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The Lancaster bomber holds a special place of affection, combined with a great deal of pride, in the hearts of British and Commonwealth citizens.
Caster
Swivel or rotate slightly. The tail wheel on tail draggers may be allowed to just caster. This has the added benefit of not feeding ground input back into the rudder servo mechanism.
Cellulose Dope ...
Weather forecaster
Any person approved by the USAF or Navy Air Weather Services or by the National Weather Service to forecast aviation weather for flight planning.
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Special abbreviations and terms ...
CASTER
To swivel or rotate slightly.
CAT
Commercial Air Traffic
CAT I
Instrument Landing Category I (similar: CAT II, CAT III) ...
Caster - To swivel or rotate slightly.
Category I (CAT I) - An ILS facility providing operation down to a 200 foot decision height and an RVR of not less than 2,400 feet.
AeroVenture, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire
Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey
City of Norwich Aviation Museum. Norwich International Airport, Norfolk ...
The nosegear is nonsteerable and full castering, and to my mind, that's a perfect combination for a trainer-lightweight, yet capable of providing better ground maneuvering than any airplane with a conventional steerable nosewheel.
As an adventurous and inquisitive young boy, John Wise was drawn to the skies above his native Lancaster County. He was fascinated by aerial pursuits and began to conduct experiments.
By the usual “castering” principle, this causes a force that tends to return the wheel to its proper position (that is, the wheel exhibits positive stability).
We're nearing our next fuel stop at Landcaster, South Carolina but we encounter a wall of fog at 1,000 feet.. We're only about 5 miles away from the airport, and the layer is broken, so we get down below it and sneak into the airfield.
Weather reports and forecasts
Forecaster tries to decide what is going to happen over a given period. You must understand what is there and how it could change. It is nice to get the expected; it is wise to expect the unexpected.
NASA: Timeline - A Brief History of Rocketry
NASA: All About Water Rockets
Lancaster High School: Mr. Hayhurst's Quick and Easy Bottle Rocket
The Water Rocket Explorer: Workshop ...
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