Recent questions tagged airplanes

Description : What anti-theft equipment is on planes?

Last Answer : Thieves don’t know how to release the air brakes.

Description : How many people, in the world, have died or been injured from the automobile and airplane?

Last Answer : 247,985,962. No. No one knows this. Not even close. For example, historians can't even agree on how many people died during the Second World War, and many of those involved automobiles and ... the activity of people all over the world over the last 120+ years, much of which is undocumented.

Description : Is the pressure to be Politically Correct selectively applied?

Last Answer : Absolutely. On this site, for example, you get modded if you call someone a liar or a nazi.

Description : Has anyone checked a backpack on a plane?

Last Answer : Yes, I’ve seen it done all the time.

Description : Do beds on airplanes have seat belts?

Last Answer : Yes, they do. There is too much risk of severe unforeseen turbulence.

Description : Can airplaines use tank like treads unstead of wheels?

Last Answer : No. Too much rolling resistance.

Description : Are US air carriers looking to purchase Tupelov TU-214s?

Last Answer : I don’t know, but the main problems of Russian aircraft was maintenance. That said most US carriers buy equipment that is similar and has the common parts, i.e. engines, aeronautics, computers.. The Russian planes would be different.

Description : Is the number "7" particularly unlucky when it comes to planes?

Last Answer : ZOMG! THEY ALSO ALL HAVE THE WORD “AIRLINES”. WE MUST DO SOMETHING!

Description : Is this a good guess about the missing airplaine in the ocean?

Last Answer : Which leads me to ask… were there other planes that are supposed to take a similar route? In San Diego planes seem to land at the airport every 15 minutes (so it seems)

Description : Spoiler Alert! What were your thoughts on the documentary about flight TWA 800?

Last Answer : answer:Conspiracies don't say it was a major accident; conspiracies come up with farfetched explanations. Really, if there was someone who needed to be taken out, it's a lot easier to arrest them on the ground and ... a missile, while do it on take off? Why not do it out of sight of the coast line?

Description : How does wi-fi work on an airplane?

Last Answer : answer:After a little checking, here was what I found: There are two companies, GoGo Internet and Row 44, that most airlines are using to provide airplane WiFi service. GoGo Internet uses a ... communications. Illustrations demonstrating how wi-fi works on a plane can be found here - wlan book

Description : Assuming UFOs exist, would they be likely to have crashes and mishaps?

Last Answer : I think if we assume UFOs exist, we can assume anything else we want to about them as well. I'm not saying they do or do not exist. All I'm saying is that without a common reality to ground it on, ... are perfect. We can assume they burn up to dust on improper reentry. The skies the limit, a-ha-ha.

Description : How many years do we have to wait for an autopilot to be able to land a plane?

Last Answer : It’s already here. Search “Autoland” For example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoland

Description : How did air control during 9/11 not prevent the planes going into the towers?

Last Answer : What could they have done? I don't think they could have gotten fighter planes into action within the time they realized what was going on. And even if they could have, were they going to shoot ... realise what was happening I think they were in that proverbial spot between a rock and a hard place.

Description : What do you do if you find your carry on won't fit under the seat or in the overhead of an airplane?

Last Answer : answer:You give it to the flight attendant to check. It should fit if there is available room, oversize luggage doesn't get through security. If you check it once on board, you don;t get charged ... anyone is willing to check their bags for free, especially for those in boarding groups 4 and later.

Description : Is this tempting fate in the worst possible way? NYT publishes an article about how safe air travel has been?

Last Answer : Fate doesn’t care about temptation. Correlation does not imply causation.

Description : Anyone else on edge for tomorrow's reminder of 9/11?

Last Answer : I feel the sick feeling as I watched the Towers come down, but I think it would be a touch harder to repeat that. God that was so so bad. I watched everything live. You lived it, I can’t imagine that.

Description : Do we really need to hear audio files that reveal Air Traffic horror of 9/11?

Last Answer : No, I do not. I have found from a trauma expert at Georgetown University (part of the non-stop coverage going on here in DC) that of the three common reactions to the trauma of 9/11, I fall into the avoidance camp.

Description : Do you enjoy flying? Or do you avoid flying at all costs?

Last Answer : answer:I like flying. I still feel a little excited when the plane takes off. I can’t sleep on planes, or so far I haven’t been able to. I get bored quickly so short haul stuff is fine. Longer flights are tiresome. I just want to get where I am going. If the plane is very full, it is less enjoyable.

Description : How knowledgeable about flying an airplane do air traffic controllers have to be?

Last Answer : answer:I don’t see anything about pilots license as a requirement. http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ahr/jobs_careers/occupations/atc/ http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos108.htm

Description : Can a commercial jet fly into space?

Last Answer : No, commercial jets are not built to travel through our atmosphere and into space. It would either freeze up or burn into cinders.

Description : What is the best commercial airplane game for the PC?

Last Answer : Google Earth has a flight simulator that’s really cool. You can take actual flights from certain airports, etc. My friend was obsessed with it.

