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Most of the time it travels faster at the point it takes off than at the moment it touches down. During take-off, the airplane uses as much power to ensure it has extra airspeed so it can handle any emergency, such as an engine failure. Whereas during landing, the only concern is to maintain sufficient altitude to reach the airport. Theoretically, the airplane is designed to fly at a minium airpseed and it doesn't matter what it is doing. During Take-off, the aircraft is heavier than it is during landing. Generally, during landing the airplanes uses more flaps to slow it down. For the comfort of the passengers, the pilot likes to land as gently as possible. Faster when taking off, slower when landing. Generally speaking, when taking off, an aircraft weighs more, is more performance limited (i.e., needs to be able to clear obstacles during climb out), and also needs additional speed in the event of emergency. During landings, the aircraft is lighter and needs to slow down as much as possible (through the use of flaps, etc.) to shorten the landing distance.
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Why is a plane different when it takes off than when it lands?
The airplane is lighter by amount of fuel used in flight.
Is a reusable vehcial that takes off like a rocket and lands like an airplane?
The space shuttles fit that description.
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No. An aircraft takes off and lands into the wind. (Or as close as possible to directly into the wind).
How much airplane fuel is used each hour in the United States of America.?
depends on the aircraft. a airplane takes off and an airplane lands every 5 seconds in the US, so they would have to fuel up when they are nearly empty, (captains choice how much they fill). a very hard question, but i do know that it takes 1000+ US $ to fill up a modern B737.
When was Jefferson Airplane Takes Off created?
Jefferson Airplane Takes Off was created in 1965.
Why was the airplane named the airplane?
An airplane was named an airplane because it fly's in the AIR and the came up with the word plane. IDK im going out on a limb here but i believe plane comes from geometry, where you have the plane of a surface. the surface in reference is the ground. a flat surface in which it takes off from.
How does a airplane work?
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What is the average number of airplane trips per year a person takes?
What is the average number of airplane trips per year a person takes?
An example of When gravity slows down a moving object?
When an airplane takes off, it is going against the gravitational pull. This in turn slows down the plane.
How long from Manchester to malaga?
The distance from Manchester, United Kingdom to Malaga, Spain is about 1170 mile If you are going to use an airplane to travel it takes 2 hours and 30min.
How many hours does it take to drive 256 miles?
It depends on the average speed that you are driving at. The faster you are going, the less time it takes.
What is a land where an airplane takes off?
The tarmac/landing strip..
