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airborne
- Definição1
- The condition of an aircraft when it is off the ground and supported in the air by aerodynamic or aerostatic forces.
- Fonte1
- CRANE, Dale (ed.). Dictionary of aeronautical terms. 2nd ed. Renton: ASA, 1991.
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Aircraft accident digest n.38. Montreal, 2002. (Cir. 290 AN/168).
- Fonte3
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Aircraft accident digest n.34. Montreal, 1996. (Cir. 259 AN/153).
- Contexto
- One witness who was abeam the lift-off point stated that he heard an explosion, as if a tyre had burst, just as the aircraft became airborne.
- The fact that the airplane did not encounter a windshear was further corroborated by the lack of divergence between the airplane's ground speed and indicated airspeed during the time it was airborne.
- Português
- aerotransportado