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Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space / piloting | | Italian term or phrase: doppio piano | Da un racconto nel quale un pilota da' spiegazioni al suo secondo:
"... Il Carvair e' una modifica del DC-4 e ha circa 300 kg di peso in piu' nella cabina piloti, pertanto il centro di gravita' e' spostato in avanti di circa un metro e la forma aerodinamica della trasformazione fatta alla cabina piloti - che ha aggiunto un doppio piano - significa una perdita di velocita' di dieci miglia orarie ..." |
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| | double deck | Explanation:
This is the most commonly used equivalent term in English (adj. "double-deck", i.e. with hyphen).
The Italian text is somewhat lacking.
First of all, the way the term is used is logically incorrect, you add a single (not double) deck to obtain a double deck (Tom's proposal fits in well to correct this, although I prefer deck to floor).
Secondly, in the case of the Carvair, more than a second deck being added to the cockpit, the entire cockpit was basically raised up (I had a model kit of one!) ... the Carvair had an elevated flight deck design that allowed the cargo deck to extend beneath it to the front loading doors (thereby forming a double-deck structure at the forefront of the aircraft)
... see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_Traders_Carvair
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Note added at 20 hrs (2011-02-22 13:33:55 GMT)
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Sorry, I forgot the hyphens of the example sentence ... should be double-deck and wide-body |
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Ray King
Local time: 02:28
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20 hrs confidence: double deck
Explanation:
This is the most commonly used equivalent term in English (adj. "double-deck", i.e. with hyphen).
The Italian text is somewhat lacking.
First of all, the way the term is used is logically incorrect, you add a single (not double) deck to obtain a double deck (Tom's proposal fits in well to correct this, although I prefer deck to floor).
Secondly, in the case of the Carvair, more than a second deck being added to the cockpit, the entire cockpit was basically raised up (I had a model kit of one!) ... the Carvair had an elevated flight deck design that allowed the cargo deck to extend beneath it to the front loading doors (thereby forming a double-deck structure at the forefront of the aircraft)
... see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_Traders_Carvair
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Note added at 20 hrs (2011-02-22 13:33:55 GMT)
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Sorry, I forgot the hyphens of the example sentence ... should be double-deck and wide-body
Example sentence(s):- Th A380 has a double deck, wide body fuselage.
| Ray King
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