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French to English Aerospace / Aviation / Space Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
touches en cerclage		bezel keys

Tours		Lathes	EirTranslations
Entered by: EirTranslations
tracés grandeur		large scale plans / layouts

train d'atterissage avant		forward landing gear

train moustache		\"moustache\" landing gear	Michael Meskers
Entered by: Michael Meskers
transporteur coussin d'air sur le fardier		air bearing mover on the heavyweight transporter	merlrennes
Entered by: merlrennes
travers du seuil		abeam the threshold

tricycle rentrant		retractable (landing) tricycle

turbine libre de puissance		free power turbine

un défi technique et médiatique		a technical and media challenge

un gros porteur russe		A Russian heavy-lift (helicopter)

un proche du dossier		someone close to the deal

vérification de bon fonctionnement		operational test or operational testing

vecteur de traînée parasite.		parasite drag vector

verrou de cisaillement		Shear latch

vibrogravure		vibro-etching

Virer plus serré		to induce a tighter or sharper turn

VNE		Velocity Never to Exceed

voilure et plans arriere de la profondeur et de la derive		wing and the trailing edges of the elevator and tail fin

VOL A 1,2 VS		flight at 1.2 VS (stalling speed)

vol aux grands angles		high angle of incidence/attack

vol basse altitude à la ficelle		[low altitude] constrained flight path

vol d\'initiation		discovery flight

vol en accordéon		string unstable flight

vrillage constant progressif		homework

VSV (vol sans visibilité)		instrument flying

waypoints en route		route waypoint/en route waypoint

Zone de Point Fixe		run-up area

Zone de recoupement		overlap(ping) zone

\"régénération de potentiel\"		Life Limit

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