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Airplane flying

Basic technical knowledge and skills associated with piloting airplanes.

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Airplane flying

Touchdown zone lights

Aviation; Airplane flying

Two rows of transverse light bars disposed symmetrically about the runway centerline in the runway touchdown zone.

Timing

Aviation; Airplane flying

The application of muscular coordination at the proper instant to make flight, and all manoeuvres incident thereto, a constant smooth process.

Torque metre

Aviation; Airplane flying

An indicator used on some large reciprocating engines or on turboprop engines to indicate the amount of torque the engine is producing.

Thrust reversers

Aviation; Airplane flying

Devices which redirect the flow of jet exhaust to reverse the direction of thrust.

Total drag

Aviation; Airplane flying

The sum of the parasite and induced drag.

VFR terminal area charts (1:250,000)

Aviation; Airplane flying

Depict Class B airspace which provides for the control or segregation of all the aircraft within the Class B airspace. The chart depicts topographic information and aeronautical information which ...

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