Everyday English The Coriolis illusion occurs when the head is tilted during a long coordinated turn. The fluid in the inner ear canal has had time to get up to a speed and a turning forces, so a sudden tilt of the head gives you a sense of yaw and pitch at the same …
Everyday English Dynamic hydroplaning occurs when there is an excessive amount of water on the surface of the runway. It is a phenomenon resulting from the inability of the wheels to drain the water between the tire and the ground quickly enough. This results in forming water wedge beneath the tire and causes the …
Everyday English Hypoxia is by definition a lack of sufficient oxygen in the blood. Symptoms are hard to identify mainly because the first organ affected is the brain, this causes bad judgment over the overall situation. Another challenging factor is the fact, that hypoxia occurs gradually, this means you might just fall into …
Everyday English Microburst is a type of wind shear that mostly arises during strong thunderstorms but is actually very rare to observe. Falling moisture (rain) together drags a large amount of air towards the ground and creates downdraft. The presence of microbursts is hard to identify, the only clue is the large amount …
Everyday English Lateral stability is the quality that makes an aircraft stable about its longitudinal axis. Positive lateral stability helps to stabilize the lateral or “rolling effect” when one wing gets lower than the wing on the opposite side of the aircraft. Příčná stabilita je vlastnost, díky které je letadlo stabilní kolem své podélné …
Everyday English Longitudinal stability is the quality that makes an aircraft stable about its lateral axis. It involves the pitching motion as the aircraft’s nose moves up and down in flight. A longitudinally unstable aircraft has a tendency to dive or climb progressively into a very steep dive or climb, or even into a …
Everyday English A false horizon is an illusion caused by flying over a banked cloud, night flying over featureless terrain with ground lights that are indistinguishable from the dark sky with stars. Or during a night flies over a featureless terrain with a clearly defined pattern of ground lights and starless sky. The …