NounSingular aircraft Plural aircraft or aircrafts aircraft (plural aircraft or aircrafts)
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to fly by being supported by the air, or in general, the atmosphere of a planet. An aircraft counters the force of gravity by using either static lift (as with balloons, blimps and dirigibles) or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil (as with vehicles that plane the air with wings in a straight manner, such as airplanes and gliders, or vehicles that generate lift with wings in a rotary manner, such as helicopters or gyrocopters). Although rockets and missiles also travel through the atmosphere, they are not considered aircraft because they use rocket thrust instead of aerodynamic loading as the primary means of lift. A cruise missile relies on a lifting wing throughout the majority of its flight regime. The human activity which surrounds aircraft is called aviation. Manned aircraft are flown by an onboard pilot. Unmanned aerial vehicles may be [[remotely controlled or self-controlled by onboard computers. Target drones are an example of UAVs. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How would an aircraft react with different wind conditions(given in the 'details' section)? Q. 1)If groundspeed of aircraft is 80knots,and direct tailwind is 120knots.Which direction would a flag, hypothetically kept over the fuselage of the aircraft,fly ? 2)If groundspeed is 100knots and a DIRECT crosswind is of 100knots. 3)If aircrafts maximum speed on full throttle is 120knots and there is a 150knots direct headwind? Asked by eagertoknow - Mon May 19 11:52:06 2008 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. 1. the flag is flying high and fast forward. it might go a little to the l/H OR R/H sides of the fuselage, but that flag is pointing, point forward. tail wind is higher than ground speed. try this trick in your car. 2. it would be a little shaky. but no more than normal. its about even pressure 3.What if your car was going 55 miles per hour and you had winds up to 85 MPH. i think you figure this out on your own. --- ok john b stupid, this guy is talking about ground speed. MORON. Answered by John C - Mon May 19 12:56:15 2008 during aircraft disorder of flight do thy permit the air passenger to use guided parachutes to escape? Q. IN an sudden exploading calamity of the aircraft there may not be much time to take up the excercise of use of .parachute escape. there could be situation where the time to escape is sufficient an attempt, could be made by parachute escape. why such a news is not heard . even paragliding wonderful as a guided oneto escape. Asked by dwarakanathan cr rama - Sat Feb 16 07:54:22 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Although individual parachutes are not feasible for airline travel there is a company that is developing what's called airframe parachutes. Basically a parachute attached to the structure of the aircraft to allow the entire aircraft to descend "softly" to the ground. They are currently seen on cirrus piston aircraft and retrofits for Cessna 172/182s and also experimentals. The current models however only can handle very slow deployment speeds and aircraft weights. There are parachutes being developed for heavier, faster aircraft such as cirrus' new "Jet" and Diamonds D-Jet. Whether we someday see airframe chutes on commercial airplanes is yet to be seen and many years off due to the high loads they'll have to be designed to handle. Answered by DCARH - Sat Feb 16 11:34:15 2008 What is the term for an aircraft's ability to accelerate while flying vertically upward?
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