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61History of hang gliding — Hang gliding is an air sport employing a foot launchable aircraft known as a hang glider. Typically, hang gliders are composed of an aluminium or composite framed fabric wing. The pilot is ensconced in a harness depending from the airframe, and… …
62Starting vortex — The starting vortex is a vortex which forms in the air adjacent to the trailing edge of an airfoil as it is accelerated from rest in a fluid. [Clancy, L.J., Aerodynamics , Figure 4.7] It leaves the airfoil (which now has an equal but opposite… …
63North American XB-70 Valkyrie — XB 70 Valkyrie X …
64Dassault Mirage III — Mirage III Royal Australian Air Force Mirage IIIO(F) (fighter) from 2 Operational Conversion Unit. Role …
65Waverider — A waverider is a hypersonic aircraft design that improves its supersonic lift to drag ratio by producing a lifting surface built out of the shock waves being generated by its own flight, a technique known as compression lift. To date the only… …
66Cranwell CLA.3 — CLA.3 Role Racing aircraft National origin United Kingdom Manufacturer The Cranwell Light Aeroplane club Designer Nicholas Comper First flight mid July 1925 Retired 1929 …
67Bell P-63 Kingcobra — P 63 Kingcobra Role Fighter Manufacturer Bell Aircraft Corporation First flight …
68F-22 Raptor — Infobox Aircraft name= F 22 Raptor type= Stealth Air superiority fighter national origin = United States manufacturers=Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Boeing Integrated Defense Systems caption= Two F 22 Raptors in column flight formation designer=… …
69Pressure coefficient — The pressure coefficient is a dimensionless number which describes the relative pressures throughout a flow field in fluid dynamics. The pressure coefficient is used in aerodynamics and hydrodynamics. Every point in a fluid flow field has its own …
70Learjet 60 — infobox Aircraft name = Learjet 60 caption = Learjet 60 parked at Filton Airfield, Bristol, England type = Business jet manufacturer = Bombardier Aerospace designer = first flight = June 1991 introduced = January 1993 retired = status = primary… …
