Aircraft Definitions
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Aircraft Definitions
Definitions of an Aircraft/Aeroplane
Australian
A machine or apparatus that relies on the reaction of air for boyancy.
USA
Any machine supported for flight in the air by boyancy or by the dynamic action of air on its surfaces especially powered airplanes, gliders and helicopters.
UK and Others ?
Now what generic name should we give to the hybrid machine that is both an aircraft and a space vehicle such as the Shuttle? Shuttle only defines its task and is clearly unsatisfactory.
Any improvements on "Aerospacer"?
Australian
A machine or apparatus that relies on the reaction of air for boyancy.
USA
Any machine supported for flight in the air by boyancy or by the dynamic action of air on its surfaces especially powered airplanes, gliders and helicopters.
UK and Others ?
Now what generic name should we give to the hybrid machine that is both an aircraft and a space vehicle such as the Shuttle? Shuttle only defines its task and is clearly unsatisfactory.
Any improvements on "Aerospacer"?
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Definitions of an Aircraft/Aeroplane
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This may be NEWS to you, but I heard a RUMOUR that an aircraft was just about anything that flew (Airship, hot-air balloon, helicopter etc) but an aeroplane had to have wings.
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NZ CAA Rule Part 1:
Aeroplane means a power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain
fixed under given conditions of flight
Aircraft means any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air otherwise than by the reactions of the air against
the surface of the earth
Heavier-than-air aircraft means any aircraft deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic forces
Seems the space shuttle is an Heavier-than-air aircraft (at least on the way down)??
Aeroplane means a power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain
fixed under given conditions of flight
Aircraft means any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air otherwise than by the reactions of the air against
the surface of the earth
Heavier-than-air aircraft means any aircraft deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic forces
Seems the space shuttle is an Heavier-than-air aircraft (at least on the way down)??
