takeoff boost

  • 1boost|er — «BOOS tuhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that boosts: »Figurative. His suggestions offer India a self starter or booster (Harper s). 2. an accessory generator or other device interposed in series in a circuit for increasing the voltage in an… …

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  • 2boost — i. Any temporary augmentation of thrust or power given to a flying vehicle during takeoff, climb or other part of its flight, as with booster rocket or by means of RATO rocket assisted takeoff (RATO). ii. Excess pressure, over and above a datum… …

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  • 3takeoff booster — noun the first stage of a multistage rocket • Syn: ↑booster, ↑booster rocket, ↑booster unit, ↑takeoff rocket • Derivationally related forms: ↑boost (for: ↑booster) …

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  • 4takeoff rocket — noun the first stage of a multistage rocket • Syn: ↑booster, ↑booster rocket, ↑booster unit, ↑takeoff booster • Derivationally related forms: ↑boost (for: ↑booster) …

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  • 5booster — boost•er [[t]ˈbu stər[/t]] n. 1) a person or thing that boosts, esp. an energetic and enthusiastic supporter 2) elm a device connected in series with a current for increasing or decreasing the nominal circuit voltage 3) mil an explosive more… …

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  • 6Focke-Wulf Fw 190 — infobox Aircraft name =Fw 190 type =Fighter manufacturer = Primarily Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau AG, but also Ago, Arado, Fieseler, Mimetall, Norddeutsche Dornier and others caption = Fw 190 A designer =Kurt Tank first flight =1 June 1939 introduced… …

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  • 7Messerschmitt Bf 109 variants — Main article: Messerschmitt Bf 109 Bf 109 Bf 109G 10, with Erla Haube canopy and taller, wooden vertical fin/rudd …

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  • 8Shvetsov ASh-82 — ASh 82 Preserved Shvetsov ASh 82 at the Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely Type Radial engine Manu …

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  • 9aerospace 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 …

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  • 10P-51 Mustang — infobox Aircraft name = P 51 Mustang type = Fighter manufacturer =North American Aviation caption = North American P 51 Mustangs of the 375th Fighter Squadron, 361st FG, summer 1944 first flight =26 October 1940 introduction =1942 retired =1957,… …

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