flight phase
1Flight controller — Flight controllers are personnel who aid in the operations of a space flight, working in Mission Control Centers such as NASA s Mission Control Center, or ESA s Operations Center. Flight controllers sit at computer consoles and use telemetry to… …
2Flight test — is a branch of aeronautical engineering that develops and gathers data during flight of an aircraft and then analyses the data to evaluate the flight characteristics of the aircraft and validate its design, including safety aspects. The flight… …
3Flight 93 National Memorial — IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) …
4flight of ideas — flīt əv (.)ī dē əz n a rapid shifting of ideas with only superficial associative connections between them that is expressed as a disconnected rambling from subject to subject and occurs esp. in the manic phase of bipolar disorder * * * (flīt …
5Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950) — Flight and expulsion of Germans during and after World War II (demographic estimates) Background …
6Flight test engineer — A Flight Test Engineer (FTE) is an engineer involved in the flight testing of prototype aircraft. The Flight Test Engineer generally has overall responsibility for the planning of a specific flight test phase, which includes preparing the test… …
7Flight simulator — [ twinjet flight simulator] A flight simulator is a system that tries to copy, or simulate, the experience of flying an aircraft. It is as realistic as possible. The different types of flight simulator range from video games up to full size… …
8flight, history of — ▪ aviation Introduction development of heavier than air flying machines. Important landmarks and events along the way to the invention of the airplane include an understanding of the dynamic reaction of lifting surfaces (or wings), building… …
9phase — 01. He is in a difficult [phase] of his life. 02. We are now entering the third [phase] of the experiment. 03. My brother is in a [phase] where he doesn t want to talk to anyone. 04. My teenage daughter is going through a [phase] in which she… …
10Phase lag (rotorcraft) — In order for a helicopter to roll left (see flight dynamics) intuition would tell us that we require maximum lift on the right and minimum lift on the left. That is, after all how an airplane rolls left: ailerons on the trailing edge of the wings …
