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Deviation (magnetic)
Aviation; Airplanes & equipment
The error of a Magnetic Compass due to inherent magnetic influences in the structure and equipment of an aircraft.
Distance measuring equipment (DME)
Aviation; Airplanes & equipment
A radio navigation device that determines an aircraft's distance from a given ground station, as well as its groundspeed and time to/from the station.
Drag
Aviation; Airplanes & equipment
The resisting force exerted on an aircraft in its line of flight opposite in direction to its motion. Compare THRUST.
Dope
Aviation; Airplanes & equipment
Preservative and pigmented colouring for fabric aircraft covering and paints, generally nitrate lacquer but generically used to denote all early shellac and coal-tar mixtures on up to present-day ...
Drag wire
Aviation; Airplanes & equipment
A wire designed to resist DRAG forces, usually running from a forward inboard point to an outboard aft point.
Dorsal fin
Aviation; Airplanes & equipment
A lateral fin/rudder extension on the top of a fuselage. Opposite of VENTRAL FIN.
Turboprop
Aviation; Airplanes & equipment
An aircraft having a jet engine in which the energy of the jet operates a turbine that drives the propeller.
