[1] Why does the black box remain intact in an air crash? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 9, Hits: 249]
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Flight Data Recorder (FDR), Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), Investigators reconstruct events preceding crash, FDR records values, Flight and controls, CVR records conversations taking place in cockpit, Crash survivable memory unit, Cylindrical casing, Underwater locator beacon, Extreme heat, High impact and pressure, Aircraft
[2] What is the jump seat in the cockpit of an aircraft? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 20, Hits: 530]
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Jump seat in the aircraft, Auxiliary crew station, Seat in cockpit for individuals, Operating Aircraft, Crew seats in Cockpit, Flight attendant, Cabin crew during take-off and landing, Emergency exits, Exit during an evacuation, Cockpit, Aircraft
[3] How is the height of different places on earth measured from the sea level? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 43, Hits: 560]
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Height of different places, Altimeter, Measuring the height, Barometer, Barometric liquid, Mercury, Barometric height, Modern barometers, Dial-type barometers, Aneroid barometers, Aircraft by skydivers, mountaineers, Pressure graduating, Height graduates
[4] What is isinglass? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 68, Hits: 696]
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Isinglass, Translucency, Sheets of Mica, Peepholes in Boilers, Swim Bladders of Fish, Beluga Sturgeon, British Thoroughbred Racehorse, English Triple Crown, New Hampshire, Air-Launched Aircraft, Project Isinglass, Satellite Technology
[5] What is a volantor? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 118, Hits: 645]
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Saucer-Style Hovercraft, Vertical Take Off and Landing, VTOL, Volantor, Paul Moller, Aircraft, Control Speed, Cushion of Air, Wankel Rotary Engines
[6] What is the white cloud formed when a plane breaks through the sound barrier? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 129, Hits: 1157]
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Subsonic Speed, Speed of Sound, Local Shockwaves Act, Shockwaves Squeeze Moisture, White Cloud Formed, Sound Barrier, Cloud-Like Effect, Aerodynamic
[7] What is the Trail behind a Jet? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 415, Hits: 1145]
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Condensation Trail, Jet Aircraft, Cars And Motorcycles, Harmful Chemicals
[8] Why do Ears Pop? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 110, Hits: 1387]
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Popping Of Ears, Air Pressure, Eustachian Tube, Atmosphere, Barotrauma, Eardrums, Atmosphere
[9] What was the original home of motor racing? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 22, Hits: 1969]
[10] Who first reached the Poles by aircraft? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 118, Hits: 1663]
[11] When was history made in twelve seconds? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 66, Hits: 2001]
[12] Where is the Ark Royal? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 79, Hits: 1963]
[13] Who first flew the Atlantic non-stop? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 41, Hits: 1978]
[14] Which was the largest battleship ever built? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 76, Hits: 3699]
[15] What is a Great Circle? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 56, Hits: 1693]
[16] Why do people study cybernetics? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 165, Hits: 1793]
[17] What is the Doppler Effect? [Vote Average: 2, Total Votes: 77, Hits: 2378]
[18] What is the greatest distance you can see? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 109, Hits: 1552]
