UNIQUE WORDS game to increase our vocabulary - alphabetical order

Yuzuaecha

lug 8, 2020 10:34

Wend - Go slowly or by an indirect route

goodtrip

lug 8, 2020 12:11

xiphoid: shaped like a sword

Yuzuaecha

lug 8, 2020 03:32

ZAWSTER-An old 18th century word for a seamstress or dressmaker.

Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

lug 8, 2020 06:04

Annual Inspection – A required aircraft inspection every 12 calendar months

Yuzuaecha

lug 8, 2020 06:09

calorimeter -

instrument for measuring absorbed or evolved heat

LilyS

lug 8, 2020 06:10

Canoodle- fondle or pet affectionately.

Yuzuaecha

lug 8, 2020 06:11

DAFFLED - If you’re daffled, then you’re bewildered or disorientated by a sensory overload.

Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

lug 8, 2020 06:12

Empennage – Another phrase for the tail of an aircraft, which provides stability during flight.

Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

lug 8, 2020 06:49

Ground Resonance -An imbalance in the rotation of a helicopter rotor when the blades become bunched up on one side of their rotational plane and cause an oscillation in phase with the frequency of the rocking of the helicopter on its landing gear.

(I've never been in one or seen one happen, but I've been in one when the helo was "going into" ground resonance....the pilot picked up the helo into a low hover and repositioned helo on the ground. There are videos online, some are scary)

Yuzuaecha

lug 8, 2020 07:18

Human Factors (The Dirty Dozen)

The study of how people interact with their environment. In aviation, it is the study of how pilots' & mechanics' performance are influenced by personal issues, physical, psychological, environmental, etc......Personal note: We have reoccuring human factors training. Any mistake is costly in aviation.