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- Definição1
- Any wind blowing on the aircraft from behind if the aircraft is on the ground, or any wind that produces a ground speed higher than the true air speed while in the air.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Fonte2
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Helicopter flying handbook (FAA-H8083-21A). Washington, DC: FAA, 2012.
- Contexto
- If you have a direct headwind or tailwind on the upwind and downwind leg, drift should not be encoun-tered. However, it may be difficult to find a situation where the wind is blowing exactly parallel to the field boundaries.
- Subárea1
- Aeronautical Meteorology Air Navigation
- Related Term
- crosswind
- crosswind component
- headwind component
- tailwind component
- Português
- vento de cauda
