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The term chord is also applied to the width of wing flaps, ailerons and rudder on an aircraft. Many wings are not rectangular, so they have different chords at different positions. Usually, the chord length is greatest where the wing joins the aircraft's fuselage (called the root chord) and decreases along the wing toward the wing's tip (the ...
Location of Bawean. The incident began at 11:38 UTC+7:00 on 3 July 2003 when military-civilian radar at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali detected suspicious movement of several aircraft northwest of Bawean Island, with the altitude observed to be between 15,000 ft (4,600 m) to 35,000 ft (11,000 m) and speed of 450 kn (830 km/h).
The AW139 has a five-blade main rotor and retractable undercarriage. In 2011, a military-configured variant, the AW139M, was revealed by AgustaWestland. It was promoted at the US market, including for the U.S. Air Force's Common Vertical Lift Support Program.