flaps
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Flaps and slats increase lift at lower speeds, helping an aircraft take off and land safely by allowing it to fly slower without stalling.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025
Flaps play a vital role during take-off, helping an aircraft generate maximum lift at lower speeds.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2025
Flaps, rudders, elevators and ailerons appear to have been replaced by computer controlled nozzles that guide the aircraft by directing the flow of the engine's exhaust.
From Time Magazine Archive
Flaps of skin containing the horn cores were cut out and the cores were joined in the centre, at the top end of the suture in the bone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Flaps of fresh sow’s peritoneum ready cut to the proper size came shooting up in little lifts from the Organ Store in the sub-basement.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
