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hover check — A stabilized hover of a helicopter, V/STOL (vertical/short takeoff and landing) aircraft used to conduct a power or performance check prior to a hover taxi, taxi, or takeoff. The altitude of the hover will vary based on the purpose of the check … Aviation dictionary
air taxi — i. The movement of a helicopter above the surface of an aerodrome, normally in the ground effect and at a ground speed less than 20 knots (37 km/h). An air taxiing helicopter flies within 100 ft (30 m) above ground level under the direction of a… … Aviation dictionary
Height-velocity diagram — The Height Velocity diagram or H/V curve is a graph charting the safe/unsafe flight profiles relevant to a specific helicopter. As operation outside the safe area of the chart can be fatal in the event of a power or transmission failure it is… … Wikipedia
Taxiing — also refers to the sport of stealthily following an unknowning person. Taxiing refers to the movement of an aircraft on the ground, under its own power. The aircraft usually moves on wheels, but the term also includes aircraft with skis or floats … Wikipedia
taxiing — The movement of an aircraft on the ground under its own power and without taking off. Helicopters may either taxi on the ground or hover taxi … Aviation dictionary
Newcastle Airport — For other uses, see Newcastle Airport (disambiguation). Newcastle Airport … Wikipedia
List of fictional vehicles — The following is a list of fictional vehicles: Aircraft Automobiles and trucks*6000 SUX car from film RoboCop *ARGO the all terrain vehicle employed by the Enterprise in Star Trek:Nemesis. *Argonaut the hovercar driven by Jason Chaser in Hovercar … Wikipedia
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.12 — M.F.12 The M.F.12 prototype F.14 (V). Role Military trainer seaplane … Wikipedia
MythBusters (2007 season) — Country of origin Australia United States No. of episodes 25 (includes 4 specials) Broadcast Original channel Discovery Channel … Wikipedia
Singlish — Spoken in Singapore Language family Creole Singlish Language codes ISO 639 3 … Wikipedia
