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  • n  the acute angle between the direction of the undisturbed relative wind and the chord of an airfoil
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  • ICON Aircraft Releases Production Details on A5's Angle of Attack System
    LOS ANGELES, July 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ICON Aircraft released details this week about its Angle of Attack (AoA) system, a safety feature that will be standard on the company's A5 Light Sport Aircraft. ...
    July 22, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
  • ANN's Daily Aero-Term (07.16.13): Center of Pressure
    A point along the airfoil about which the moment due to the lift is zero, i.e., it is the point of action of the lift. The center of pressure will change its position when the angle of attack changes.
    July 16, 2013 - The Aero-News Network

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