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  2. Air brake (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    Flight spoilers operating as speed brakes on Airbus A320 Air brakes on the rear fuselage of a Eurowings BAe 146-300 Convair F-106 Delta Dart air brake deployed A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon showing its split speed brakes inboard of the stabilators or "tailerons" An F-15 landing with its large dorsal air brake panel deployed Extended DFS type air brakes on a Slingsby Capstan

  3. All Gas No Brakes - Wikipedia

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    All Gas No Brakes is an American YouTube channel originally created and previously hosted by independent journalist Andrew Callaghan, based on the book of the same name [a] by Callaghan. The channel has 1.7 million subscribers and over 71 million views as of March 2021 [update] .

  4. Steve Wallis - Wikipedia

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    Wallis is the proprietor of a heating company. Upon first becoming acquainted with YouTube, he assumed that the platform was a forum for posting viral joke videos. After posting a video of himself camping in -32°C weather, and seeing the enthusiastic response it garnered in the comments section, he decided to focus on creating more of this type of content. [2]

  5. Air brake (road vehicle) - Wikipedia

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    Truck air-actuated disc brake. An air brake or, more formally, a compressed-air-brake system, is a type of friction brake for vehicles in which compressed air pressing on a piston is used to both release the parking/emergency brakes in order to move the vehicle, and also to apply pressure to the brake pads or brake shoes to slow and stop the vehicle.

  6. Grumman A-6 Intruder - Wikipedia

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    Early production aircraft were fitted with both the fuselage and wingtip air brakes, although the fuselage-mounted ones were soon disabled, and were removed from later aircraft. [10] The trailing edge of each wing-tip split to form a much more effective speed-brake which projected above and below the wing when extended.

  7. Spoiler (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    Spoiler controls can be used for roll control (outboard or mid-span spoilers) or descent control (inboard spoilers). Some aircraft use spoilers in combination with or in lieu of ailerons for roll control, primarily to reduce adverse yaw when rudder input is limited by higher speeds.

  8. Autobrake - Wikipedia

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    An autobrake is a type of automatic wheel-based hydraulic brake system for advanced airplanes. [1] The autobrake is normally enabled during takeoff and landing procedures, when the aircraft's longitudinal deceleration system can be handled by the automated systems of the aircraft itself in order to keep the pilot free to perform other tasks.

  9. Ten Speed - Wikipedia

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    Ten Speed may refer to: . 10 Speed, album by Canadian band Mystery Machine (band); Road bicycle—10-speed is a 1970s American term describing road racing bicycles (using a derailleur) with 10 total gearing combinations, or speeds.