单词 | pressure-pattern flying |
释义 | > as lemmaspressure-pattern flying pressure-pattern flying n. Aeronautics the use of flight paths which enable aircraft to take advantage of the air currents associated with pressure patterns to economize on fuel or time. ΚΠ 1946 Sci. News Let. 2 Nov. 278/2 A new technique, ‘pressure pattern flying’, is now available to air pilots on the Atlantic route from Europe. 1962 G. D. P. Worthington Flight Planning iv. 53 The study of pressure pattern flying and the increasing knowledge being obtained of jet streams has made it apparent that the shortest route is not always the quickest or most economical. 2000 Kansas City (Missouri) Star (Nexis) 20 July b4 Jim was a member of the American Meteorological Society and was one of the developers of pressure pattern flying over the North Atlantic. < as lemmas |
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