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How do engineers reduce the amount of friction drag on an airplane?
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How can I become a commercial pilot?
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What is the relationship between force and acceleration mass?
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What is the law of conservation of momentum?
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What is the difference between a helicopter and an aircraft?
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How far can a plane fly?
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What do we mean by 28 degree inclined geosynchronous orbit? How do we specify a geosynchronous orbit?
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What law of motion is applicable on an airplane in flight? It could be a 3rd law, 1st law and 2nd law,right? Which is which? All of the above?
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What is the first law of motion?
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How does a rocket change its direction once it lifts off?
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