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headwind component
- Definição1
- The component of atmospheric winds that acts opposite to the aircraft’s flightpath.
- Fonte1
- 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.
- Definição2
- One of the three possible components of a wind, the other two being crosswind and tailwind.
- Fonte2
- CROCKER, David. Dictionary of aviation. 2nd ed. London: A&C, 2005.
- Fonte3
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 6 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: operation of aircraft. Part III: international operations: helicopters. 7th ed. Montreal, 2010.
- Contexto
- For take-off and landing, accountability for wind should be no more than 50 per cent of any reported steady headwind component of 5 knots or more.
- Subárea
- Aeronautical Meteorology
- Related Term
- tailwind
- upwind
- Français
- composante vent debout