Questions regarding hypothetical situations in aviation, and how they would play out if they were to actually occur (regardless of how unlikely this might be).
Questions tagged [hypotheticals]
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Which airliners could survive an EMP pulse?
The incredibly bad, postapocalyptic tv series Revolution begins with a mysterious event that causes all electrical systems to fail all over the globe. Even batteries don't work anymore.
In the first episode, after the "event" airplanes immediately…
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What would happen to a tethered airplane?
Suppose someone attached a mile-long unbreakable rope to the tail of an indestructible airplane in a way that cannot be detached, and the plane takes off and flies in a straight line. The other end of the rope is fastened to the ground at the end of…
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