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31NACA cowling — Curtiss AT 5A Hawk with NACA cowling at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, October 1928 …
32Course Deviation Indicator — (CDI) is an avionics instrument used in aircraft navigation to determine an aircraft s lateral position in relation to a track. If the location of the aircraft is to the left of course, the needle deflects to the right, and vice versa. Contents 1 …
33Dog-tooth — For other uses, see Dogtooth (disambiguation). Dog tooth ornament A dog tooth or dogtooth pattern , in architecture, is an ornament found in the moldings of medieval work of the commencement of the 12th century, which is thought to have been… …
34Deicing boot — The black rubber deicing boot on the wing of a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 passenger aircraft is inflated with air, producing ridges to crack and dislodge any accumulated ice …
35Oleo strut — An oleo strut is an air–oil hydraulic shock absorber used on the landing gear of most large aircraft.[1] It cushions the impacts of landing and while taxiing[2] and damps out vertical oscillations …
36Radar altimeter — A radar altimeter, radio altimeter, low range radio altimeter (LRRA) or simply RA measures altitude above the terrain presently beneath an aircraft or spacecraft. This type of altimeter provides the distance between the plane and the ground… …
37Deceleron — A U.S. Navy A 6E Intruder approaches for a landing on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in 1980, with its decelerons and tail hook deployed. A deceleron, or split aileron, was developed in the late 1940s by Northrop originally for use on the… …
38Transponder (aviation) — Transponder Cessna ARC RT 359A transponder (beige box), beneath Bendix/King KY197 VHF communication radio. In this example, the transponder code selected is 1200 for VFR flight. The green IDENT button is marked ID . A transponder (short for… …
39Aircraft dope — 2699 a World War I Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 finished in a clear (non coloured) dope Aircraft dope is a plasticised lacquer that is applied to fabric covered aircraft. It tautens and stiffens fabric stretched over airframes and renders them… …
40chemical industry — Introduction complex of processes, operations, and organizations engaged in the manufacture of chemicals and their derivatives. Although the chemical industry may be described simply as the industry that uses chemistry and… …
