air braking

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• air braking — aerodinaminis stabdymas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. aerodynamic braking; air braking; drag braking vok. aerodynamische Bremsung, f rus. аэродинамическое торможение, n; воздушное торможение, n pranc. freinage aérodynamique, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• Air brake (road vehicle) — Air brakes are used in trucks, buses, trailers, and semi trailers. George Westinghouse first developed air brakes for use in railway service. A safer air brake was patented by him on March 5, 1872. Originally constructed for use on trains, and… …   Wikipedia

• Air France Flight 358 — The wreckage of Flight 358 Runway overrun summary Date …   Wikipedia

• air brake — 1. a brake or system of brakes operated by compressed air. 2. Aeron. a device for reducing the air speed of an aircraft by increasing its drag. 3. a device for stopping the sails of a windmill by disrupting the flow of air around them. [1870 75,… …   Universalium

• braking action advisories — When tower controllers have received runway braking action reports that include the terms poor or nil, or whenever weather conditions are conducive to deteriorating or rapidly changing runway braking conditions, the tower will include on the ATIS …   Aviation dictionary

• Air France Flight 007 — This article is about the 1962 Air France crash. For the 1980 LOT Polish Airlines accident with the same flight number, see LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007. For the 1983 Korean Airlines incident, see Korean Air Lines Flight 007. Coordinates:… …   Wikipedia

• Air bag — A bag that fills with air, designed for frontal impact crashes, the kind of crashes which account for more than half of all passenger vehicle occupant deaths. Air bags are designed to limit head and chest injuries. But they only supplement safety …   Medical dictionary

• Air Canada Flight 189 — Infobox Airliner accident|name=Air Canada Flight 189 Date=June 26 1978 Type=Mechanical failure Pilot error Origin=Toronto International Airport Destination=Winnipeg International Airport Site=Toronto, Canada Fatalities= 2 Injuries= Aircraft Type …   Wikipedia

• Air brake (aircraft) — In aeronautics, air brakes are a type of flight control used on aircraft to reduce speed during landing.Air brakes differ from spoilers in that air brakes are designed to increase drag while making little change to lift, whereas spoilers greatly… …   Wikipedia

• Air tank — There are several types of air tank: * diving cylinder used by scuba divers to hold air and other breathing gases at high pressure underwater * pneumatic pressure vessel for storing compressed air to operate pneumatic equipment such as braking… …   Wikipedia

• air brake — A system of braking which is usually found on large truck in which compressed air pushes against a brake piston or diaphragm in order to apply the brakes to stop or slow the vehicle …   Dictionary of automotive terms