It is common for a lot of fighters to have speed brakes deployed during landing. The reason is that engine spoolup time is somewhat slower than for a prop aircraft and if you have speed brakes deployed you can keep a higher powersetting during the landing. If you should have to go around you can quickly gain power by closing the speedbrake while ...

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The -300 is longer and can carry more passengers/freight. Look here for details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777  

The B727-300 never went into production. It was supposed to be a stretched version of the B727-200 with JT8D-200s engines like the MD80. modified wing leading edge, and four-wheel main gear trucks. It got cancelled because UAL declined to order them.

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Hi, Look here for a good description of what is causing the Vapor/wing vortices: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingtip_vortices The reason you see it a lot when a fighter is pulling G's is because the pressure differential between the top and bottom of the wing is a lot higher compared to just flying straight and level at 1 G. At 9 G's the wing is

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You are correct that it is an approximation, but a fairly close one. Your formula is more correct. Notice however that you have to enter Absoulute Temperature, so 273.15 + Degree C.

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