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1Lift (soaring) — Lift, or more precisely static lift , is rising air used by soaring birds and by humans in gliding, hang gliding and paragliding to make extended soaring flights. There are four principal types of lift:cite book | last = Welch | first = John |… …
2Gain graph — A gain graph is a graph whose edges are labelled invertibly, or orientably, by elements of a group G . This means that, if an edge e in one direction has label g (a group element), then in the other direction it has label g −1. The label function …
3Lift — Ascenseur Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ascenseur (homonymie). Un ascenseur est un dispositif installé à demeure et assurant …
4To lift the hand against — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …
5kite — kite1 kiter, n. kitelike, adj. /kuyt/, n., v., kited, kiting. n. 1. a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string. 2. any of several small birds of the hawk family Accipitridae that have long,… …
6Angle of attack — In this diagram, the black lines represent the flow of a fluid around a two dimensional airfoil shape. The angle α is the angle of attack. Angle of attack (AOA, α, Greek letter alpha) is a term used in fluid dynamics to describe the angle between …
7Mignet Pou-du-Ciel — This article is about the aircraft. For the Flying Flea motorcycle, see Royal Enfield WD/RE. Flying Flea series Mignet HM.14 Role …
8Gliding (disambiguation) — Gliding is in general unpowered flight using an aerofoil mechanism to gain lift. It can refer to*Unpowered flight in animals: Many animals can glide but not fly such as flying squirrels, flying snakes, or flying fish. Many animals with powered… …
9List of accidents and incidents involving Vietnam Airlines — This is a list of incidents and accidents that Vietnam Airlines has experienced in the last 37 years:Fatal incidents*3 September 1997: A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev Tu 134 (built in 1984) crashed on approach to Phnom Penh s Pochentong Airport,… …
10Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 — Infobox Airliner accident name= Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 Date=September 3, 1997 Type= Pilot error Origin= Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Destination= Phnom Penh International Airport, Cambodia Site= 300 metres short of runway Fatalities=65 Injuries …
