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canopy
- Definição1
- (1) The transparent cover over the cockpit of an airplane fixed, hinged, or sliding and sometimes jettisonable by power. It also protects the occupants form airstream. In pressurized aircraft, a canopy help hold and maintain cockpit pressure. (2) The umbrella-like fabric body of a parachute, which provides high air-drag when deployed. It is usually made of nylon and supports the parachutists or load during the descent. It is the main deployable body of a parachute.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Subárea1
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- Imagem
The raised canopy of an RAF Typhoon F2.
Fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Typhoon_f2_zj910_canard_arp.jpg
