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Airplane flying
Basic technical knowledge and skills associated with piloting airplanes.
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zero fuel weight
Aviation; Airplane flying
The weight of the aircraft to include all useful load except fuel.
zero sideslip
Aviation; Airplane flying
A maneuver in a twin-engine airplane with one engine inoperative that involves a small amount of bank and slightly uncoordinated flight to align the fuselage with the direction of travel and minimize ...
zero thrust
Aviation; Airplane flying
An engine configuration with a low power setting that simulates a propeller feathered condition.
simulated feather
Aviation; Airplane flying
An engine configuration with a low power setting that simulates a propeller feathered condition.
triple spool engine
Aviation; Airplane flying
Usually a turbofan engine design where the fan is the N1 compressor, followed by the N2 intermediate compressor, and the N3 high pressure compressor, all of which rotate on separate shafts at ...
tropopause
Aviation; Airplane flying
The boundary layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere which acts as a lid to confine most of the water vapor, and the associated weather, to the troposphere.
troposphere
Aviation; Airplane flying
The layer of the atmosphere extending from the surface to a height of 20,000 to 60,000 feet depending on latitude.
