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  2. Flight level - Wikipedia

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    The rule affected only those aircraft operating under IFR when in level flight above 3,000 ft above mean sea level, or above the appropriate transition altitude, whichever is the higher, and when below FL195 (19,500 ft above the 1013.2 hPa datum in the UK, or with the altimeter set according to the system published by the competent authority in ...

  3. Cabin pressurization - Wikipedia

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    In a typical commercial passenger flight, the cabin altitude is programmed to rise gradually from the altitude of the airport of origin to a regulatory maximum of 8,000 ft (2,438 m). This cabin altitude is maintained while the aircraft is cruising at its maximum altitude and then reduced gradually during descent until the cabin pressure matches ...

  4. Cruise (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    A Qantas four-engined Boeing 747-400 at cruise altitude. Cruise is the phase of aircraft flight that starts when the aircraft levels off after a climb, until it begins to descend for landing. [1] Cruising usually comprises the majority of a flight, and may include small changes in heading (direction of flight), airspeed, and altitude.

  5. List of fatal accidents and incidents involving commercial ...

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    American Airlines Flight 2: Mississippi River, 18 miles SW of Memphis: Tennessee: Douglas DC-3: The flight crashed for unknown reasons. October 15, 1943 11 0 0 American Airlines Flight 63 (Flagship Missouri) Centerville: Tennessee: Douglas DC-3: The aircraft developed severe icing which eventually made it unable to maintain altitude, causing it ...

  6. Sonic boom breakthrough for planemaker trying to build the ...

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    Commercial flights faster than the speed of sound have taken another step closer to reality. Boom Supersonic announced Monday that its airliner could fly above Mach 1 without producing a sonic ...

  7. Ceiling (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    The one-engine inoperative (OEI) service ceiling of a twin-engine, fixed-wing aircraft is the density altitude at which flying in a clean configuration, at the best rate of climb airspeed for that altitude with one engine producing maximum continuous power and the other engine shut down (and if it has a propeller, the propeller is feathered ...

  8. The final minutes of American Airlines flight 5342 - AOL

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    The plane and helicopter's final moments of flight. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is an extremely busy airspace, but officials said it was a largely normal night of flying. Winds were ...

  9. Federal Aviation Regulations - Wikipedia

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    Title 14 CFR – Aeronautics and Space is one of the fifty titles that make up the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Title 14 is the principal set of rules and regulations (sometimes called administrative law) issued by the Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration, federal agencies of the United States which oversee Aeronautics and Space.