Airplane flying

Airplane flying

Basic technical knowledge and skills associated with piloting airplanes.

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best angle of climb speed with one engine inoperative (VXSE)

Aviation; Airplane flying

The airspeed at which an airplane gains the greatest amount of altitude in a given distance in a light, twin-engine airplane following an engine failure.

best rate-of-climb speed (VY)

Aviation; Airplane flying

This airspeed provides the most altitude gain in a given period of time.

best rate-of-climb speed with one engine inoperative (VYSE)

Aviation; Airplane flying

This airspeed provides the most altitude gain in a given period of time in a light, twin-engine airplane following an engine failure.

Wingtip vortices that are created when an airplane generates lift. When an airplane generates lift, air spills over the wingtips from the high pressure areas below the wings to the low pressure areas ...

waste gate

Aviation; Airplane flying

A controllable valve in the tailpipe of an aircraft reciprocating engine equipped with a turbocharger. The valve is controlled to vary the amount of exhaust gases forced through the turbocharger ...

weathervane

Aviation; Airplane flying

The tendency of the aircraft to turn into the relative wind.

weight

Aviation; Airplane flying

A measure of the heaviness of an object. The force by which a body is attracted toward the center of the Earth (or another celestial body) by gravity. Weight is equal to the mass of the body times ...