General aviation

General aviation

The science and practice of artificial flight which involves the design, development, production, operation of aircraft or heavier-than-air machines.

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Horsepower

Aviation; General aviation

The motive energy required to raise 550# one foot in one second, friction disregarded.

High blower

Aviation; General aviation

A blower-type supercharger set at high rpm.

Sweepback

Aviation; General aviation

A backward inclination of an airfoil from root to tip in a way that causes the leading edge and often the trailing edge to meet relative wind obliquely, as wingforms that are swept back.

Torque

Aviation; General aviation

A twisting, gyroscopic force acting in opposition to an axis of rotation, such as with a turning propeller.

Air defence identification zone (ADIZ)

The area of airspace over land or water, extending upward from the surface, within which the ready identification, the location, and the control of aircraft are required in the interest of national ...