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Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.
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bearing surface
Aviation; General aviation
One of the surfaces of a flying-machine which bears, rests, or acts upon the air; a supporting surface; a sustaining surface; a wing surface; a spread of wing or sail.
breeze
Aviation; General aviation
A moderately brisk wind; a movement of the air not so strong as a gale or as a stiff breeze. The following are several different types of breeze: : ''fresh breeze,'' a breeze ...
anemometer
Aviation; General aviation
An instrument for measuring the velocity, pressure, or other properties of the wind; a wind-gage; a wind-meter. The following are different types of anemometer: : ''Biram's ...
aerial image
Aviation; General aviation
An image appearing suspended in the air, caused by the convergence of rays of light reflected or refracted from objects through strata of air of different densities; a mirage.
aerometry
Aviation; General aviation
The science of measuring the weight or density of air and other gases, and of determining the laws of their pressure, elasticity, rarefaction, and condensation; pneumatics.
bank
Aviation; General aviation
Incline or slant an aeroplane flying-machine laterally (with the inner side downward) in turning or going round a curve, so as to take advantage of the resistance of the bank or ...
Donny Darko death
Aviation; General aviation
A term applied to an accidental death in which an aircraft (especially a single-engine airplane) crash-lands into a building (usually a private home), causing multiple deaths or ...
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