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User	Date	K	C	T	P	Comments
Eleanor	06/06/09	10	10	10	10
Brandon	04/23/08	10	10	10	10	thanks happy landings brandon
Brandon	04/21/08	10	10	10	10	thanks again brandon
Brandon	04/15/08	10	10	10	10	Thanks so much... I will be sure .....
oriando sitcheran	11/08/07	10	10	10	10

Recent Answers from Paul Ruderham

2009-11-02 trim:

Hi Again, In the old analogue cockpits, (looks like this might have been a dc8) the trim was done manually. This trims the aircraft (like a fine tuning) to fly straight and level. They might have

2009-09-13 how can planes fly??:

Hi Tracey To keep it simple, air passing over the top of wing is less than the air passing underneath creating lift. Take a piece of paper hold it longways in front of you so that it is hanging down

2009-06-25 aircraft:

Hello Sindhuja, Aircraft, and by that I mean the body of the aircraft and not the occupants inside, are protected from lightning strikes by two things. The first and most important of these is the brains

2009-06-05 flight recorders:

Hi Eleanor, It's a good idea but you have to realise that these boxes are designed to withstand 100's of g-forces so as to protect the magnetic tape inside. any flotation device inside would probably

2009-01-19 bird strike:

Hi Robert, This was a very unusual case as the strike was by a very large flock of geese according to the captain. Small strikes will not affect the aircraft seriously even in the engines, as I stated