An aircraft lavatory or plane toilet is a small unisex room on an aircraft with a toilet and sink. They are commonplace on passenger flights except some...
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Toilet (room), containing a toilet Public toilet Aircraft lavatory, the public toilet on an aircraft Latrine, a rudimentary toilet A lavatorium, the washing...
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Blue ice (aviation) (redirect from Blue ice (aircraft))
frozen sewage material that has leaked mid-flight from commercial aircraft lavatory waste systems. It is a mixture of human biowaste and liquid disinfectant...
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an aircraft's direction in flight. Aircraft engine controls are also considered flight controls as they change speed. The fundamentals of aircraft controls...
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Air Canada Flight 797 (section Aircraft)
the rear lavatory of the aircraft. The pilots heard a popping sound around 18:51 EDT, during dinner service, and discovered that the lavatory's circuit...
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An aircraft (pl.: aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static...
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distance from the aircraft to the surface, which on return to the aircraft was converted to feet shown on a gauge inside the aircraft cockpit. A radar...
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seats. The two claimed later they had already had sex twice in the aircraft lavatory before their return to the UK. Blake was sentenced to prison and Fitzgerald...
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An aircraft fairing is a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and reduce drag. These structures are covers for gaps and spaces...
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Inflight smoking (redirect from Smoking on aircraft)
cigarette thrown into a lavatory waste bin – in 1973, the US Federal Aviation Administration banned smoking in aircraft lavatories. Following a fire that...
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An aircraft canopy is the transparent enclosure over the cockpit of some types of aircraft. An aircraft canopy provides a controlled and sometimes pressurized...
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Varig Flight 820 (section Aircraft)
involved in the disappearance of a Varig 707 cargo aircraft. A possible cause of the fire was that the lavatory waste bin contents caught fire after a lit cigarette...
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the aircraft orientation relative to Earth's horizon, and gives an immediate indication of the smallest orientation change. The miniature aircraft and...
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Passenger train toilet (redirect from Passenger train lavatory)
Wheelchair-accessible toilet of Japanese Shinkansen (E6 Series) Accessible toilet Aircraft lavatory Green train corridor "Toilets Of The World - Train Toilets". Toilets...
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Transponder (aeronautics) (redirect from Transponder (aircraft))
produces a response when it receives a radio-frequency interrogation. Aircraft have transponders to assist in identifying them on air traffic control...
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Empennage (redirect from Aircraft tail)
also known as the tail or tail assembly, is a structure at the rear of an aircraft that provides stability during flight, in a way similar to the feathers...
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Aircraft dope is a plasticised lacquer that is applied to fabric-covered aircraft. It tightens and stiffens fabric stretched over airframes, which renders...
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Fuselage (redirect from Aircraft fuselage)
fuselé "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section. It holds crew, passengers, or cargo. In single-engine aircraft, it will usually contain an engine...
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000 ft or 3,000 m), only activities required for the safe operation of the aircraft may be carried out by the flight crew, and all non-essential activities...
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Aircraft systems are those required to operate an aircraft efficiently and safely. Their complexity varies with the type of aircraft. Aircraft software...
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the captain, the first officer will assume command of the aircraft. Control of the aircraft is normally shared equally between the first officer and the...
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Port and starboard are nautical terms for watercraft, aircraft and spacecraft, referring respectively to the left and right sides of the vessel, when aboard...
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Nacelle (redirect from Nacelle (aircraft))
A nacelle (/nəˈsɛl/ nə-SEL) is a streamlined container for aircraft parts such as engines, fuel or equipment. When attached entirely outside the airframe...
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when a radar signal that might be a threat is detected, like a fighter aircraft's fire control radar. The warning can then be used, manually or automatically...
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City. Bathroom sex also occurs in the lavatory of passenger airliners. People who have sex in the aircraft lavatory are said to have joined the Mile High...
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Rudder (redirect from Aircraft rudder)
pushrods, or hydraulics may link rudders to steering wheels. In typical aircraft, the rudder is operated by pedals via mechanical linkages or hydraulics...
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Longeron (redirect from Stringer (aircraft))
with aircraft fuselages and automobile chassis. Longerons are used in conjunction with stringers to form structural frameworks. In an aircraft fuselage...
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Avionics (redirect from Aircraft electronics)
portmanteau of aviation and electronics) are the electronic systems used on aircraft. Avionic systems include communications, navigation, the display and management...
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