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fairing
Aviation; Airplanes & equipment
An added streamlining structure or auxiliary member, most often of light metal, whose only purpose is to reduce drag. Fairings are not load-bearing and, therefore, are not meant to carry any ...
fixed-base operator (FBO)
Aviation; Airplanes & equipment
A commercial operator supplying fuel, maintenance, flight training, and other services at an airport.
feathering
Aviation; Airplanes & equipment
In the event of engine failure, the process of adjusting a controllable-pitch propeller to a pitch position where the blade angle is about 90° to the plane of rotation in order to to stop its ...
ferry flight
Aviation; Airplanes & equipment
A flight for the purpose of (1) returning an aircraft to base; (2) delivering an aircraft from one location to another; (3) moving an aircraft to and from a maintenance base. Ferry flights, under ...
fin
Aviation; Airplanes & equipment
The fixed part of a vertical airfoil that controls the yaw of an aircraft; the movable part being the RUDDER. Sometime referred to as Vertical Stabilizer.
firewall
Aviation; Airplanes & equipment
A fire-resistant bulkhead that isolates the engine from other parts of an airplane's structure.
fishtailing
Aviation; Airplanes & equipment
A rudder-controlled side-to-side (yawing) motion to reduce air speed, generally prior to landing.
