Airplane flying

Airplane flying

Basic technical knowledge and skills associated with piloting airplanes.

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Airplane flying

The sudden release of heat energy from fuel in an aircraft engine caused by the fuel-air mixture reaching its critical pressure and temperature. Detonation occurs as a violent explosion rather than a ...

dewpoint

Aviation; Airplane flying

The temperature at which air can hold no more water.

differential ailerons

Aviation; Airplane flying

Control surface rigged such that the aileron moving up moves a greater distance than the aileron moving down. The up aileron produces extra parasite drag to compensate for the additional induced drag ...

diffusion

Aviation; Airplane flying

Reducing the velocity of air causing the pressure to increase.

directional stability

Aviation; Airplane flying

Stability about the vertical axis of an aircraft, whereby an aircraft tends to return, on its own, to flight aligned with the relative wind when disturbed from that equilibrium state. The vertical ...