cruise efficiency
11Airbus A340 — infobox Aircraft subtemplate= Infobox Airbus airliners name = Airbus A340 type = Airliner manufacturer = Airbus caption = A Cathay Pacific A340 600 landing at London Heathrow Airport first flight = 25 October 1991 introduced = March 1993… …
12Lifting body — The lifting body is an aircraft configuration where the body itself produces lift. It is related to flying wing which is a wing without a conventional fuselage. A lifting body is a fuselage that generates lift without the shape of a typical thin… …
13optimum angle of attack — That which gives the best lift/drag (L/D) value and, thus, the highest cruise efficiency. See lift/drag ratio …
14Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
15Jet engine — For a general overview of aircraft engines, see Aircraft engine. A Pratt Whitney F100 turbofan engine for the …
16Supersonic transport — The Concorde supersonic transport had an ogival delta wing, a slender fuselage and four underslung Rolls Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 engines. A supersonic transport (SST) is a civilian supersonic aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds… …
17Tupolev Tu-144 — Tu 144 Aeroflot Tu 144 at the Paris Air Show in 1975 …
18VFA-41 — Infobox Military Unit unit name= Strike Fighter Squadron Four One caption= VFA 41 Insignia dates= June 1, 1945 country= United States allegiance= branch= US Navy type= Fighter Attack role= Close air support Air interdiction Aerial reconnaissance… …
19Concorde — For other uses, see Concorde (disambiguation). Concorde Role Supersonic airliner …
20Gas turbine — Microturbine redirects here. For turbines in electricity, see Small wind turbine. For turbines driven by the flow of gas, see Turbine. A typical axial flow gas turbine turbojet, the J85, sectioned for display. Flow is left to right, multistage… …
