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- Definição1
- (1) To cast or discard fuel or any external store from an aircraft in flight. (2) The selective release of armament stores from an aircraft other than in a normal attack. This may be done to lighten the aircraft in an emergency or to get rid of a hung-up store.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Português
- alijar
- Imagem
Fuel dumping, one of the forms of jettison, from a A340.
Fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FuelDumpA340-600.JPG
