Aviation

Aviation

Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.

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fuselage

Aviation; Aircraft

An aircraft's main body structure housing the flight crew, passengers, and cargo and to which the wings, tail and, in most single-engined airplanes, engine are attached.

ornithopter

Aviation; Aircraft

It's an aircraft supported in and driven through the air by the reaction of the air on planes driven in flapping-wing motion.

gyroplane

Aviation; Aircraft

It's an aircraft supported in and driven through the air by the reaction of air on one or more rotors which revolve freely around substantially vertical axes.

airframe

Aviation; Aircraft

Applied to aeroplanes, it means the total structure or form of the craft, minus the powerplant, navigation and control instruments, accessories and equipment.

pressurised cabin

Aviation; Aircraft

It's designed for crews and passengers, to allow the aeroplane to fly at great altitudes while allowing the persons to breathe air at a pressure near that existing at sea level.

Airbus 380

Aviation; Aircraft

A double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and, due to ...

Piper Aircraft

Aviation; Aircraft

Piper Aircraft, Inc., is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, located at the Vero Beach Municipal Airport in Vero Beach, Florida. Along with Beechcraft and Cessna, it is ...