cruise-climb

短语

词形变化

cruise-climbs 复数 cruise-climbs 三单 cruise-climbing 现在分词 cruise-climbed 过去式 cruise-climbed 过去分词

别名

cruise climb

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An instance of cruise-climbing.

    航空 商务 工程

    A cruise-climb is more efficient than the standard step climb, but is rarely used since it's much harder for ATC to manage.

v.
  1. 1.

    To slowly but continuously climb during cruise flight as the aircraft's weight decreases due to fuel burnoff (done because flight at higher altitudes is more efficient but requires a lighter aircraft).

    不及物 航空 商务 工程

    For a transatlantic crossing, the Concorde would be assigned a ~15,000-foot block of altitude; it started out at flight level 450 and gradually cruise-climbed up to between FL570 and FL600 over the mid-Atlantic before beginning to descend.