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  2. High-lift device - Wikipedia

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    In aircraft design and aerospace engineering, a high-lift device is a component or mechanism on an aircraft's wing that increases the amount of lift produced by the wing. The device may be a fixed component, or a movable mechanism which is deployed when required. Common movable high-lift devices include wing flaps and slats.

  3. Aircraft flight mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft flight mechanics are relevant to fixed wing (gliders, aeroplanes) and rotary wing (helicopters) aircraft. An aeroplane ( airplane in US usage), is defined in ICAO Document 9110 as, "a power-driven heavier than air aircraft, deriving its lift chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surface which remain fixed under given conditions of flight".

  4. Aviation support equipment technician - Wikipedia

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    Aviation support equipment technicians perform preventive and corrective maintenance on aviation support equipment, aviation mobile firefighting units, material handling equipment, hoisting and lifting devices, and associated components and systems; service, inspect, test, troubleshoot, and repair gasoline and diesel engine systems, transmission systems, hydraulic, hydrostatic, and pneumatic ...

  5. HH-47 CSAR-X prototype - Wikipedia

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    The HH-47 was equipped with forward-looking infrared pods, terrain avoidance radar, a rescue hoist and was capable of in-flight refueling.The aircraft used a special anti-corrosion layer and heavier armor for its fuselage. [9]

  6. Helicopter - Wikipedia

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    Zaschka's aircraft, the first helicopter, which ever worked so successfully in miniature, not only rises and descends vertically, but is able to remain stationary at any height. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] In 1928, Hungarian aviation engineer Oszkár Asbóth constructed a helicopter prototype that took off and landed at least 182 times, with a maximum single ...

  7. Lift (force) - Wikipedia

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    However, when an aircraft is climbing, descending, or banking in a turn the lift is tilted with respect to the vertical. [3] Lift may also act as downforce on the wing of a fixed-wing aircraft at the top of an aerobatic loop, and on the horizontal stabiliser of an aircraft. Lift may also be largely horizontal, for instance on a sailing ship.

  8. Ground support equipment - Wikipedia

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    Many aircraft require 28 V of direct current and 115 V 400 Hz of alternating current. The electric energy is carried from a generator to a connection on the aircraft via 3 phase 4-wire insulated cable capable of handling 261 amps (90 kVA). These connectors are standard for all aircraft, as defined in ISO 6858. [3]

  9. Boeing CH-47 Chinook - Wikipedia

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    The CH-47B could be equipped with a hoist and cargo hook. The Chinook proved especially valuable in "Pipe Smoke" aircraft recovery missions. The "Hook" recovered about 12,000 aircraft valued at over $3.6 billion during the war; 108 were built.