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21Yoke (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 …
22Cruciform tail — BAe Jetstream 31 with cruciform tail The cruciform tail is an aircraft empennage configuration which, when viewed from the aircraft s front or rear, looks much like a cross. The usual arrangement is to have the horizontal stabilizer intersect the …
23NACA cowling — Curtiss AT 5A Hawk with NACA cowling at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, October 1928 …
24Course 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 …
25Deicing 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 …
26Oleo 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 …
27Radar 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… …
28Deceleron — 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… …
29Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base — Infobox Airport name = Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base nativename = nativename a = nativename r = image width = 200 caption = Takhli RTAFB, 2008 image2 width = 200 caption2 = Location of Takhli RTAFB IATA = ICAO = type = owner = operator = city… …
30Supermarine Seagull (1948) — infobox Aircraft name = Seagull type = Air sea rescue amphibian manufacturer = Supermarine caption = designer = first flight = 14 July 1948 introduced = retired = status = primary user = Royal Navy more users = produced = number built = 2 (+1 not …
