(n.) See Drag, n., 6, and Drag sail, under Drag, n.
Example Sentences:
(1) hyperoxygenated air breathing, oxygen breathing, propulsion + retropulsion of the escaper, drogues + pressure retaining (2 atm abs) escape suits are briefly considered.
(2) Experiments involving combined injections of a drogue (Ro4-4602 or nialmide) and precursor (3H-5-HTP) allowed to determine the best conditions for performing an experimental study of serotonin (5-HT) synthesis and metabolism in the embryonic pineal organ of Lacerta vivipara.
Gunnery
Definition:
(n.) That branch of military science which comprehends the theory of projectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance.
Example Sentences:
(1) Acrobatic and gunnery training flight phases were considered physical load, strong interpretative actions, and emotional stress tasks.
(2) Gunnery, radar, navigation, and other systems had suffered degraded performance because of operator errors.
(3) Wounded marine gunnery sergeant Jeremiah Purdie (centre) with stricken comrades in south Vietnam, 1966.
(4) The gunnery sergeant's actions earned him a Silver Star and Purple Heart, but cost him his career.
(5) The training was provided by a team of three: a battery commander surveillance targeting and acquisition battery (Maj); a sergeant major instructor in gunnery surveillance targeting and acquisition (WOII); and a troop staff sergeant and SME [subject matter expert in] surveillance targeting and acquisition battery (Staff Sgt).” The MoD also acknowledged there was an “ongoing engagement” between the Saudi and UK air forces over Storm Shadow.
(6) The training was provided by a team of four: a battery commander close support artillery battery (Maj); a battery captain close support artillery (Capt); a sergeant major instructor in gunnery close support artillery (WOII); and a detachment commander close support artillery (Sgt).” The MoD said the weapons-locating radar courses were “delivered to a mixed group of soldiers and officers from the RSLF field artillery”.
(7) In 1943 he was drafted into the US Army Air Corps, where he became a sharpshooter, a military policeman, a gunnery instructor, and a specialist in the prototypes of computer-aided bomb-sights and gun turrets.
(8) For the actual flight, the frequency decreased under takeoff and landing, and remained as at rest during the gunnery and acrobatic training flight.