Sentence examples for rate of climb from inspiring English sources
noun
The rate at which an aircraft gains altitude. A negative rate of climb implies descent.
It also keeps track of the plane's heading, speed, altitude and rate of climb or descent.
Rate of climb and, particularly, rate of descent must be indicated continuously because of their vital safety connotations.
Most recently, researchers have begun to use GPS data to log their flight paths and to measure the rate of climb for various banking angles.
This would be down from the 6.1 per cent rate of climb in the last 18 months, but still well above the level considered acceptable by most economists.
Sensitive attention to altitude, rate of climb, and global positioning instrumentation is essential in order to follow minute-by-minute advice from ground-based weather coaches.
A: The A320 is certified to fly up to 39,000 feet, its maximum altitude before its rate of climb begins to erode.
L. monocytogenes infection also impacts flies' performance during a negative geotaxis assay, revealing a decline in their rate of climbing as part of their innate escape response after startle.
With a 10percentt growth rate of climbing gyms in 2013, recreational climbing accessibility has grown rapidly across the country.
The intervening vestibular stimuli in the opposite direction were excluded from the analysis because of the very low rate of climbing fiber firing on those trials.
They have fast rates of climb, great maneuverability, and heavy firepower, including air-to-air missiles.
The researchers report in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that the birds used close to the same rates of climb in thermals as paragliders and hang gliders who finished in top places in competitions.
