Airplanes & equipment

Airplanes & equipment

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deviation (magnetic)

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

The error of a Magnetic Compass due to inherent magnetic influences in the structure and equipment of an aircraft.

dihedral

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

The acute angle, usually upward, between the wing of an airplane and a horizontal cross-section line.

directional gyro

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A panel instrument providing a gyroscopic reading of an aircraft's compass heading.

dirigible

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A lighter-than-air craft capable of being propelled and steered for controlled flight. Latin: dirigo,to steer.

distance measuring equipment (DME)

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A radio navigation device that determines an aircraft's distance from a given ground station, as well as its groundspeed and time to/from the station.

dope

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Preservative and pigmented coloring for fabric aircraft covering and paints, generally nitrate lacquer but generically used to denote all early shellac and coal-tar mixtures on up to present-day ...