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  • 1Stick pusher — A stick pusher is a device installed in some fixed wing aircraft to prevent the aircraft from entering an aerodynamic stall. Some large fixed wing aircraft display poor post stall handling characteristics or are vulnerable to deep stall. To… …

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  • 2stick pusher — noun An automated mechanical device connected to the control column of some aircraft, which pushes the column forward, thus increasing speed, if the pilot is approaching a stall …

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  • 3Stick shaker — A stick shaker is a mechanical device to rapidly and noisily vibrate the control yoke (the stick ) of an aircraft to warn the pilot of an imminent stall. It is connected to the control column of most business jets, airliners and military aircraft …

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  • 4Flight control modes (electronic) — New aircraft designs like this Boeing 777 rely on sophisticated flight computers to aid and protect the aircraft in flight. These are governed by computational laws which assign flight control modes during flight Aircraft with fly by wire flight… …

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  • 5Colgan Air Flight 3407 — A Dash 8 Q400 similar to the aircraft involved. Accident summary Date …

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  • 6Stall (flight) — For other uses, see stall. In fluid dynamics, a stall is a reduction in the lift coefficient generated by a foil as angle of attack increases. This occurs when the critical angle of attack of the foil is exceeded. The critical angle of attack is… …

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  • 7Yoke (aircraft) — Aircraft Yoke The W shaped control yoke of a Boeing 737. A yoke, alternatively known as control column, is a device used for piloting in most fixed wing aircraft.[1] Contents …

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  • 8Autogyro — An autogyro is a type of rotorcraft invented by Juan de la Cierva in 1919, making its first successful flight on January 9, 1923 at Cuatro Vientos Airfield in Madrid. [http://www.vectorsite.net/avheli 1.html#m4 Vector Flight] ] Similar to… …

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  • 9Pterodactyl Ascender — This article is about the ultralight aircraft. For the Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle, see Chengdu Pterodactyl I. Pterodactyl series …

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  • 10List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft, pre-1950 — This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred. For more exhaustive lists, see the [http://www.baaa acro.com/ Aircraft Crash Record Office] or the [http …

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