GC1XRGX Plane View # 2
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Imusttravel2000 @ | Hide Date: 08/26/2009 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 57.097 W104° 42.416 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

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How does that plane fly?

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FLAPS

In general, the wings on most planes are designed to provide an appropriate amount of lift (along with minimal drag) while the plane is operating in its cruising mode (about 560 miles per hour, or 901 km per hour, for the Boeing 747-400). However, when these airplanes are taking off or landing, their speeds can be reduced to less than 200 miles per hour (322 kph). This dramatic change in the wing's working conditions means that a different airfoil shape would probably better serve the aircraft.
To accommodate both flight regimes (fast and high as well as slow and low), airplane wings have moveable sections called flaps. During takeoff and landing, the flaps are extended rearward and downward from the trailing edge of the wings. This effectively alters the shape of the wing, allowing the wing to turn more air, and thus create more lift. The downside of this alteration is that the drag on the wings also increases, so the flaps are put away for the rest of the flight.

SLATS

Slats perform the same function as flaps (that is, they temporarily alter the shape of the wing to increase lift), but they are attached to the front of the wing instead of the rear. They are also deployed on takeoff and landing.

01/18/2019 By #1 Beefers
Thank you for this placement Imusttravel2000.

10/17/2018 By Honeybuzzed
Took the day off to take family from Arizona to the airport. Taking advantage of the good weather to cache on the way home. TFTC

07/15/2018 By Barasaur
Memfis Mafia and I had plans to get near 1000 caches this weekend in South Dakota. Come Thursday when we were to pick up our rental car from Enterprise they said sorry we do not have a car for you. Even though we reserved one a month in advance. There was not another car in town to rent so we called off our trip.

Today we ran out to get enough caches to finish our Hidden Creatures. We ended up over 100 on the day and about 10% of out plan. In any case this was a cache we got today. Thanks for the hide.

(10293)

07/15/2018 By Memfis Mafia
Thanks imusttravel2000 for this Cache. We always appreciate Cache owners for their contribution to the game.

We are on a crazy family mission to get into 5 digits for finds this year. This is find 6775 for us.

Memfis Mafia

We will add more details as we go and most likely talk about our experiences on our weekly podcast

www.geocachetalk.com

07/08/2018 By k9jayhawk
Had to take my wife to DIA for an unexpected trip so took the opportunity to grab some caches in the area...TFTC SL

07/07/2018 By lasouthpaw
Went out and about with Sqweeter today for some caching adventure. First we went south and then we headed north, didn't have too much time left but we did cover a couple power trails. It was hot, glad to get some AC between caches. We've been watching the planes go over on their way to DIA. Nice series off a hardly used road. Lots of jack rabbits and yellow flowers today. Everything was in good shape here. Thanks for the smiley! Find #2542.

07/07/2018 By Sqweeter
Don't think I've ever come across this series of yours. Lots of planes to view today! Cache in good shape. TFTH SL