rotary-wing aerodynamics
11United States Marine Corps Aviation — Logo for USMC aviation United States Marine Corps Aviation is the air component of the United States Marine Corps. Marine aviation has a very different mission and operation than its ground counterpart, and thus, has many of its own histories,… …
12List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons — This is a list of United States Navy aircraft squadrons. Deactivated or disestablished squadrons are listed in the List of Inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons. Navy aircraft squadrons are typically composed of several aircraft (from as …
13Ground effect in aircraft — Aircraft may be affected by a number of ground effects, aerodynamic effects due to a flying body s proximity to the ground.One of the most important of these effects is the Wing In Ground effect, which refers to the reduction in drag experienced… …
14Autorotation — In aviation, the word autorotation is applied to operation of fixed wing aircraft and rotary wing aircraft. The word has significantly different meanings in each of these two applications.In the operation of fixed wing aircraft, autorotation is… …
15United States Naval Aviator — Naval Aviator Insignia A United States Naval Aviator is a qualified pilot in the United States Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard. Contents 1 Naming …
16Hang gliding — Hang glider launching from Mount Tamalpais …
17helicopter — /hel i kop teuhr, hee li /, n. 1. any of a class of heavier than air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine. v.i. 2. to fly in a… …
18Flight control surfaces — Aircraft flight control surfaces allow a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft s flight attitude.Development of an effective set of flight controls was a critical advance in the development of the aircraft. Early efforts at fixed wing aircraft …
19aerospace industry — Introduction assemblage of manufacturing concerns that deal with vehicular flight within and beyond the Earth s atmosphere. (The term aerospace is derived from the words aeronautics and spaceflight.) The aerospace industry is engaged in the …
20De Bothezat helicopter — de Bothezat The Flying Octopus Role Experimental rotorcraft Manufacturer …
