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VNE

English translation: Velocity Never to Exceed

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French term or phrase:VNE
English translation:Velocity Never to Exceed
Entered by: Stephanie Mitchel

16:54 Mar 7, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space / helicopter crash
French term or phrase: VNE
Accident report of a helicopter crash in a canyon. Aircraft hit canyon wall about 2/3 of the way down.
Theories about the cause of the accident:
"a) si l'appareil était en virage à droite au moment du 1er impact, dans la mesure où la vitesse doit être importante proche de la VNE (soit environ 70 à 75 mètres/sec) pour rencontrer, sur ressource après le "plongeon" dans le canyon, la réversibilité servo, puisque la paroi semble assez rectiligne, même si le pilote avait relâché le collectif à temps."
Stephanie Mitchel
United States
Local time: 09:30
VNE
Explanation:
Velocity Never to Exceed
Vitesse à ne jamais dépasser

The abbreviation is international (English being the international language of aviation, shipping, etc.)
Selected response from:

Tom Bishop
Local time: 14:30
Grading comment
no contest! thanks tom
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +8VNE
Tom Bishop


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
VNE


Explanation:
Velocity Never to Exceed
Vitesse à ne jamais dépasser

The abbreviation is international (English being the international language of aviation, shipping, etc.)


    Reference: http://www.ushga.org/article08.asp
    Reference: http://aeroclub.alpilles.chez.tiscali.fr/rappel.htm
Tom Bishop
Local time: 14:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
no contest! thanks tom

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jonathan MacKerron: "velocity never exceeded", sorry, your "velocity never to exceed" is indeed correct!
1 min
  -> Yes, because it can be but the results can be nasty! ;-) Thanks Jonathan
agree  Jérôme Haushalter
3 mins
  -> Thanks Jérôme
agree  Hacene: http://revol.nicolas.free.fr/cours/tableau_de_bord/anemometr...
4 mins
  -> Thanks Hacène
agree  Mohammed Mousa: www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/207flight.htm
10 mins
  -> Thanks Mohamed
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
43 mins
  -> Thanks Vicky
agree  zaphod: English:"Never exceed velocity" Interesting the use of the same letters in French.
1 hr
  -> Thanks. A lot of the more "formal" abbreviations (as opposed to email shorthand) can be expected to be the same, English being the language used as standard in aviation.
agree  Josephine Billet: precisely
1 hr
  -> Thanks Josephine. With your surname, you must be an expert!
agree  Jean-Luc Dumont
3 days 15 hrs
  -> Merci Jean-Luc
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