What "north wall" is Simpson refer to?
In Top Gun Maverick (2022), Vice Admiral Beau "Cyclone" Simpson speaks to squadrons about enemy terrain:Vice Admiral Beau "Cyclone" Simpson: Well, Lieutenant, you have afighting chance against enemy...
View ArticleWhat do you mean by "high-G climb out"?
In Top Gun Maverick (2022), Vice Admiral Beau "Cyclone" Simpson speaks to squadrons about enemy terrain:Vice Admiral Beau "Cyclone" Simpson: Well, Lieutenant, you have a fighting chance against enemy...
View ArticleWhat does "Splitting the throttles" mean?
In Top Gun Maverick (2022), Maverick flies F14 and evades from enemy flight:Maverick: Splitting the throttles. Coming around.What does "Splitting the throttles" mean?
View ArticleWhat does "a pop-up strike with a steep dive" mean?
In Top Gun Maverick (2022), Capt Pete trains squadrons:Capt Pete: It's the most difficult stage of the mission.It's a pop-up strike with a steep dive, requiring nothing lessthan two consecutive...
View ArticleWhat does "Bull's-eye 090, 50, tacked southwest" mean?
In Top Gun Maverick (2022), Capt Pete and his squadrons enters enemy terittory meanwhilethey noticed two bandits on the radar:Pheonix: Comanche, what's their heading?Comanche: Bull's-eye 090, 50,...
View ArticleIs the DC-6 Supercharged? And what is a Turbosupercharger?
What it says on the tin. Is the DC-6 supercharged? I thought all planes that fly above around 10,000-15,000 feet need forced induction, but wikipedia doesn't list the DC-6s engines as supercharged or...
View ArticleWhat is the difference between Maintenance planning document(MPD) and...
Could someone explain to a layman, relatively new to Aviation maintenance, the difference between the Maintenance planning document(s) (MPD) and the Maintenance manual (AMM). Is one a subset of the...
View Articleaccelerated turns in helicopter
In flight Manual of Russian Mi-17 helicopter, it is give that ”max bank permitted in accelerated turns is 45 deg up to 1km altitude”. At the same time it also mention max bank permitted is 30 deg up to...
View ArticleWhat is meant by "shroud" in a gas turbine? For example, an inner shroud and...
Vane device comprises inner shroud, outer shroud, aerofoils. I cannot understand what shrouds are, and their function.
View ArticleWhat does pre/post modification mean in Airbus MPD?
What is the difference between POST MOD (with partial mod i.e SXXXX) and PRE MOD (with partial mod) in the applicability column of an Airbus MPD (Maintenance Planning Document)?
View ArticleIs there an equation to solve for bank angle using load factor and wing...
The problem is that I'm looking for both wing loading and load factor as variables to solve for bank angle and cannot find any equation that represents this. After searching various websites and not...
View ArticleWhy do I keep getting different results to an aircraft's turn radius when I...
I'm trying to solve for an aircraft's turn radius at mach 3.17 (2432 mph) and a bank angle of 19.8; however, after using various online calculators and personally solving the equation, I keep getting...
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Is there a standard way to identify propeller blades?
Obviously, as Julio pointed out, Chuck's method of identifying propeller blades is ineffective. Is there a standard way to identify blades, other than tautological statements like "There is a dent in...
View ArticleHow do pilots and flight attendants themselves refer to flight attendants...
If, say, a pilot is referring casually to a flight attendant friend (e.g. in an epithetical description), do they use "flight attendant"? It seems a bit of a mouthful.For example:A pilot is chatting to...
View ArticleWhat might an air traffic controller say to approve a request from a pilot...
I'm translating something that involves radio communications dialogue.Two questions, actually:How would a pilot request a particular heading? (Does this ever happen?) E.g. something like "Request...
View ArticleHow might an ATC ask a pilot to check the weather conditions at a certain...
(Working on a translation that involves radio communications dialogue.)Say the location is X nautical miles from the aircraft to a direction that's between the Y o'clock and Z o'clock direction, what...
View ArticleHow might ATC phrase an instruction to a pilot to maintain a certain speed...
What might an ATC say to instruct a pilot to maintain a certain speed and establish glide path?My attempts (as someone who does not know much at all about how a plane is piloted) are:"Maintain XXX onto...
View ArticleWhat does "localizer level flight" in the approach checklist mean?
What does "localizer level flight" in the approach checklist mean?How might an actual dialogue in the cockpit sound when the approach checklist is executed? Are the words "localizer level flight"...
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Coordinate system in aircraft. Question about step between lines
Good day! Can you help me? I doing a restoration of the plane's geometry. I want to do restoration use a theory. But I have not information about step (size) between B.L. (W.L.) lines. As example -...
View ArticleWhat is the difference between a spin and an uncontrolled roll in an high...
A comment I had on another (now deleted) question states that China Airlines 006 didn't spin. For me it was a spin (unwanted roll due to asymmetrical stall). The comment states it was "it was a slow...
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Could someone help me make this checklist-execution dialogue sound correct?
I am translating from Chinese a dialogue that involves two pilots going through an approach checklist. However, all the information I could find on the internet seemed to be for flight simulators (I...
View ArticleWhat is the definition of in-flight for the purposes of a fire?
Reading 49 CFR 830.5 I am trying to determine the definition of "in flight" and "in-flight" used in the Immediation Notification sections 49 CFR 830.5(a)(4) "In-flight fire" and 49 CFR 830.5(a)(5)...
View ArticleHow do these lines sound as ATC communications?
These are translated lines from a fictional story in Chinese, written by someone who (like me) does not work in aviation and therefore does not have firsthand knowledge of these things. Therefore, it...
View ArticleDoes the following sound realistic as callouts during takeoff?
“Set power.”“Power is set.”“80 knots.”“Check.”“Constant power.”“V1.”“Rotate.”“V2.”“Positive rate.”“Gear up.”I am unsure about "Constant power." The original text I am translating from has "推力保持" lit....
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Is there a common name for ailerons, elevators and rudder?
Since ailerons, elevators and rudder are all designed in a similar way, that is, they are attached to a fixed structure from where they move in both direction on that particular axis.For example on a...
View ArticleDo ATC say "Climb to XXXX on standard" or "Climb to standard XXXX" or...
Do ATC say "Climb to XXXX on standard" or "Climb to standard XXXX" or something else?By "standard" I'm referring to altimeter pressure settings (set to standard pressure), but I'm not sure what the...
View ArticleDefinition of long-haul flight
Who determined the definition of what a "long-haul" flight is?By implication, this presupposes definitions of "short-haul" and possible "medium-haul"/"extra-long-haul" flights, as I've seen the terms...
View ArticleWhat is the difference between gross weight and MTOW in an aircraft...
On Wikipedia you often find aircraft specified with a separate "gross weight" and "MTOW". The term "gross weight" implies "weight with maximum fuel and payload". Yet this is not the case, since the...
View ArticleWhat does YF stand for?
I know that F=fighter, A=attack, F/A=fighter/attack, B=bomber. I can not find any information on what YF stands for. This type of aircraft is usually an experimental aircraft, but why do modern...
View ArticleWhat is the purpose of classifying fighters?
Fighters are classified by generation, as explained in this answer. Given this Wikipedia sum up, some fighters are not clearly in a defined generation, especially for 4th generation subclasses. Thus...
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