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bank
- Definição1
- (1) The angle formed by the wings of an aircraft relative to the horizon. (2) The attitude of an aircraft when its lateral axis is inclined with respect to the horizon; the position normally assumed by aircraft when making a turn.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Aircraft accident digest n.38. Montreal, 2002. (Cir. 290 AN/168).
- Contexto
- Since the aircraft was turning a t a n average rate of about 3 degrees per second during the period when GPWS warning was 'ON', corresponding 30-degree aircraft bank was maintained during the simulator flight.
- Subárea
- Piloting
- Related Term
- bank angle
- Spanish
- inclinación lateral