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- Definição1
- A metallic or other hard covering over an installed engine that is either hinged or otherwise removable. It helps to minimize drag and cools the engine.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Circular 24: aircraft accident digest n.2. Montreal, 1952. (Cir. 24-AN/21)
- Contexto
- Examination of the left engine ad propeller disclosed that the propeller was in the full feathered position, and that the entire engine cowling and No. 9 cylinder had separated and fallen from the engine during flight approximately 3,200 feet from the point of take-off.
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