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Airplane flying
Basic technical knowledge and skills associated with piloting airplanes.
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service ceiling
Aviation; Airplane flying
The maximum density altitude where the best rate-of-climb airspeed will produce a 100 feet-per-minute climb at maximum weight while in a clean configuration with maximum continuous power.
servo tab
Aviation; Airplane flying
An auxiliary control mounted on a primary control surface, which automatically moves in the direction opposite the primary control to provide an aerodynamic assist in the movement of the control.
shaft horse power (SHP)
Aviation; Airplane flying
Turboshaft engines are rated in shaft horsepower and calculated by use of a dynamometer device. Shaft horsepower is exhaust thrust converted to a rotating shaft.
shock waves
Aviation; Airplane flying
A compression wave formed when a body moves through the air at a speed greater than the speed of sound.
sideslip
Aviation; Airplane flying
A slip in which the airplane’s longitudinal axis remains parallel to the original flightpath, but the airplane no longer flies straight ahead. Instead, the horizontal component of wing lift forces ...
single engine absolute ceiling
Aviation; Airplane flying
The altitude that a twinengine airplane can no longer climb with one engine inoperative.
single engine service ceiling
Aviation; Airplane flying
The altitude that a twinengine airplane can no longer climb at a rate greater then 50 f.p.m. with one engine inoperative.
