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How is force related to acceleration?
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I was wondering if there were special controls to control pitch, yaw, and roll?
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How do you make an airplane pitch up?
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What is a cockpit used for?
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What will happen to an aircraft if it loses part its vertical tailfin?
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How does the roll of an aircraft help the aircraft fly?
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how long does it take to program a rocket to do a mission remotely instead of someone riding in it?
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How many passengers where in the first passenger plane?
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How much does an astronaut get paid?
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In a large transport jet airplane, is the center of rotation around the lateral axis always collated with the center of gravity?
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