What is lift?

What is lift?

Lift is the component of the total aerodynamic force perpendicular to the relative airflow.

Lift is generated when a streamlined body, such as an aerofoil, is placed in a flow of air.

What is an anti-servo tab?

What is an anti-servo tab?

An anti-servo tab works in the opposite way to a servo tab.

It deploys in the same direction as the control surface, making the movement of the control surface more difficult and requires more force applied to the controls by the pilot.

What is radiation fog?

What is radiation fog?

Radiation fog forms on cloudless nights with only very light winds and high relative humidity when the cold ground cools the air above it to its dew point causing condensation (fog).

Usually occurs inland in valleys and low lying areas (as these areas tend to have more moisture) and usually occurs in a high pressure system.

What effect does a wet runway have on V1?

What effect does a wet runway have on V1?

V1 is lower when the runway is wet than when the runway is dry, because of the longer ASDR on a wet runway.

Are swept wings effective?

Are swept wings effective?

Swept wings are designed to be the most effective at high speeds. At low speeds, a swept wing produces less lift than its straight counterpart.

What is anhedral?

What is anhedral?

Downward inclination of a wing from the root to the tip.

Are jet streams there all year round?

Are jet streams there all year round?

Yes.

There are permanent jet streams in the...

What is convergency?

What is convergency?

Meridians converge from their maximum distance apart (at the equator) to the poles where they meet.

Great circles are the shortest distance between two points and convergency represents the change in direction experienced between those points.

Why does a swept wing increase Mcrit?

Why does a swept wing increase Mcrit?

A swept wing makes the velocity vector normal to the leading edge a shorter distance than the chordwise resultant.

What are the advantages of operating a one aircraft type fleet, why don’t we use an A320 / B737 mixed fleet?

What are the advantages of operating a one aircraft type fleet, why don’t we use an A320 / B737 mixed fleet?

The FMA indicates what system is controlling the aircraft and what mode is operational.

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