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What is an aerodrome reference code?
An aerodrome reference code is a design classification, usually written as a number and a letter. It isn’t the passenger airport identifier on a baggage label, and it isn’t a universal permission for an aircraf…
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What is an aeroplane cockpit?
The aeroplane cockpit, called the flight deck on larger aircraft, is the compartment at the front where the flight crew sit and fly the thing.
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What is plane spotting?
Plane spotting is watching, photographing and identifying aircraft, usually from public ground near an airport or under a flight path.
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What is turbulence?
Turbulence is rough, irregular air that an aircraft happens to be flying through, a property of the atmosphere and not a fault with the aeroplane. The FAA says the clear-air kind normally occurs above 15,000 fe…
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Where to see a Spitfire in the UK: museums and flying displays
Where to see a Spitfire in the UK: on display at IWM Duxford, the RAF Museum in London and at Cosford, the Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum at Manston, Solent Sky in Southampton and Thinktank in Birmingha…
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Why are planes white?
The usual answer is heat, damage inspection and resale: white reflects sunlight, shows damage clearly and is cheaper to keep looking right. We found no regulator or manufacturer that publishes those reasons, so…
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