- Look up
jettison in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Jettison may
refer to:
Jettison (shipping),
cargo discarded from a ship or
wreckage Jettison (aviation)...
- In aviation, to
jettison is to
discard fuel,
external stores or
other expendable items. The item is
usually jettisoned by
operating a
switch or handle;...
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Jettison is the
third studio album by
Chicago punk band
Naked Raygun,
released on
Caroline Records in 1988. All
songs written by
Naked Raygun,
except for...
- Fuel
dumping (or a fuel
jettison) is a
procedure used by
aircraft in
certain emergency situations before a
return to the
airport shortly after takeoff...
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although floating is not part of the
etymological meaning. Generally, "
jettisoning"
connotes the
action of
throwing goods overboard to
lighten the load...
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Everest 48-1386 USAF 1 ? ?
Launch aborted.
Small explosion during propellant jettison process.
Pilot evacuated to B-50. X-1D
jettisoned and destro****....
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carried by aircraft. A drop tank is
expendable and
often capable of
being jettisoned.
External tanks are
commonplace on
modern military aircraft and occasionally...
- Routledge. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-415-44492-7.
Ottomanist historians have
largely jettisoned the
notion of a post-1600 'decline' Ágoston, Gábor (2009). "Süleyman I"...
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ocean surface. Upon
reaching the
ocean surface, the
launch capsule is
jettisoned, and the
missile continues its journey,
propelled by its
booster motor...
- ET. The SRBs were
jettisoned before the
vehicle reached orbit,
while the main
engines continued to operate, and the ET was
jettisoned after main engine...
