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- Definição1
- (1) A wind blowing at an angle to the course or to the runway direction. (2) In the case of an airfield circuit, it refers to a path that is 90º to the takeoff and landing direction. The one that is 90º after takeoff is called the first crosswind, and the one 90º to the landing direction is called the base leg, or final crosswind.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Definição2
- Wind blowing across rather than parallel to the direction of flight. In a traffic pattern, the crosswind leg is a flight path at right angles to the landing runway off its upwind end.
- Fonte2
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Aircraft flying handbook. Washington, 2004. Disponível em: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/FAA-H-8083 -5.pdf. Acesso em: 09 maio 2012.
- Spanish
- viento cruzado
- Imagem
Señal de carretera de peligro por viento cruzado.
Fonte: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zeichen_117-10.svg?uselang=es
