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Cooper vane

Cooper vane noun: a mechanical aerodynamic wedge that prevents the ventral airstair of an aircraft from being lowered during flight.

Noun

Cooper vane (plural Cooper vanes)

  1. A mechanical aerodynamic wedge that prevents the ventral airstair of an aircraft from being lowered during flight.

Forms of Cooper vane

pluralCooper vanes

Origin of Cooper vane

After Dan Cooper, the false name used by an unidentified hijacker who used the rear stairway to exit a Boeing 727 in flight and escape using a parachute.

Questions about Cooper vane

What does Cooper vane mean?
Cooper vane means a mechanical aerodynamic wedge that prevents the ventral airstair of an aircraft from being lowered during flight.
What part of speech is Cooper vane?
Cooper vane is a noun.
What is the plural of Cooper vane?
The plural of Cooper vane is Cooper vanes.

Words near Cooper vane in the dictionary

  1. Cooper Island
  2. Cooper pair
  3. Cooper pairs
  4. Cooper test
  5. Cooper tests
  6. Cooper vane
  7. Cooper vanes
  8. cooper's flag
  9. Cooper's hawk
  10. Cooper's hawks
  11. Cooper's ligament

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