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Not normally for environmental-impact reasons, the Concorde could and did operate at Mach speeds overwater- as this was its...
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Theres no good answer to this question as it depends greatly on visual acuity, altitude and weather. Astronauts can see across...
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The secret is Bernouilli's principle. This says that the faster air flows, the lower its pressure. So we build an aeroplane with...
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Nearest commercial airport Logan International.
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In Dallas. He was sworn in as soon as they could get back to Air Force One after President Kennedy's assassination.
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- - According to the Lear Jet's website, the new LearJet 85 has an operational Ceiling of 49,000 ft. This is probably based on...
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Wind tunnel
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Seaplane An airplane capable of navigating on, taking off from, and alighting upon the surface of water. Seaplanes are grouped...
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It's the flight recorder. The ones on big planes record all sorts of things, like altitude, heading, the pilots'...
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R.a.d.a.r. is the most comon method of locating aircaft. R.a.d.a.r. stands for radio detection and ranring. (second a just to...
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McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Arbey's
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When the first Boeing 747 was introduced, spectators said the plane did not leave the ground - the ground left the plane. This...
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There are two ways to look at this. First, approximately 71% of the Earth is covered by water, so from this standpoint, she (he)...
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There are many, but the problem is best avoided by flying, as most commercial craft do, (above the weather) which weather hazards...
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The blimp derives its lift from Helium in the main envelope ( equivalent to the hull) and aklso in trim tanks or balloonets, akin...
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They both transport people and cargo from place to place.
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It was believed to be the Wright Brother's plane. I believe it was 12 second successfully flown in air near Kittyhawk.
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Atlanta is currently listed as the busiest in terms of take offs and landings. Whether or not it is the "main" US airport...
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Alberto Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian NATIONAL living in Paris, probably made the first true airplane in Europe around l907. the...
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Wings, slats, flaps, fuel tanks, rudder, elevator, landing gear, cockpit, fuselage, tail fin
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The Commercial Aviation degree at the University of North Dakota best fits into becoming a pilot...for obvious...
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In what sort of vehicle?
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One assumes you mean US aircraft. Very well. Popular transports of this period include the famous Ford Tri-Motor ( The Tin Goose)...
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If you are really interested in aviation world, then you get certain benefits such as you always/every time have an exiting...
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No, but he was a pioneer airman and designer and eventually merged with his arch-rival Wright, hence Curtiss-Wright. Curtiss...
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this question is easy to answer. Simply a jumbo jet means a Boeing 747. To stay in the air the plane first must gain enough knots...
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Inertia, resistance to motion from a standing start is the pat answer. also if one is talking about modern (Warll-to date)...
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The best method to solve velocity/acceleration problems is to plot ACCELERATION using TIME along x-axis and VELOCITY along...
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Given it still stands today, and that no enormous media coverage was made. No.
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there is more registered cars in Alaska. but the number or huskies more than quadruples the number of cars
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No there are not.
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The probes called pitot tubes, or pitot-static tubes for the aircraft speedometers-traditionally called air speed indicators are...
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faster travel and better advantages in war
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an heavy aircraft is a type of machine depending whether it is a ship a plane or not. that exceeds the weight of the most popular...
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The standard A320 has a fuel capacity of 6,400 US gallons. Jet Fuel is 210.5 cents/gallon (7-Jan-2010), giving a maximum...
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What we now call Airshows evolved out of Balloon ascenscions which were popular stunt events at Carnivals, State Fairs and...
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I assume you are talking about more-or-less weather control, albeit local devices such as de-icers which prevent ice from...
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