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speed brake

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speed brake
n.
A flap on an aircraft for decreasing speed while in flight in preparation for landing.
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It is used to protect the speed brake from high temperatures during launch.
Part falls off space shuttle; DISCOVERY by The Mirror (London, England)
To slow the craft for re-entry into the atmosphere, twin tail booms pivot upward, acting as a giant speed brake so the craft descends like a badminton shuttlecock.
LOCAL 2004: RUTAN LAUNCHES A NEW SPACE AGE MOJAVE AIRCRAFT DESIGNER ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
And they are probing why the rudder speed brake gears original parts in the shuttle tails were never inspected in more than two decades of flight.
Shuttles faulty for 20 years by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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