Description : What is the best airport simulation game for the PC?

Last Answer : I doubt it, but it would be neat if there was.

Description : Alternative methods to control pitch in heavier-than-air craft?

Last Answer : Maybe thrust vectoring / manoeuvering thrusters? And canards.

Description : Why is the "black box" on an airplane not black?

Last Answer : Because in the event of a crash, a bright orange box is a lot easier to find than a black one when searching through wreckage and debris. So it wouldn’t be quite practical for it to be black.

Description : Can I bring cream puffs on the airplane?

Last Answer : Yes you can! I’ve traveled with all sorts of food, even cheesecake.

Description : Could a passenger land a commercial airplane?

Last Answer : Some rare footage of the poor unfortunate souls who tried. Bless, it never leaves them….never. Sobs uncontrollably! :¬D

Description : First airplane ride?

Last Answer : If it is a passenger jet, exciting, wonderful, exhilarating. American passenger jets are about the safest form of travel. I routinely sleep on jets. If you’re talking about small (2 or 4 passenger planes), they are exciting and frightening at times. depends on your pilot and your confidence in them.

Description : Is it possible to steal on an airplane?

Last Answer : Actually,Airplanes are a “No Steal Zone” : P As long as it is something small,I doubt that you could steal someone’s Laptop and then claim it’s yours and it’s a coincidence that you just happened to have pictures of the guy’s family in the hard drive !

Description : Have you ever used your car GPS on an airplane?

Last Answer : In the air, I wouldn’t try it on other than a private plane. If you try it on a commercial airliner in the US (in the air, anyway) and you’re found out, you’ll probably be talking to the Air Marshals at your destination. Confiscation of the device would be the least of your worries.

Description : In light of the recent terrorist attacks what is your opinion on racial profiling?

Last Answer : No – it’s clearly time to stop flying planes.

Description : What makes watching airplane taxiing so relaxing?

Last Answer : I find anything relaxing that takes my mind away from the anthill of human life – whether it be landscape, the buzz of machinery, or the glow of a fire. Perhaps airplane taxiing is similar.

Description : What is the average height of an airplane?

Last Answer : I think the average commercial jetliner is about 45 feet tall.

Description : What causes the wings to move when a plane rescues people and it acknowleges that it has seen the people?

Last Answer : The pilot manually waggles the wings using the plane’s steering.

Description : Why don't airplanes have a mesh protecting the engines?

Last Answer : As I understand it jet engines are designed to allow for things to get sucked in and blown out the back. I have heard that when jet engines are tested by having frozen turkeys thrown into them. Mesh would ... to have an intense fear of flying so I've done all sorts of reading on subjects like this.

Description : Does hearing about a plane crash make you afraid to fly?

Last Answer : No, because it’s still statistically safer to fly.

Description : Can I bring my guitar, in a case, as a carry-on item (on United)?

Last Answer : There’s a size limit for carry-ons. If you have a tiny little guitar that fits within the size limit, then you’ll be ok. If not, I’m guessing no.

Description : What causes turbulence?

Last Answer : When the plane goes through clouds is when I notice it. Both departing and landing.

Description : Airline "why" question #1: baggage.

Last Answer : the pockets provide more grippage on the rubber belts?

Description : Do cell phones really interfere with airplane instruments?

Last Answer : i have heard that they *really* interfere with the cellphone system. if they interfered w/airplane systems in any serious way, the stewardesses would come by and make sure they were off.

Description : How come airlines do not allow cell phones?

Last Answer : http://www.ask-public.com/disc/658/do-cell-phones-really-interfere-with-airplane-instruments/

Description : Does anyone know how may stops there are from USA to Jerusalem? i know the first one is in chicago.

Last Answer : Where in the US are you starting from? 3400 miles or so from coast to coast here.

Description : Why are there never seats on my Free Mileage program with United?

Last Answer : answer:There are always seats available, just to places you don't want to go and at times when you want to stay home. Seriously, the airlines have been reducing the availability of seats over the ... as shown above. They (the airlines) just don't want to reward their best customers anymore. SRM

Description : Tipping flight attendants?

Last Answer : Good heavens, no! For one thing I hate the spread of tipping more and more for what is not really personal service. For another, there is hardly any service on the airlines these days. Just try catching a flight attendant’s eye. For a third, their trade off is huge travel benies.

Description : Is it difficult to fly an airplane?

Last Answer : I’m not sure, but from what I understand (I’ve never flown) is that it’s not so much hard to fly as it is to take off and land the actual aircraft.

Description : Will you use a Bluetooth device on your next plane trip?

Last Answer : No I just put my phone in airplane mode.

Description : How to Build Pop Can Airplanes

Last Answer : How to Build Pop Can Airplanes Model airplanes look beautiful, but you have to admit they aren't very practical because they can cost a lot of money. If you don't want to buy expensive model airplanes ... model airplane project. Don't let kids play with it, though, since the edges are very sharp!

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