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Service ceiling

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

The height above sea level at which an aircraft with normal rated load is unable to climb faster than 100' per minute under Standard Air conditions.

Sesqui-wing

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A lesser-span additional wingform, generally placed below the main planes of an aircraft, generally a biplane.

Seaplane

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A water-based aircraft with a boat-hull fuselage, often amphibious.The term is also used generically to define a similar Flying Boat and a pontoon FLOATPLANE.

Shoulder-wing

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A mid-wing monoplane with its wing mounted directly to the top of the fuselage without use of CABANE STRUTs.

Slats

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Movable vanes or auxiliary airfoils, usually set along the leading edge of a wing but able to be lifted away at certain angles of attack.

Sideslip

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A movement of an aircraft in which a relative flow of air moves along the lateral axis, resulting in a sideways movement from a projected flight path, especially a downward slip toward the inside of ...

Slip

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Too steep a bank in a turn, causing an aircraft to slide inward from its ideal turning path.

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