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Record 1 2008-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
CONT

The main entrance door is the primary means of aircraft access for passengers and crew. It consists of a door structure and an attached folding stairway with hand rails. The door and stairway must be unlocked and pushed out to initiate a controlled free-fall to the extended position. During closing, the stairway is unlocked and the door is retracted upward and inward by hydraulic pressure from the Auxiliary(AUX) hydraulic system. The door and stair operation accommodates any combination of landing gear strut and tire inflation. Its use requires no ground support equipment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
CONT

La firme W... a conçu et réalisé un escalier escamotable en aluminium qui, homologué par la FAA, peut équiper les modèles d'avion B.707 [...] Comportant un système électrohydraulique qui assure son déploiement ainsi que l'érection et le verrouillage des mains courantes, cet escalier en trois parties ne pèse que 147 kg. Complètement replié, il mesure 80 cm de largeur [...]

OBS

escalier escamotable : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stairs and Stairways
CONT

Edwardian parks were laid out by the entrepreneurial class in imitation of the estates of the landed English aristocracy.... The gardens consist of the lawns around the manorial home with their specimen plantings, the canted stair(aligned axially with the main entrance to the house), the Italian garden, the terrace....

OBS

"stair": a series of steps or flights of steps for passing from one level to another. Often used in plural but singular or plural in construction.

Key term(s)
  • canted stairs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escaliers
OBS

«pli déjeté» (géologie) : pli dont le plan axial est incliné [...]

Spanish

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