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  2. Aircraft principal axes - Wikipedia

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    The position of all three axes, with the right-hand rule for describing the angle of its rotations. An aircraft in flight is free to rotate in three dimensions: yaw, nose left or right about an axis running up and down; pitch, nose up or down about an axis running from wing to wing; and roll, rotation about an axis running from nose to tail.

  3. Dutch roll - Wikipedia

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    Dutch roll is an aircraft motion consisting of an out-of-phase combination of "tail-wagging" (yaw) and rocking from side to side (roll). This yaw -roll coupling is one of the basic flight dynamic modes (others include phugoid , short period , and spiral divergence ).

  4. Aircraft flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    The three axes of rotation in an aircraft. Flight dynamics is the science of air 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 gravity (cg), known as pitch, roll and yaw.

  5. Basic fighter maneuvers - Wikipedia

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    Basic fighter maneuvers (BFM) are actions that a fighter aircraft makes during air combat maneuvering, historically known as dogfighting.The development of BFM began with the first fighter aircraft, during World War I, then continued with each following war, adapting to the changing weapons and technologies.

  6. Night vision, new helicopters are pushing the frontiers of ...

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    Cal Fire’s newest addition to its helicopter fleet is the Fire Hawk — a Sikorsky S70i Black Hawk retrofitted to drop water or fire retardant, as well as conduct hoist rescue and night operations.

  7. In-flight fire - Wikipedia

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    The aftermath of the fire onboard Air Canada Flight 797. In aviation, an in-flight fire is a type of aviation accident where an aircraft catches on fire in-flight. They are considered one of the most dangerous hazards in aviation, with a report from the British Civil Aviation Authority showing that after a fire on an aircraft starts, flight crews only have on average 17 minutes to land their ...

  8. Osprey aircraft catches fire on Fairchild AFB flight line - AOL

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    Sep. 18—An Osprey aircraft caught fire Wednesday on the flight line at Fairchild Air Force Base, according to military officials. "An MV-22B Osprey assigned to a visiting detachment from 3rd ...

  9. Palisades fire: Worst is 'yet to come' as winds gain speed ...

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    The fire remained 0% contained at 11 p.m. Tuesday as "extreme fire behavior" continued to challenge firefighters, according to the L.A. County Fire Department. Wind gusts up to 60 mph were ...