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airplane
Definição1
Power-driven, heavier-than-air craft with fixed wings.
Fonte1
DICTIONARY of aeronautical english. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999. 249 [12] p
Definição2
An engine-driven, fixed-wing aircraft heavier than air that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of air against its wings.
Fonte2
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Pilot's handbook of aeronautical knowledge. [s.l.], 2008. Disponível em: http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/pilot_handbook/media/PHAK%20-%20Cover-Preface.pdf. Acesso em: 26 jun. 2014.
Definição3
A power-driven, heavier-than-air aircraft that derives its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces, which remain fixed under given conditions of flight. It includes gliders and rotor planes but includes VTOLs (vertical take-off and landing) and convertiplanes.
Fonte3
KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
Fonte4
ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE NORMAS TÉCNICAS. Projeto ABNT 08;020.30-009-1: aeronáutica e espaço – vocabulário – parte 1 – aeronaves. Rio de Janeiro, 2011.
Nota adicional1
Many people use the words aeroplane and aircraft synonymously. However, aeroplanes, hot-air balloons, helicopters, airships and gliders are all aircraft; the American English is airplane.
Subárea
Aircraft
Related Term
aeroplane
aircraft
Broader Term
heavier-than-air aircraft
Narrower Term
four-engine airplane
jet aeroplane
multi-engine aeroplane
piston-engine aeroplane
seaplane
single-engine airplane
subsonic aeroplane
supersonic aeroplane
three-engine airplane
turboprop airplane
twin-engine airplane
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