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Yes, the US Marine Corps still has some improved versions in use.
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The A320 has 7 fuel tanks,center tank, Inner tank,outer tank, and the vent tank (on the end of the wing)
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When in space, it is weightless. But it still takes energy to move the mass around. Shuttle Gross liftoff weight: 240,000 lb...
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It did, the Concorde travelled at 60,000 feet and it's cruising speed was 1,350 MPH. It went higher because of its higher...
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The engines are perfectly round... the nacelles are not! The first 737s (737-100 and 737-200) had turbojet engines that had a...
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The color of a jetliners black box is not black but red. Dont beleve me? look it up on wiki.
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more than two million
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In rare instances planes can crash due to poor weather. These instances become more rare every year, but do still occur. When...
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A Boeing 777 is at 140 on the decibel scale. Similar things that are at the same sound level are: Dragcar Racing Military Jet...
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depends on how many times your clunker breaks down 8-15 hrs depending on speed.
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It really depends on what part you coming from and going to. If you coming from Aubundale,Fl. and going to Augusta,Ga. it takes...
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May 8 - May 31, 1919. U.S. Navy Curtiss flying boat NC-4 under command of Albert Read makes first transatlantic flight, 4,526...
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For a Jet engine, the air flow enters the front of the engine. As it goes through each row of rotating blades(rotors or...
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You could say No, the Wright brothers invented the first machine that could fly under its own power that came to be known as the...
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On mostly the larger aircraft, when you bank the plane either right or left the ailerons move like normal, like for a left turn...
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Four forces push and pull an airplane in flight. An airplane uses a propeller or jet engine to produce a forward force called...
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The Airco D.H. 2 was essentially a scaled down version of the 2-seat D.H. 1(which was completed early in 1915). The D.H. 2...
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The first flight lasted 12 seconds and was made by the Wright Brothers- Orville and Wilbur Wright AnswerThere are a...
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500 The number of parts in a jet plane will vary according to the size and complexity of its construction. Very small ones...
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Depending on aircraft model and configuration, the MTOGW (Maximum Take Off Gross Weight) of a C-130 Hercules can go up to around...
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MiG-21 ( Russian ) Mach 2 .. 1960 versions MiG-21 ( Russian ) Mach 2+.. 1970-1980 versions MiG-25 ( Russia ) Mach 2.5.. 1965 (...
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liedetector2000: The SR-71 Blackbird was the USED TO BE fastest jet in the world but now here is the LATEST and THE WORLD's...
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Yes it is safe - you are more likely to have an accident from simple human error than from a terror attack - consider how many...
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The most recent iteration of Boeing 747, the 400 series, is listed as carrying from 416 to 524 passengers, depending on...
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Yes it can. However it cannot land vertically at high speed, it must latterally land. The Harrier's versatility makes it ideal...
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Smaller aircraft will park on a "tie-down" which usually has a set of three ropes for literally tying the aircraft down. Larger...
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A total of twenty Concordes were built, but only 14 flew in actual commercial service. The others were development prototypes...
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great question. because you know the plane in moving very fast in the forward direction but you can't really feel it because you...
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For years, men have tried to design a vehicle that would allow them to fly. Some built models of things like gliders that seemed...
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They don't. Each country uses a different letter for their aircraft registration. All aircraft owned and registered in the US...
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No. The wings that give airplanes lift need air, and the engines that power the airplanes need air.
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The wing is made flat on the bottom and curved on the top. The air underneath has a shorter distance to go to get to the end of...
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Airbus is not an airline but the name of a manufacturer of airplanes.
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The correct term is "solid propellant rocket". These are rockets that burn fuel that is not a liquid(or they are NOT liquid fuel...
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It is the combined forces of lift, thrust and weight that keeps an airplane in the air. Lift happens to be the largest force in...
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it has provided a new way of transportation and it has allowed us to travel wherever we would like in a shorter amount of time.
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Every country has its own classification and regulations regarding "What falls under their category". That being said the Czech...
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Meta Market is a web-based market centered around an event or an industry, rather than a single product. These are markets of...
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Most of the current fleet of aircraft is composed primarily of aluminum. In the early days aircraft were made from canvas...
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Nitrogen because it's inert and does not contain moisture.
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Cessna currently makes both piston-engined and turbine-powered aircraft. Assuming you mean a piston engined cessna, the engine...
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Hi!They don't actually land sideways, but will approach sideways depending on the amount of cross-wind. Aircraft turn into the...
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Small single-engined airplanes seldom exceed 140 mph, with more complex single- and twin- engine piston aircraft reaching 200 -...
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orange All of the black boxes are painted bright orange with large letters "FLIGHT RECORDER DO NOT OPEN" Orange It is mostly...
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There are large numbers of planes caught in flight within Google Earth imagery ranging from small prop planes to 747s. A...
