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54 relations: Aerobatics, Airliner, Airspeed, Anabatic wind, Barometer, Bungee cord, Cliff, Composite material, Controllable slope soaring, Discus Launch Glider, Dynamic soaring, Electric motor, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, Fighter aircraft, Flying wing, Foam, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, Gliding, Headwind and tailwind, Hill, Internal combustion engine, Jet engine, Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Mikoyan MiG-29, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, Monofilament fishing line, Mountain, North American F-86 Sabre, North American P-51 Mustang, Northrop F-20 Tigershark, Northrop F-5, Polypropylene, Propeller (aeronautics), Pulley, Radio control, Radio-controlled aircraft, Radio-controlled model, Reel, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Ridge lift, Scale model, Starter (engine), Sukhoi Su-27, Supermarine Seafire, Supermarine Spitfire, Thermal, Transmitter, Winch, ..., Wind, Wind shear, Wing loading, World War II. Expand index (4 more) »
Aerobatics
Aerobatics (a portmanteau of aerial-acrobatics) is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight.
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Airliner
An airliner is a type of aircraft for transporting passengers and air cargo.
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Airspeed
Airspeed is the speed of an aircraft relative to the air.
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Anabatic wind
An anabatic wind, from the Greek anabatos, verbal of anabainein meaning moving upward, is a warm wind which blows up a steep slope or mountain side, driven by heating of the slope through insolation.
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Barometer
A barometer is a scientific instrument used in meteorology to measure atmospheric pressure.
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Bungee cord
A bungee cord (sometimes spelled bungie), also known as a shock cord (occy strap or octopus strap in Australian common usage) is an elastic cord composed of one or more elastic strands forming a core, usually covered in a woven cotton or polypropylene sheath.
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Cliff
In geography and geology, a cliff is a vertical, or nearly vertical, rock exposure.
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Composite material
A composite material (also called a composition material or shortened to composite, which is the common name) is a material made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties that, when combined, produce a material with characteristics different from the individual components.
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Controllable slope soaring
Controllable-slope soaring (also known as Walkalong gliding) is a type of slope soaring where a slope is made to follow a walkalong glider (a lightweight toy aircraft), both sustaining and controlling the glider's trajectory by modifying the wind in the vicinity of the airplane.
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Discus Launch Glider
A Discus Launch Glider (DLG) is a radio controlled model sailplane launched using a 'discus launch' in which the glider is held by a wingtip and rotated around the flyer by hand before release.
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Dynamic soaring
Dynamic soaring is a flying technique used to gain energy by repeatedly crossing the boundary between air masses of significantly different velocity.
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Electric motor
An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.
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Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
The Fédération aéronautique internationale (FAI; The World Air Sports Federation), is the world governing body for air sports.
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Fighter aircraft
A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat against other aircraft, as opposed to bombers and attack aircraft, whose main mission is to attack ground targets.
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Flying wing
A flying wing is a tailless fixed-wing aircraft that has no definite fuselage.
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Foam
Foam is a substance formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.
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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) for the United States Air Force (USAF).
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Gliding
Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne.
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Headwind and tailwind
A tailwind is a wind that blows in the direction of travel of an object, while a headwind blows against the direction of travel.
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Hill
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain.
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Internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine (ICE) is a heat engine where the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.
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Jet engine
A jet engine is a type of reaction engine discharging a fast-moving jet that generates thrust by jet propulsion.
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Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
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McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) to gain and maintain air supremacy in all aspects of aerial combat.
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Messerschmitt Bf 109
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force.
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Mikoyan MiG-29
The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union.
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union.
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Monofilament fishing line
Monofilament fishing line (shortened to just mono) is fishing line made from a single fiber of plastic.
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Mountain
A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.
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North American F-86 Sabre
The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft.
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North American P-51 Mustang
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts.
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Northrop F-20 Tigershark
The Northrop F-20 Tigershark (initially F-5G) was a privately financed light fighter, designed and built by Northrop.
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Northrop F-5
The Northrop F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter and the F-5E and F-5F Tiger II are part of a supersonic light fighter family, initially designed in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation.
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Polypropylene
Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications.
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Propeller (aeronautics)
An aircraft propeller, or airscrew,Beaumont, R.A.; Aeronautical Engineering, Odhams, 1942, Chapter 13, "Airscrews".
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Pulley
A pulley is a wheel on an axle or shaft that is designed to support movement and change of direction of a taut cable or belt, or transfer of power between the shaft and cable or belt.
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Radio control
Radio control (often abbreviated to R/C or simply RC) is the use of radio signals to remotely control a device.
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Radio-controlled aircraft
A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is controlled remotely by an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter.
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Radio-controlled model
A radio-controlled model (or RC model) is a model that is steerable with the use of radio control.
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Reel
A reel is an object around which lengths of another material (usually long and flexible) are wound for storage.
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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II era fighter aircraft produced by the United States from 1941 through 1945.
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Ridge lift
Ridge lift (or 'slope lift') is created when a wind strikes an obstacle, usually a mountain ridge or cliff, that is large and steep enough to deflect the wind upward.
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Scale model
A scale model is most generally a physical representation of an object, which maintains accurate relationships between all important aspects of the model, although absolute values of the original properties need not be preserved.
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Starter (engine)
A starter (also self-starter, self, cranking motor, or starter motor) is a device used to rotate (crank) an internal-combustion engine so as to initiate the engine's operation under its own power.
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Sukhoi Su-27
The Sukhoi Su-27 (Сухой Су-27; NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a twin-engine supermaneuverable fighter aircraft designed by Sukhoi.
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Supermarine Seafire
The Supermarine Seafire was a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire adapted for operation from aircraft carriers.
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Supermarine Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during and after World War II.
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Thermal
A thermal column (or thermal) is a column of rising air in the lower altitudes of Earth's atmosphere, a form of atmospheric updraft.
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Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a transmitter or radio transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna.
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Winch
A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull in (wind up) or let out (wind out) or otherwise adjust the "tension" of a rope or wire rope (also called "cable" or "wire cable").
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Wind
Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale.
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Wind shear
Wind shear (or windshear), sometimes referred to as wind gradient, is a difference in wind speed and/or direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere.
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Wing loading
In aerodynamics, wing loading is the total weight of an aircraft divided by the area of its wing.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-controlled_glider
