Typically pertains to the study of aircraft. Can relate to the theories, design, construction, behavior and use of such craft.
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Terabytes of data generated by Boeing Jet every hour
2010 article from gigaom (http://gigaom.com/2010/09/13/sensor-networks-top-social-networks-for-big-data-2/ Sensor Networks Top Social Networks for Big Data) says that twin engine Boeing Jet aircraft generates lot of information, 40 terabytes per…
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Did anyone ever do a round trip with a Concorde in a single day?
The Concorde was a supersonic passenger jet, with an average flight time around 3 hours and 30 minutes between London to New York. As can be seen here Complete List of Concorde Scheduled Flight between 1991-2000 British Airways operated the…
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Are 40% of the world’s air cargo shipped on passenger planes?
I read on https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1250298370469416960 (mirror):
40% of the world’s air cargo is shipped on passenger planes.
Is that true?
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How are airplane contrails linked to climate change?
There are a wide range of opinions and articles on this question, and here are some excerpts from a blog on the point Artificial Weather Revealed by Post 9-11 Flight Groundings:
In the August 2002 edition of Nature, which is ranked the world's most…
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Did Ukraine set up Russia on the MH17 incident?
Rebels shot several planes of Ukraine in the last days, after they got their hands on that missile system.
Some say that because of this, Ukraine flight control specifically gave directions to the plane to fly within that zone, knowing that the…
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Has the US Air Force studied squid to improve aircraft camouflage?
The Hawaiian bobtail squid is known to have a close relationship with a particular species of bacteria that lives within the squid. The bacteria are naturally bioluminescent, which is hypothesized to benefit the squid through…
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Is it harder to secure a place at NATS as an air traffic controller than securing a place at Oxford or Cambridge?
This question is about becoming an air traffic controller at National Air Traffic Services or NATS.
NATS is a UK company which runs air traffic control services. NATS makes sure aircraft can fly safely across Britain, and that aircraft can take-off…
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Are more crash due to captain than first officer, because they ignore the first officer?
According to Outliers: The Story of Success from Malcolm Gladwell, more crashes are due to the captain than the first officer. He claims that the reason is that the captain ignore the warnings the first officer gives.
While this may explain things,…
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Is hemp 10 times stronger than steel and can it be used to build and fuel an aeroplane?
In the article World’s First Hemp Plane Will Be Stronger Than Steel And Run On Hemp Biofuel which was published on Truth theory, they claim there is a plane being built out of hemp, it will be fueled by hemp and it will be 10 times stronger than…
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Can helicopters safely fly when it is raining?
A November 2018 story that has been recently resurrected in the media was about Donald Trump claiming that he didn't make a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris by helicopter because the weather was inappropriate for travel
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Is travelling by car better for preventing climate change than by plane?
From the Fairfax website traveller.com.au: Tourism and environmental damage: How travellers are ruining the world:
Some friends of mine have stopped travelling. Pretty much, anyway.
They're refusing to fly anywhere, unless they're going to be…
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Has 2017 been the safest year in commercial aviation?
President Trump seems to be implying that him being strict on commercial aviation led to 2017 having been "the best and safest year on record". When reading carefully, he does not claim that outright; it's merely a juxtaposition of two…
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Do out of sync propellors make passengers more likely to be airsick?
In a multi-engine propellor-driven aircraft, propellor synchronization occurs when the two propellors are turning at the same RPM. Propellor synchronization eliminates beating. The purpose is for comfort of the crew and passengers.
The claim I'd…
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Is it bad to turn on a cell phone and electronic devices during a commercial flight?
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Are personal electronics a risk to commercial aviation?
Flight attendants usually asks for cell phone to be switched off throughout the flight, and other electronic device (including ipods or phones set to flight mode) during…
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Are fares for US transcontinental flights at an all-time low?
The Wall Street Journal published an article May 8, 2019 titled "Flying Coast-to-Coast Nonstop Has Rarely Been Cheaper." Part of the article is quoted below.
Flying coast-to-coast nonstop has rarely been cheaper. Airlines are embroiled in a fare…
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