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You can, but you have to put it in either a small bag or a small bottle...like those "travel bottles" of shampoo you can buy...
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Yes,the GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri is to be installed in the production models of HAL Tejas. The AMCA(Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft)...
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The airport buys that fuel and then the airlines purchase it from the airport authority. There is usually a contract that...
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Till August 2010 Qantas have 136 aircraft in their mainline fleet. Which include 7 Airbus A330-200, 10 Airbus A330-200 and 6...
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This just happened in front of my Mother's apartment bldg. A pickup truck was speeding and hit the power pole that holds two big...
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Many materials are used such as.... Steel and similar alloys for the landing gear. Aluminum and Titanium for various parts of...
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The airbus a380 is definitely the biggest aircraft because it has two floors. The 737 dreamliner has only one.
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A Harrier can't break the sound barrier.
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Hawker Siddeley Harrier, V-22 Osprey.
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A single engine passenger planes range greatly whether it be from the general aviation (GA) or the commercial aviation...
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AnswerA turn and bank indicator is electric and does not require vacuum. as far as an ASI? Is the acronym correct?...
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All certified airworthy aircraft engines have data plates attached that gives all the identifying info. If the plate is missing,...
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Airplanes use a system of flaps to control their movements. Flaps are usually the back edges of a aircrafts wings...
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350,000 Active Duty people.
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54000
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Your answer is wrong mate!! I myself travelled in Emirates Airbus Jet A330-200 at a speed of 614 mph which is 989 kmph. Is...
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It's wings are in a shape of an aerofoil and it's body is like a round cone.
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AnswerThe aerodynamic forces of the airplane's wing produce lift but also produce a moment that tends to pitch the aircraft nose...
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If the nose is pointy, the rocket will go faster, but if the rocket's nose is flat, it will just travel slower in the lower...
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he earns $500 000 000 per year and 20 000 000 per film
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bob the builderI'm sure it wasn't Bob the builder. It was Wilbur and Orville WrightThe LilC
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All aircraft create disturbances in the air, known as wake vortex, when they fly. If a following aircraft flies in this...
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In the US, to be classified an ultralight aircraft, among other things, it must weigh less than 254 pounds, and in Canada, it...
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The planes which can fly at the speed of sound are SR-71, Mig-25, F-16, F-18, F-22, Sukhoi Su-47 and many others.
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NORAD stands for: North American Aerospace Defense Command
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Soz. no you can't but i'd like too
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by changing the temperature and volume of air in the balloon - using a gas burner to heat the air makes the ballon rise - to...
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Turbine engines are more efficient if allowed to run at a constant speed. Chrysler actually built a turbine-powered care in the...
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Yes, the two are different. Both are classified as airships or lighter-than-air aircraft, and both apply the principle of...
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Military pilot qualifications indicate what aircraft you can fly.
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This entirely depends on the size of the ship. The larger the ship, the more it can carry. Care also has to be given to the...
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The toaster was invented in 1909 by Frank Shailor
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The fuel burn of any aircraft varies according to aircraft configuration, type and number of engines, weight, altitude, etc., but...
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The flight that successfully broke the Sound Barrier was flown by then Captain Charles (Chuck) Yeager of the Air Force on October...
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1. It is a light gas. 2. It is non-reactive (a noble gas), and therefore will not burn and turn an airship into flames. (unlike...
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Lift is the force that is created by the air-flow over the wings and body of an airplane. It is one of the 3 aerodynamic forces...
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Eugene Burton Ely was the first person to takeoff from a ship. Ely took off from the USS Birmingham on 14 November 1910 while it...
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when in the air pres tab ctrl shift and enter
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Excerts from a CNN news report of his death. October 13, 1997 Web posted at: 1:38 p.m. EDT (1738 GMT) SALINAS, California...
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Type your answer here... wings and belly
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keep trying to ajust the wings. Shaping them in different ways might help.
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The geometry of the surfaces (to change the reflection), the materials of the surfaces (to absorb radar), the exhaust is cooled...
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YES
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Becuast it's almost impossible to achive that speed in water because it's much denser than air. I assume your talking about...
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They have a chemical reaction to the ground so the ground pushes the aircraft off the ground using gravitational pull so the...
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Almost all airplanes have hydrlic disc brakes very similar to your car. However, high-performance airplanes also have spoilers...
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For detailed information see the related link below.
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They will but not for a very very long time because there are too many accidents with NORMAL cars so there will be flying cars...
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It wasn't discovered, it was invented by the Wright Brothers.
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A Boeing 747-200 burns about 25,000 Lbs of fuel per hour. That would total 100,000 lbs in 4 hours. As I recall, the max fuel...
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V1 is a v-speed, in aircraft terminology v-speeds are specific speeds for various operations. Takeoff speed is V2, maximum speed...
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cars have way better gas millage
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