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stick shakers

stick shakers is the plural of stick shaker.

Meaning of stick shaker

Noun

stick shaker (plural stick shakers)

  1. An automated mechanical device connected to the control column of some aircraft, which shakes the yoke and control column to alert the pilot if the aircraft is approaching a stall.
    • About 2154:32, the captain contacted the controller and stated, "it looks like we're not even going to be able to stay up here ... look for maybe ... three nine oh or three seven." About 2154:36, the FDR recorded the activation of the stickshaker. FDR data showed that, at that point, the airplane’s...2007 January 9, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.1 History of Flight”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Crash of Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701, Bombardier CL-600-2B19, N8396A, Jefferson City...

Questions about stick shakers

What is stick shakers the plural of?
Stick shakers is the plural of stick shaker.

Words near stick shakers in the dictionary

  1. stick pullers
  2. stick pusher
  3. stick pushers
  4. stick season
  5. stick shaker
  6. stick shakers
  7. stick shift
  8. stick shifts
  9. stick that in your pipe and smoke it
  10. stick the knife in
  11. stick the landing

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