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| cockpit |
an enclosed area from which the pilot and crew control an airplane. [1/3 definitions] |
| come down |
of an airplane or other aircraft, to crash or make an emergency landing. [1/9 definitions] |
| convertiplane |
an airplane that can fly forward with speed and take off and land vertically like a helicopter. |
| copilot |
one who is second in command to the pilot of an airplane. |
| craft |
a boat, ship, airplane, or space vehicle, or any group of these collectively. [1/7 definitions] |
| crash-land |
to land (an airplane) in an emergency, usu. causing damage to the plane. [1/2 definitions] |
| crew |
the personnel working aboard a ship or an airplane. [1/3 definitions] |
| crop-dusting |
the spraying of crops with pesticides from a low-flying airplane. |
| crosswind |
a wind blowing at an angle across the path of an airplane, ship, or the like. |
| dead reckoning |
the calculation of the position of a ship or airplane on the basis of speed, distance, wind speed, and currents, rather than on more accurate astronomical observations. |
| deplane |
to get off an airplane. |
| ditch |
a crash landing by an airplane on water. [1/7 definitions] |
| dive |
to cause to plunge or descend rapidly, as a submarine or airplane. [1/12 definitions] |
| dope |
any of various products resembling varnish, used to waterproof and reinforce fabric or paper, as on balloons or model airplane wings. [1/7 definitions] |
| Dramamine |
trademark for a drug, dimenhydrinate, used to control nausea caused by the motion of a car, airplane, ship, or the like. |
| drogue |
a parachute used to slow down a spacecraft or airplane. [1/2 definitions] |
| fanjet |
an airplane equipped with such an engine; turbojet. [1/2 definitions] |
| fare |
the price paid to ride on commercial transportation, such as a bus, train, or airplane, or a passenger paying such a charge. [1/5 definitions] |
| feather |
to turn the chords of an airplane propeller's blades parallel to the line of flight. [1/12 definitions] |
| flier |
something or someone that flies, esp. a pilot or airplane passenger. [1/4 definitions] |
| flight1 |
the time or distance covered by an airplane or other flying object. [1/6 definitions] |
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