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1Tail lift — A tail lift is a mechanical device permanently fitted to the back of van or lorry, which is designed to facilitate the materials handling of goods from ground level or a loading dock to the level of the load bed of the vehicle, or vice versa.The… …
2Messerschmitt Me 262 — Me 262 Schwalbe Messerschmitt Me 262A Role …
3Dihedral (aircraft) — For other uses, see Dihedral. The upward tilt of the wings and tailplane of an aircraft, as seen on this Boeing 737, is called dihedral angle Dihedral angle is the upward angle from horizontal of the wings or tailplane of a fixed wing aircraft.… …
4Junkers Ju 87 — infobox Aircraft name = Junkers Ju 87 type = Dive bomber manufacturer = Junkers caption = A Ju 87 B 2 designer = Hermann Pohlmann first flight = 17 September 1935 introduction = avyear|1936 retired = avyear|1945 ( Luftwaffe ) number built =… …
5Elevator (aircraft) — Elevators are control surfaces, usually at the rear of an aircraft, which control the aircraft s orientation by changing the pitch of the aircraft, and so also the angle of attack of the wing. An increased wing angle of attack will cause a… …
6British European Airways Flight 548 — Infobox Aircraft accident|name=British European Airways Flight 548 Crash Date=18 June 1972 Type=Deep stall aircraft misconfiguration caused by pilot error Site=Staines, England Fatalities=118 Injuries=0 Aircraft Type=Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C… …
7The Scissors — is an aerial dog fighting maneuver, commonly used by military fighter pilots before the advent of high thrust to weight fighters (which allow for extended maneuvering in the vertical plane) in the late 1950s to mid 1960s and later, and before the …
8Tait-Bryan rotations — The Tait Bryan rotations, named after Peter Guthrie Tait and George Bryan. are three elemental rotations about each one of the principal axes of a body (but not necessarily the principal axes of inertia). For a craft moving in the positive x… …
9Crash dive — For the 1943 war movie, see Crash Dive. A crash dive is a maneuver performed by a submarine to submerge as quickly as possible to avoid attack. Crash diving from the surface to avoid attack has been largely rendered obsolete with the advent of… …
10Fairchild 24 — Infobox Aircraft name=F 24 caption=1944 Fairchild Argus III ( G BCBH ) type=STOL bush plane manufacturer=Fairchild designer= first flight= 1932 introduced= retired= status= produced= 1932 1948 number built= over 1780 unit cost= developed from=… …
