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- i.e., towards the direction from which the wind is coming; leeward is downwind from the point of reference, i.e., along the direction towards which the...
- Downwinders were individuals and communities, in the United States, in the intermountain West between the Cascade and Rocky Mountain ranges primarily...
- wind), a craft is running downwind. A given point of sail (beating, close reach, beam reach, broad reach, and running downwind) is defined in reference...
- Downwind is the third album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong, although it was the first to be released under that name, the previous two having been released as...
- 2010 to demonstrate that it is possible for such a vehicle to go directly downwind faster than the wind (sometimes abbreviated as DDWFTTW). Blackbird employs...
- Downwind machines have been built, because they don't need an additional mechanism for keeping them in line with the wind. In high winds, downwind blades...
- and opposite the downwind leg. Crosswind leg. A short climbing flight path at right angles to the departure end of the runway. Downwind leg. A long level...
- Chief Xavier Downwind a.k.a. Red Fang (December 24, 1893 – July 26, 1968) was a professional football player who pla**** in the National Football League...
- able to manoeuvre at will toward any downwind point, since the relative wind then moves aft. A vessel downwind of another, in attempting to attack upwind...
- gybe (Britain) is a sailing maneuver whereby a sailing craft reaching downwind turns its stern through the wind, which then exerts its force from the...