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What Do Those Triangle Stickers Above Your Airplane Seat Mean?
Next time you're on an airplane, take a moment to scan the ... when checking the moving parts of a wing, such as the flaps ...
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Small Feathers, Big Effects: Reducing Stall Speeds With Strips Of Plastic
The front flaps interact with the turbulent shear ... The concept shares similarities with leading-edge slats found on STOL aircraft and fighter jets, which help maintain control at high angles ...
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Blasting Off: Examining An Airliner's Required Climb Profile
The third segment allows for acceleration so that flaps and slats can be retracted. Many airline procedures require a climb to a higher altitude, such as 1,000 feet, before the aircraft ...
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Allied 737 carried out dozens of ‘flap 15’ landings in weeks before gear-collapse excursion
Nigerian investigators have disclosed that an Allied Air Boeing 737-400 freighter carried out 85% of its landings with a ...
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Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. Class A
flaps and slats, and wing structures. The Defense and Space segment offers fixed wing aircraft aerostructures, missiles and hypersonic, and rotorcraft aerostructure. The Aftermarket segment ...
The Stricken American Eagle CRJ700 Previously Collided With A Deer In Charlotte
In 2017 the American Eagle CRJ-900 in this weeks accident struck a deer on takeoff in 2017 but has safely carried millions of ...
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South Korea probes airport design as crash investigation turns to concrete wall
The aircraft went up in flames early Sunday morning after sliding down the runway on its belly and into the wall. The wing flaps and slats didn’t appear to be extended when the plane landed ...