Airplanes & equipment

Airplanes & equipment

Industry: Aviation

Add a new term

Contributors in Airplanes & equipment

Become a Contributors

Airplanes & equipment

sponson

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A short, winglike protuberance on each side of a seaplane fuselage to increase lateral stability.

squawk

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A four-digit number dialed into his transponder by a pilot to identify his aircraft to air traffic controllers

stabilator

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A movable horizontal tail that combines the actions of a stabilizer and elevator, increasing longitudinal stability while creating a pitching moment.

stabilizer

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

The fixed part of a horizontal airfoil that controls the pitch of an aircraft; the movable part being the ELEVATOR.

stagger

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

The relative longitudinal position of the wings on a biplane. Positive Stagger is when the upper wing's leading edge is in advance of that of the lower wing (eg: Waco YKS), and vice versa for ...

(1) Sudden loss of lift when the angle of attack increases to a point where the flow of air breaks away from a wing or airfoil, causing it to drop. (2) A maneuver initiated by the steep raising of an ...

standard air (standard atmosphere)

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

An arbitrary atmosphere established for calibration of aircraft instruments. Standard Air Density is 29.92 inches of mercury and temperature of 59° F, equivalent to an atmospheric air pressure of ...