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quadraplane, quadruplane

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

An aircraft having four or more wingforms.

radar approach control facility (RAPCON)

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A terminal ATC facility that uses radar and non-radar capabilities to provide approach control services to aircraft arriving, departing, or transiting airspace controlled by the facility. This ...

ramjet

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

An aerodynamic duct in which fuel is burned to produce a high-velocity propulsive jet. It needs to be accelerated to high speed before it can become operative.

rogallo wing

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A flexible, delta-wing plan in which three rigid members are shaped in the form of an arrowhead and joined by a flexible fabric, which inflates upward under flight loads. Originally specific to ...

roll

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Of the three axes in flight, this specifies the action around a central point. Compare PITCH and YAW.

A powerplant that rotates on a stationary propeller shaft. An American invention by Adams-Farwell Co (1896), it was first used for buses and trucks in the US (1903), then copied by French engineers ...