Offwing

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Occurring with the engines removed from the aircraft..

Definitions by Sense

1. Occurring with the engines removed from the aircraft.
2. Attached to and descending from the wing of an aircraft.
3. (field hockey or ice hockey) The wing that is on the opposite side to the player's dominant hand.

Example Sentences

Federal Express relied upon Ingram Industries in arguing that the expenses related to its offwing maintenance program should be deductible as repairs to the aircraft, just as the repairs to the tugboat engines in Ingram Industries were deductible.

Engine removal rates for commercial engines are lower and in the case of the B-52H, it has been believed that the interval between installation and any expensive 'offwing' repairs or maintenance might be longer than the remaining B-52H.

Engine test facility offers the opportunity of convenient testing of an offwing engine with recurring operational problems that are difficult to troubleshoot.

Airbus also has issued Service Bulletin A320-25-1156, Revision 01, dated February 2, 1990, which describes procedures for an additional modification of the offwing escape slides.

At exit 3L, the offwing slide/raft portion of the escape system did not inflate.

Unless the airplane is equipped with an offwing descent means, stands or ramps may be used for descent from the wing to the ground.

The mechanical interface between the offwing emergency evacuation slide assembly and manual handle to an overwing door inflation actuation system interface is depicted.

The Czechoslovaks' stick work is exquisite, and they also exploit their use of the "offwing" — a right-handed shooter, for example, will play the left wing.

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