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Q: Why is an airplane pressurised when flying at a high altitude?
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Can you give me a sentence for altitude?

The airplane was flying at a very high altitude.


Bubbles in coca cola drinks on an aeroplane in flight are bigger?

The airpressure is less when at high altitude, even in a 'pressurised' airplane. Therefore the gas in drink is not as compressed, making the expulsion of the gas more rapid, through more and bigger bubbles


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Not really. Blue fingernails can be a sign of hypoxia, a lack of oxygen in the blood. This can happen at high altitude such as mountain climbing or flying in a depressurized airplane higher than about 12,000 feet altitude.


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an added tank


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The trajectory for this flying paper airplane is high.


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b/c of th high altitude


Explain why it is possible for an air passenger to get an electrical shock when he touches the knob of the toilet door in a high altitude flying airplane?

Explanation: The air in the cabin of an aircraft at high altitude can be very dry, which is conducive to building up a static charge. ... Then when you touch the doorknob, those charge densities try to equalize, potentially leading to a harmless shock


What is a challenge that the engineer of a high-altitude airplane would need to consider?

The airplane may succumb to the power of gravity as lift decreases at higher altitudes.


What challenge that the engineer of a high altitude airplane would need to consider?

The airplane may succumb to the power of gravity as lift decreases at higher altitudes.


Which of these describes the challange that the engineer of a high-altitude airplane would need to consider?

The airplane may succumb to the power of gravity as lift decreases at higher altitudes.