Vapor Trail
A cloudlike
streamer or trail often seen behind aircraft flying in clear, cold,
humid air. A vapor trail is created when the water vapor from the
engine exhaust gases are added to the atmosphere. Also called a
contrail, for condensation trail.
Aero-Linx: Malibu/Mirage Owners
& Pilots Association (MMOPA)
The Malibu/Mirage Owners & Pilots Association (MMOPA) is a
not-for-profit organization dedicated to the interests and safety
of owners and pilots worldwide who fly PA46 derivative (Malibu,
Mirage, Meridian, Jetprop and Matrix) aircraft. MMOPA was founded
in 1988, and now serves over 800 members.
"This is a world-class facility that provides a
simulated flight environment allowing us to test these key
subsystems individually and then integrated together to warrant out
any issues prior to advancing to test flight. This will reduce
the number of required flight test hours, resulting in significant
time and cost savings to the customer."
Source: John Johnson, Program Manager for
the CH-53K helicopter program, in comments made as testing is set
to begin for the key systems to be installed on the CH-53K
helicopter, the new heavy lift aircraft being built by Sikorsky for
the U.S. Marine Corps...
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