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plane sailing
plane sailing In 7–8 plain s. [f. plane n.3, formerly plain.] In Navigation, The art of determining a ship's place on the theory that she is moving on a plane, or that the surface of the earth is plane instead of spherical; navigation by a plane chart: see plane a. 3. This is a simple and easy metho... Oxford English Dictionary
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Plane sailing
Both spellings ("plane" and "plain") have been in use for several centuries, Plane sailing is based on the assumption that the meridian through the point of departure, the parallel through the destination, and the course line form a right triangle in a plane, called the "plane sailing triangle". wikipedia.org
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plane sailing
plane sailingmethod of calculating a ship's position as though the ship were on a plane surface instead of the curved surface of the earth 平面航法(将地球曲面视作平面测定船的位置). 牛津英汉双解词典
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Stern is narrower than more recent boats and has better than normal windward performance but will plane in moderate seas. References Magazine "Trailer Sailing" 1985, No 3, page 83, Publisher Michael Hannan Sailing yachts 1970s sailboat type designs Classes of World Sailing wikipedia.org
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How To Get Started in Sailing | Learn To Sail a Boat - Popular Mechanics
How wind moves a boat: A sail full of wind forms an airfoil and propels the boat with lift, the way a plane's wing does (except across water, rather than into the air). The work of sailing is to ...
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Maps of the World - SurferToday.com
A world map is always designed using a projection to represent the Earth on a plane and will always distort directions and distances. The most famous map projection is the Mercator Projection, a cylindrical map created in 1569 by cartographer and geographer Gerardus Mercator. His work became the standard map projection for sailing and sailors ...
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How Did Helen Keller Fly a Plane? | Britannica
In 1931 she was a passenger on an extended flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Washington, D.C., a 200-mile (322-km) journey that culminated in a meeting with the president of the United States. The New York Times covered the flight, reporting that Keller likened the plane to "a great graceful bird sailing through the illimitable skies.".
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plain sailing
ˈplain ˈsailing, n. [prob. a popular use of plane sailing, formerly also spelt plain sailing; but used with sense of plain a.1 3.] Sailing or going on in a plain course, in which there is no difficulty or obstruction; simple or easy course of action.1756 N. Owen Jrnl. Slave-Dealer (1930) 67 If he ca... Oxford English Dictionary
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H40
H40 may refer to: H-40 (Michigan county highway) H-40 (keelboat) a sailing yacht designed by Hans Groop H40 (Long Island bus) Glaucoma , a Royal Navy A-class destroyer Hoffmann H40, a German prototype sports plane wikipedia.org
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sailing
▪ I. sailing, vbl. n.1 (ˈseɪlɪŋ) [f. sail v.1 + -ing.] 1. a. The action of travelling on water in a ship or other vessel which is propelled by means of sails; the action or method of directing the course of such a vessel. In modern use also in wider application: the action of travelling in or of dir... Oxford English Dictionary
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Square (sailing)
The term to square a yard is used when sailing a square-rigged ship. See also Square rig Full-rigged ship Running downwind Yard (sailing) Braces (sailing) References Nautical terminology wikipedia.org
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J/80
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker of . It will plane under spinnaker. Events See also List of sailing boat types References External links J/80 Keelboats 1990s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Trailer sailers One-design wikipedia.org
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Did Jonathan Swift ever sail? In _Gulliver's Travels_ by Jonathan Swift, Swift describes Gulliver, a ship's doctor sailing and getting ship wrecked in various locations by various means. However, he does not go into a...
As this picture so helpfully shows, it's impossible to get from Great Britain to Ireland without the aid of a plane, jet ski or other flying or water transportation
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Plane
Plane(s) most often refers to: Aero- or airplane, a powered, fixed-wing aircraft Plane (geometry), a flat, 2-dimensional surface Plane (mathematics structure See also Plain (disambiguation) Planar (disambiguation) Plano (disambiguation) Plane sailing, an approximate method of navigation wikipedia.org
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Catalinas fighting in the Pacific during WWII (in French) Naissance d'un PBY 6A Catalina "Calypso" (Birth of PBY 6A Catalina Calypso) The Catalina Society (Plane Sailing) UK Catalina images The Catalina P9630 pictured at the MAEE, Felixstowe طائرات الحرب العالمية الثانية طائرات برمائية طائرات بمحركات جر مروحية wikipedia.org
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