fixed-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air flying machine, such as an airplane, which is capable of flight using aerodynamic lift. Fixed-wing aircraft... 57 KB (7,153 words) - 21:09, 10 April 2024 |
Airplane (redirect from Powered fixed-wing aircraft) English) or aeroplane (Commonwealth English), informally plane, is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller... 55 KB (6,348 words) - 20:28, 5 April 2024 |
This article lists fixed-wing aircraft with a stall speed of 50 kilometres per hour (31 mph) or less, and certain other aircraft. It does not list helicopters... 4 KB (520 words) - 07:40, 9 February 2024 |
Ground effect (aerodynamics) (redirect from Wing-In-Ground-Effect) For fixed-wing aircraft, ground effect is the reduced aerodynamic drag that an aircraft's wings generate when they are close to a fixed surface. During... 17 KB (2,098 words) - 18:43, 23 February 2024 |
For fixed-wing aircraft, autorotation is the tendency of an aircraft in or near a stall to roll spontaneously to the right or left, leading to a spin (a... 5 KB (595 words) - 01:11, 27 July 2023 |
are a marginal case. The forerunner of the fixed-wing aircraft is the kite. Whereas a fixed-wing aircraft relies on its forward speed to create airflow... 53 KB (5,907 words) - 14:41, 15 April 2024 |
Indian Naval Air Arm (redirect from Air Wing of Indian Navy) for maritime surveillance in the Indian Ocean region. Fixed-wing aircraft HAL TEDBF: This aircraft will feature canard and with significantly higher weapons... 54 KB (4,702 words) - 16:29, 22 April 2024 |
Monoplane (redirect from Parasol wing) A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple... 13 KB (1,562 words) - 17:27, 4 April 2024 |
Aerial firefighting (redirect from Firefighting aircraft) waterbombing, is the use of aircraft and other aerial resources to combat wildfires. The types of aircraft used include fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. Smokejumpers... 45 KB (4,471 words) - 23:52, 28 January 2024 |
Gunship (redirect from Aircraft gunship) close air support. In modern usage the term "gunship" refers to fixed-wing aircraft having laterally-mounted heavy armaments (i.e. firing to the side)... 18 KB (2,188 words) - 15:17, 21 April 2024 |
missions in South Vietnam, as did the Republic of Vietnam. Among fixed-wing aircraft, more F-4 Phantoms were lost than any other type in service with... 41 KB (4,835 words) - 23:08, 22 January 2024 |
Rotorcraft (redirect from Rotary-wing aircraft) vertical takeoff and landing. An aircraft which uses rotor lift for vertical flight but changes to solely fixed-wing lift in horizontal flight is not... 13 KB (1,449 words) - 14:06, 14 December 2023 |
Flight control surfaces (redirect from Wing control surface) the development of aircraft. Early efforts at fixed-wing aircraft design succeeded in generating sufficient lift to get the aircraft off the ground, but... 21 KB (2,672 words) - 22:46, 15 April 2024 |
Police aviation (redirect from Police aircraft) rotary-wing aircraft, fixed-wing aircraft, nonrigid-wing aircraft or lighter-than-air aircraft. In some major cities, police rotary-wing aircraft are also... 27 KB (2,352 words) - 23:15, 27 January 2024 |
container ships. The 1903 advent of fixed-wing aircraft was followed in 1910 by the first flight of an aircraft from the deck of an anchored warship... 11 KB (1,240 words) - 13:56, 11 January 2024 |
Russian and Russian-separatist aircraft losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War. It includes helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and UAVs, and losses from the... 315 KB (13,193 words) - 15:48, 23 April 2024 |
MGySgt–Pvt 6211 Fixed-wing Aircraft Mechanic-Trainee – GySgt–Pvt 6212 Fixed-Wing Aircraft Mechanic, AV-8/TAV-8 – GySgt–Pvt 6213 Fixed-Wing Aircraft Mechanic... 122 KB (11,738 words) - 02:18, 12 March 2024 |
Decalage (section In other fixed-wing aircraft) Decalage on a fixed-wing aircraft is a measure of the relative incidences of wing surfaces. Various sources have defined it in multiple ways, depending... 4 KB (486 words) - 07:47, 30 August 2023 |
current fleet and the aircraft on order by the Polish Air Force. This is a detailed list of the current fleet and the aircraft on order by the Polish... 32 KB (1,003 words) - 23:18, 27 April 2024 |
Dihedral (aeronautics) (redirect from Dihedral (aircraft)) the upward angle from horizontal of the wings or tailplane of a fixed-wing aircraft. "Anhedral angle" is the name given to negative dihedral angle, that... 21 KB (2,703 words) - 15:38, 9 March 2024 |
VTOL (redirect from Vertical lift aircraft) thrust-vectoring fixed-wing aircraft and other hybrid aircraft with powered rotors such as cyclogyros/cyclocopters and gyrodynes. Some VTOL aircraft can operate... 34 KB (4,092 words) - 15:14, 12 April 2024 |
STOVL (redirect from STOVL aircraft) A short take-off and vertical landing aircraft (STOVL aircraft) is a fixed-wing aircraft that is able to take off from a short runway (or take off vertically... 7 KB (866 words) - 01:56, 25 January 2024 |
Tiltrotor (redirect from Tilt-rotor aircraft) capability of a helicopter with the speed and range of a conventional fixed-wing aircraft. For vertical flight, the rotors are angled so the plane of rotation... 23 KB (2,499 words) - 17:55, 6 April 2024 |