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What is the wing thickness of Airbus A320 aircraft
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How does temperature affect how things fly?
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What is faster than hypersonic and what speed or speeds does that range of velocity encompass?
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Where do we find streamlining in nature?
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What is the static and dynamic pressure at the inlet of a gas turbine fan. And what will happen to the two as air passes through the fan?
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What are the advantages of a streamlined body?
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What is Wing Loading?
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How does the length of the wing and width affect how a plane flies?
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What are the difference between transonic and hypersonic flow?
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What are the advantages of a streamlined body?
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