Assessment of wingtip modifications to increase the fuel efficiency of Air Force aircraft.9780309104975 Assessment of wingtip modifications to increase the fuel efficiency of Air Force aircraft. Ed. by Committee on Assessment of Aircraft Winglets for Large Aircraft Fuel Efficiency. National Academies Press 2007 94 pages $29.75 Paperback TL673 In a follow-up follow-up, n the process of monitoring the progress of a patient after a period of active treatment. follow-up subsequent. follow-up plan to an earlier study examining methods to improve fuel efficiency in large US Air Force aircraft, the original committee members and some new ones consider the feasibility fea·si·ble adj. 1. Capable of being accomplished or brought about; possible: a feasible plan. See Synonyms at possible. 2. of modifying aircraft with winglets to further improve efficiency. The report reviews the underlying aerodynamics aerodynamics, study of gases in motion. As the principal application of aerodynamics is the design of aircraft, air is the gas with which the science is most concerned. and previous efforts and research, then look at technical and economic issues involving modifying several specific kinds of craft. There is no index. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. , OR) |
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