A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight.
1 The supporting surfaces, consisting of the main plane, or aerofoil , behind, and the elevator in front.
2 Aeroplane-A power-driven aerofoil with stabilizing and controlling surfaces.
3 Loading-Theweight carried by an aerofoil .
4 We now know better; over about 15 thou' you are subject to icing, and your aerofoil and consequently your lift go.
5 Mountain Equipment Aerofoil Jacket The Mountain Equipment Aerofoil Jacket.
6 Aerofoil . - The advancing transverse section of an aeroplane.
7 The Mountain Equipment Aerofoil Jacket.
8 The upper component, with its tiny cabin, its folded aerofoils and flaps, weighed just under twenty tons when fully fuelled.
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