109G plane have cost in 1928?
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What is the difference between a Cessna 150 and a Cessna 152?
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Why don't military helicopters drop bombs?
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How were jet engines used in World War 2?
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How much does an airplane weigh?
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What are the names of some aerobatic stunts?
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How long are most military helicopters used by the military?
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When was the jet engine invented?
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Was there really a plane in World War 2 nicknamed the Flying Pancake?
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Who invented the airplane?
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How come police rarely use airplanes for air support?
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What is the fastest jet airplane?
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How many airports in India have radar?
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Do pilots turn off the navigation and beacon lights of a jet to prevent a missle from homing in on them?
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What was the meaning of the symbol L4 on a Douglas DC3 slash C47 airplane?
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How do jet engines work?
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How many types of airplanes are there?
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How high does the average plane fly?
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Will we ever have flying cars?
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What is a piper J-3?
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Why does an aircraft leave a white smoke trail?
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Why are Police Helicopters not armed with machine guns and missile launchers like the ones in the military?
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How much money does jet fuel cost?
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How can you distinguish the Airbus A300 from other planes while flying over?
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What does the fire department use air support for?
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How does a plane fly?
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What are airplane propellers used for?
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Is it possible for the front window of an airplane located near the captain's seat to break under extreme circumstances like a bad landing?
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What is the takeoff speed in a Cessna 182?
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What is the maximum altitude that a helicopter can achieve?
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What is the fuel consumption of a boeing 747?
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Are there gears in a aircraft landing gear?
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Who is Gerard Bull?
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What kind of business is Airbus A380?
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How to reduce the weight of a helicopter?
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When was the airplane invented?
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How many engines does a B-52 bomber have?
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Who had the first successful powered airplane flight?
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What do you call the person who flies the plane?
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Why did the Wright brothers want to invent the airplane?
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How fast does a typical airplane have to travel for take off?
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What is the absolute youngest age limit to get any airplane pilots license?
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What were the names of World War 2 aircrafts?
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What is the trimming on an airplane?
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How fast can a coast guard helicopter go?
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What does the 'U' stand for in RDU airport?
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Could a giant meteorite that yields magnetism cause an airplane to crash?
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Where did the Wright brothers build the 1903 Wright Flyer?
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Why are airplane windows so small?
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How many people died in the exposion of the Hindendurg Zeppelin?
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What is the difference between a highway patrol helicopter and a police helicopter?
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What is magnetic heading reference system MHRS?
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Explain the basics of an aeroplane's Fuel and Hydraulic systems?
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In the film Chicken Run what is a crate?
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Can you refuel an airplane in flight?
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Who was the first person to fly a helicopter?
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What is pro-seal 870 also known as?
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How much clearance and space does a helipad need for a helicopter to take off and land safely?
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What airplane has three propeller driven engines on the front of each wing?
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What type of plane is used to fly into hurricanes for scientific measurements?
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In 1937 what famous airship transported the most people across the Atlantic?
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What caused the explosion of the Hindenburg airship?
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What types of airplanes do sky writing?
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Why is it safer to travel into the wind than at an across direction in a plane?
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Can you get a private pilots license in WA with a DUI on your record?
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What is the world's biggest airplane?
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Is the black box flight data recorder on airplanes actually black?
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What were early rockets made from?
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