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crab

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A rudder-controlled yawing motion to compensate for a crosswind in maintaining a desired flight path, as in a landing approach.

In pioneer flight before radio, beacons, and accurate maps, flying distances much by instinct and guesswork, and referring to whatever landmarks were below, was quite routine. The "dead" part simply ...

deadstick

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Descending flight with engine and propeller stopped.

decalage

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

The difference in angular settings (Angles of Attack) of the wings of a biplane or multiplane.

decision height

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

With respect to the operation of aircraft, the height at which point a decision must be made during an instrument approach to either continue the approach or to execute a missed approach (abort).