Aviation

Aviation

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

14Categories 89331Terms

Add a new term

Contributors in Aviation

Become a Contributors

Aviation > Aircraft

complex angle of attack (A)

Aviation; Aircraft

Angle of Attack is used to define the angle between the wing chord line and the flight path—not the ground. During landing, an aircraft may have a level attitude, but a high angle ...

amphibious version (A)

Aviation; Aircraft

An airplane designed to take off and land on water.

basic weight (BW)

Aviation; Aircraft

An aircraft`s weight without commercial cargo.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Aviation; Aircraft

The world's first commercial jetliner that uses light-weight composite materials for most of its construction and is the most fuel-efficient compared to similarly-sized planes. ...