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Aircraft vs Tailstrike - What's the difference?

aircraft | tailstrike |

As nouns the difference between aircraft and tailstrike

is that aircraft is a vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift while tailstrike is an unintended contact of the rear of an aircraft's fuselage with the ground during a takeoff or landing.

aircraft

English

(wikipedia aircraft)

Noun

(aircraft)
  • A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.

    • Usage notes

    * The nonstandard plural form is in use among non-native speakers of English.

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * aircraft carrier * model aircraft * rocket aircraft

    Related terms

    * spacecraft * watercraft

    See also

    * aeroplane (UK), airplane (US) English invariant nouns English words suffixed with -craft

    tailstrike

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (aviation) An unintended contact of the rear of an aircraft's fuselage with the ground during a takeoff or landing.