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    Aircraft Controls / by Chavarria, Margy, author 646455

    Published 2012
    “…Here, we describe the control surfaces used on a fixed wing aircraft of conventional design. Other fixed wing aircraft configurations may use different control surfaces but the basic principles remain. …”
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    All About Helicopters (Types, Components and Equipments) / by Riddell, Carissa, author 646404

    Published 2012
    “…These attributes allow helicopters to be used in congested or isolated areas where fixed-wing aircraft would not be able to take off or land. …”
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    Types of Civil Aircrafts / by Babb, Rae, author 646442

    Published 2012
    “…After more effective insecticides and fungicides were developed in the 1940s, and aerial topdressing was developed by government research in New Zealand, purpose-built agricultural fixed-wing aircraft became common.…”
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    Canard Aeronautics & Aircrafts / by Rosen, Roselle, author 646415

    Published 2012
    “…In aeronautics , canard ( French for duck ) is an airframe configuration of fixed-wing aircraft in which the forward surface is smaller than the rearward, the former being known as the "canard", while the latter is the main wing. …”
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    Types of Aircraft Takeoff and Landing Phases / by Burdick, Dominic

    Published 2012
    “…For balloons, helicopters and some specialized fixed-wing aircraft (VTOL aircraft such as the Harrier), no runway is needed. …”
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    General Aviation Activities / by Rounds, Whitney, author 648237

    Published 2012
    “…Platforms for aerial photography include fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, balloons, blimps and Dirigibles, rockets, kites, poles, parachutes, vehicle mounted poles. …”
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    Development of flight dynamics analysis computer program / by 383516 Ya, Chee Yeong

    Published 1993
    “…This is an attempt to develop a computer program for analysing the flight dynamics to meet the need in the analysis of stability and control for a fixed wing aircraft. The purpose of this project is to develop a program for the use of students, lecturers and those who are into the designing oa an aircraft. …”
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    Aircraft Flight Dynamics by Hopkins, Todd, author 646384

    Published 2012
    “…The roll angle is also known as bank angle on a fixed wing aircraft, which usually "banks" to change the horizontal direction of flight.…”
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    Know All About Airliners / by Shearer, Garret, authour 646500

    Published 2012
    “…An airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft for transporting passengers and cargo. …”
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    Encyclopedia of Military Aircrafts / by Valadez, Arnoldo, author 646445

    Published 2012
    “…A military aircraft is any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary armed service of any type. …”
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    Encyclopedia of Airships / by Baum, Neida, author 646437

    Published 2012
    “…Unlike aerodynamic aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, which produce lift by moving a wing through the air, aerostatic aircraft, such as airships and a balloons, stay aloft by filling a large cavity with a lifting gas. …”
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    Handbook of Aircraft Wing Configurations / by Bergeron, Sherrie, author 646395

    Published 2012
    “…This chapter summarizes the wing configurations of fixed-wing aircraft, popularly called aeroplanes, airplanes or just planes. …”
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    Electric and Mixed-Power Aircrafts / by Oates, Lashunda, author 646432

    Published 2012
    “…The motor following year, Charles Renard and Arthur Krebs flew La France with a more powerful ground or the ionosphere Nikolai Tesla envisaged using electrically powered aircraft, powered by beams from the with a challenged claim from 1909 Electric motors have been used for model fixed-wing aircraft since at least 1957, In 1964 William C Brown demonstrates on CBS News with Walter Cronkite a model helicopter that receives all of the power needed for flight from a microwave beam. …”
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    Encyclopedia of Seaplanes and Flying Boats / by Clanton, Miah, author 648229

    Published 2012
    “…Grumman G-111 Albatross amphibious flying boar of Chalks International Airlines landing in Miami Harbor in March 1987. A sea plane is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water. …”
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    Advanced Aircraft Components / by Grissom, Colten, author 646454

    Published 2012
    “…Ailerons are hinged control surfaces attached to the trailing edge of the wing of a fixed wing aircraft. The ailerons are used to control the aircraft in roll. …”
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