Cruise Speed
This is the normal operation speed of an airplane. It's the speed at which exceeding the limit load factor may cause permanent deformation of the aircraft structure.
CRUISE AND CLIMB PERFORMANCE
INTRODUCTION :
The static performance characteristics of airplane are uniquely determined if the curves of power required and power available against speed are known; ...
Cruise- Any level flight segment after arrival at initial cruise altitude until the start of descent to the destination. Cruise is a sub phase of the en route phase of flight.
Cruise climbs
Cruise or normal climb speed is higher than the best rate / angle of climbs speeds as this is a trade off between speed and rate of climb. In small piston powered aircraft climbing is normally done at maximum power.
09/02 - Forced Landing During Cruise Flight
By Steve Krog
Everything is operating smoothly while on a cross-country pleasure flight.
But its roomy (46 inches wide), comfortable cabin and good, solid cruise speed (114 knots at 75%) mean you also can visit your aging hippie Aunt Skyflower up in the hill country. And the view en route? Fabulous.
Cruise missiles
Ballistic missiles
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cruise performance charts
Performance figures for cruise at gross weights are also given in most Airplane Flight Manuals.
Cruise
Once a plane is in the air, it continues to climb until it reaches its cruising altitude, which is determined by the pilot and must be approved by Air Traffic Control.
CRUISE SPEED The normal speed attained at altitude once the aircraft is no longer climbing and is en route.
DEADHEAD To fly the return leg of a trip without cargo or passengers.
Cruise Lines International Association, located in New York City, NY
Coach
The " economy " section of an aircraft, which may have literally scores of different fares for the same flight ...
Cruise performance is what one should expect from a 160-hp four-seat trainer: about 2 miles a minute. On our flight out of Vero Beach in Piper's Warrior III demonstrator, N9249J, we leveled off at 3,500 feet and set the power at 75 percent.
CRUISE- Used in an ATC clearance to authorize a pilot to conduct flight at any altitude from the minimum IFR altitude up to and including the altitude specified in the clearance.
At cruise, the power requirement is dominated by parasitic power. Since this goes as the speed cubed an increase in engine size gives one a faster rate of climb but does little to improve the cruise speed of the plane.
For cruise speed comparison you need the power setting (75% or 65%); if not available use the full throttle speed which is practical as measured below 3,000 ft.: The available power has about the same correction as the speed below this altitude.
Since the cruise speed depends mainly on power and parasite drag, it hardly depends on angle of attack. That means it does not decrease as the weight is decreased; the situation is depicted in figure 7.13 in section 7.5.8.
For maximum cruise speed (122-133 knots depending on altitude), I pick up (retract) the gear, trim an additional 4 X 2qd, and reset power to something between 1750-1950 rpm.
Aegis cruisers-USN), SAM sites and fighter aircraft
IAS - Indicated Air Speed
IFF - Identification Friend or Foe - a transponder fitted to all aircraft that allows it to be identified and tracked by ATC and friendly forces ...
In take-off and landing configurations we want maximum lift, and in cruise we want minimum drag.
Some aircraft, like airliners and cargo planes, spend most of their life in a cruise condition. For these airplanes, excess thrust is not as important as high engine efficiency and low fuel usage.
The upper section of the curve assumes the helicopter is in cruise flight, and the test pilots wait 2 seconds after disengaging the engine before they attempt to autorotate.
Autogiro
Wallis Autogiro Cruises
An autogiro is a small, quiet, reliable, rotary-winged aircraft. This Wallis autogiro cruises at about 160 km/h (100 mph), weighs about 227 kg (500 lb), and has a range of about 320 km (200 mi).
Their job is to keep track of aircraft while they are en route or during the high-altitude cruise phase of their flights.
Taking an airplane from being airborne and level at its cruise altitude to being tied back down at a parking spot involves five basic steps: descent, approach, landing, go-around (an aborted landing), and taxi.
cruise type conditions, the large volume of fuel delivered to the carburetor or rails is unused and returned.
Denied-Boarding Compensation: Payment given passengers who have been bumped from a flight, cruise, or land-tour. Compensation may be in the form of a free trip, money, or accommodations.
Deponent: The person who testifies at a deposition.
Friendly ground attack cruise missile (e.g. TLAM, CALCM).
GROUP
Radar targets within approximately 3 NM of each other.
Category: A specifically defined division in a classification system (class). Can apply to cruise ship cabins, rail accommodations or airline seating configurations.
City Code: A three-letter designation given to airport cities.
Airport codes
Airline codes
Q&A: General - Princess Fly/Cruise, Gatwick to Barbados
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Certification requirement that allows extended range operations for those flights conducted over a route that contain a point further than one hour flying time at the approved one-engine inoperative cruise speed (under standard conditions in still ...
Cruising Speed. The normal operating speed of an aeroplane. This may vary widely according to circumstances. An aeroplane normally cruises at about 85 percent of its top speed at any particular height.
VARIABLE-PITCH PROPELLER - Usually a propeller in which the blades can be set to two positions a fine-pitch setting for take-off and landing, and a coarse-pitch setting for economic cruise performance.
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 See also: Flight, Power, Direct, Aircraft, Speed
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