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"....
Engine Feathering, Jazz Dash 8s do every day, its a condition where a Propeller provides no thrust and the least amount of drag. Equivalent of taxing on one engine. Also used incase an inflight engine shut down is required.
Random fact, The Canadian Forces P3 Aurora patrol planes shut down and feather a prop during long over Arctic patrols to save fuel.
Engine Nacelle is the physical case of the engine.
On the beam, is taken from nautical terms, to be abeam of something, is to have something 90 degrees either side of your course.
Empernage - Is the tail assembly of a airplane