Aircraft

Aircraft

Any machine or device that is capable of atmospheric flight either by buoyancy or by the movement of air over its surfaces.

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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 of attack, because ...

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. Built as a long-range, ...