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aircraft

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Any machine or structure which can support itself in, and move through, the air.

Track

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

The path over the ground over which an aircraft has flown.

Roll

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Rotation around the longitudinal axis of an aircraft.

Camber

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

The curved upper surface of a wing.

Aerodyne

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

General term for heavier-than-air-craft, which derive their lift from motion. As opposed to aerostats, e.g. balloons which derive lift from buoyancy.

Aerostat

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A permeanently moored balloon serving a purpose e.g. border control.

Aeronaut

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Pilot of a lighter-than-air craft such as a balloon or airship.

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