Originally Posted by
Yukonprince
I was paging through some of my old TCA stuff and in a 1950 20 page "Facts about flying TCA" came across these terms:
"Nacelle" and "Empennage" and "On the beam" or heaven forbid "Engine feathering"
Does anyone know what these are without looking them up????
It also talks about the TCA reservations "nerve centre with modern teletype machines"....
time for some air cadet knowledge
nacelle- engine cover
empennage - tail section of aircraft
on the beam - following a path as part of a guidance system
- can also relate to a load carrying section of a wing
engine feathering - adjusting the pitch of an aircraft propeller to reduce drag