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Byrd, Commander , 22 Drag, (Cont.):
Bypass ratio, 141 parasitic, 41
total, 41
C-130 Hercules, 74 Drag cone, 222
Camber, 3–4, 58 Drag polar, 211
Canard, 78–80 Dutch roll, 52, 110
Cantilever, 75
Ceiling, 184–189 Effective Mach number, 161
absolute, 184 Efficiency, 44
combat, 185 engine, 122
service, 185 lift, 42
Cessna 172, 16, 33, 67, 93–94, 180, propulsion, 121–122
183, 199, 224 Eiffel, Gustave, 220
Center of gravity, 6, 99 Elevators, 1, 104
Chord, 3 Elliptic wings, 69–70
Circulation, 17, 48 Empennage, 1
Climb, 180–184, 189–190, 227 Equivalent weight system, 224
best angle, 182
best rate, 182 F-22, 95, 145, 200
cruise climb, 189–190 F-104 Star Fighter, 59, 73
excess power, 181–183 F-117 Stealth Fighter, 196
excess thrust, 181–183 Flaps, 3, 88
stepped-altitude climb, 191 Fowler, 89
Coanda effect, 21, 47, 93 hinged, 88
Coleman, Bessie, 89 multislotted, 90
Compressible air, 152 slotted, 89
Compressor (see Turbine engines) split, 88
Compressor stall, 134 Flight instrument calibration, 221
Concorde, 28, 108, 139, 153, 168 Flight testing, 220–227
Critical angle, 31 Flow visualization, 213–215
Critical Mach number, 158 Fly-by-wire, 66, 113, 114
Curtiss, Glen, 97, 208 Fokker D-VII, 59
Force and moment balance, 210
Da Vinci, Leonardo, 212 Forces on airplane, 8
de Gusmao, Bartolmeu Lourenco, 205 Ford, Henry, 143
Doolittle, Jimmy, 36, 113 Ford Tri-Motor, 173
Douglas: Free-stream velocity, 25
DC-2, 190 Fuel consumption, 186–191
DC-3, 36, 74, 81, 128 maximum endurance, 187
DC-8, 67 maximum range, 189
DC-10, 114 Fuselage, 1
Differential pressure gauge, 11 Fuselage waist, 163
Dihedral, 71–73
Downwash, 21, 26, 29 Glide, 175
Drag, 41 longest distance, 175
form, 58, 84 maximum time in air, 175
induced, 41, 192 Glide ratio, 43, 176
