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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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