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VARIOMETER - A panel instrument, often as simple as a tiny ball in a vertical tube, indicating subtle OITCH movements of an aircraft.
VENTRAL FIN - A fin/rudder extension on the bottom of a fuselage. Opposite of DORSAL FIN.
VARIOMETER - (also known as a vario, rate of climb and descent indicator [RCDI], rate of climb indicator, vertical speed indicator [VSI], or vertical velocity indicator [VVI]) is one of the flight instruments in an aircraft (mostly used in ...
[edit] Variometer
Vario-altimeter
Birds are highly sensitive to atmospheric pressure, and can tell when they are in rising or sinking air.
variometer, 1.2.4
vector, 14.2.4, 19.1, 19.9.2
vector (from ATC), 14.7.5, 15.1.1
vector: definition, 14.2.4
vector: multiplication, 4.4, 19.2
vector: slide rule (E6-B), 4, 14.8
velocity, 14.2.4, 19.1
velocity: airflow near wing , 3.1 ...
6. Instruments:
Front only - ASI, Altimeter, Variometer, Bank Indicator.
SCHWEIZER 2-33 GLIDER ...
You must monitor your airspeed, altitude, attitude, variometer (an instrument used to measure the rate of climb), other air traffic and weather conditions-being constantly aware of ‘lift' (thermals, or rising air) and ‘ ...
 See also: Plane, Flight, Pilot, Altimeter, Climb
  
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