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What kind of problems can a flight have if passenger weight is miscalculated?

Apr 14, 2021

What is the biggest airplane that does not need a paved runway?

Apr 14, 2016

Why are propellers de-iced before the engines are started, and does ice on the fuselage affect the flight characteristics of the plane?

Jan 1, 2020

Is this photo showing dozens of airliners in close proximity real, or even plausible?

Jun 26, 2018

Why are true headings followed above 73N in the northern hemisphere, whereas in the southern hemisphere the change is made at 60S?

Sep 6, 2020

How do symmetrical airfoils generate lift?

Jun 21, 2017

Why didn't Air India always fly DEL-SFO over the Pacific?

Feb 22, 2018

Why does Logan Airport's Runway 32/14 only have arrivals on the 32 heading?

Apr 13, 2018

Have any large aeroplanes been landed — safely and without damage — in locations that they could not be flown away from?

Jun 27, 2019

What effect would there be if the brakes were locked at touchdown?

Oct 3, 2016