flight, history of — ▪ aviation Introduction development of heavier than air flying machines. Important landmarks and events along the way to the invention of the airplane include an understanding of the dynamic reaction of lifting surfaces (or wings), building… … Universalium
Flight dynamics — is the science of air and space vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions. The three critical flight dynamics parameters are the angles of rotation in three dimensions about the vehicle s center of mass, known as pitch , roll and yaw… … Wikipedia
Flight — is the process by which an object achieves sustained movement either through the air (or movement beyond earth s atmosphere, in the case of spaceflight) by aerodynamically generating lift, propulsive thrust or aerostatically using… … Wikipedia
Flight planning — A Tarom Boeing 737 300 and United Airlines Boeing 777 200 taxiing to depart London Heathrow Airport. Flight planning is the process of producing a flight plan to describe a proposed aircraft flight. It involves two … Wikipedia
History of Microsoft Flight Simulator — Microsoft Flight Simulator began as a set of articles on computer graphics, written by Bruce Artwick throughout 1976, about flight simulation using 3 D graphics. When the editor of the magazine told Artwick that subscribers were interested in… … Wikipedia
X-15 Flight 90 — CrewNumber in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission. *Joseph A. Walker (1)Mission parameters*Mass: 15,195 kg fueled; 6,577 kg burnout; 6,260 kg landed *Maximum Altitude: 106.01 km… … Wikipedia
Air France Flight 447 — F GZCP, the aircraft involved in the accident Accident summary Date 1 June 2009 … Wikipedia
Avianca Flight 52 — An Avianca Boeing 707 similar to the one involved in the accident Accident summary Date … Wikipedia
Helios Airways Flight 522 — Artist s depiction of 5B DBY being met by two F 16s of the Hellenic Air Force at 34000 ft Accident summary Date … Wikipedia
White flight — is a term for the demographic trend in which working and middle class white people move away from suburbs or urban neighborhoods that are becoming racially desegregated to white suburbs and exurbs. [David J. Armor.… … Wikipedia
Free flight (air traffic control) — Free flight is a developing air traffic control method that uses no centralized control (e.g. air traffic controllers). Instead, parts of airspace are reserved dynamically and automatically in a distributed way using computer communication to… … Wikipedia