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airplane
- Sinônimos
- aeroplane
- 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.
- 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.
- Related Term
- 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
- Português
- avião