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slip

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Too steep a bank in a turn, causing an aircraft to slide inward from its ideal turning path.

slipstream

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

The flow of air driven backward by a propeller or downward by a rotor. Compare DOWNWASH.

slot

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A long, narrow, spanwise gap in a wing, usually near the leading edge, to improve airflow at high angles of attack for slower landing speeds.

slotted flap

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A flap that, when depressed, exposes a SLOT and increases airflow between itself and the rear edge of the wing.

smoh

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Since Major Overhaul, an acronym seen in reference to the operating hours, or time remaining, on an engine.

Airspace of defined dimensions identified by an area on the surface of the earth wherein activities must be confined because of their nature and/or wherein limitations may be imposed upon aircraft ...

alert area

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Airspace which may contain a high volume of pilot training activities or an unusual type of aerial activity, neither of which is hazardous to aircraft. Alert Areas are depicted on aeronautical charts ...