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The aft pressure bulkhead or rear pressure bulkhead is the rear component of the pressure seal in all aircraft that cruise in a tropopause zone in the...

the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway. The aft end of the boat is the stern. Prow may be used as a synonym for bow or it may...

amidships, Second Class situated at the aft end of the superstructure and Third Class divided at the forward and aft ends of the vessel on four decks; Promenade...

Mark III directors were added to the aft end of the signal platform the following year, and the Mark I director aft was replaced by a Mark III. During Hood's...

passengers could enjoy a Georgian style smoking room, found at the aft end of A Deck just off the aft grand staircase. In keeping with social conventions of the...

is no sternpost, the centerline axis of the rudder stock is used as the aft end of the length between perpendiculars. Measuring to the stern post or rudder...

spaces. The engine room is usually located near the bottom, at the rear or aft end of the vessel, and comprises few compartments. This design maximizes the...

path is reversed twice. Aft of the fan, the axial compressor has five stages, after which the gas path progresses to the aft end of the engine. There, it...

the forward end of the deck, beneath the aft mast was the second class entrance, with a staircase running down two decks to the main deck. Aft of the main...

rail launcher, and equipped with a pair of Aerojet JATO bottles on the aft end of the fuselage. In October 1943, Chance Vought Aircraft Company signed...

as supply helicopters. The aft end of the missile also contains two laser detectors, located radially between the two aft rocket engines. The spinning...

internal spaces are known as bulkheads. The forward end of a boat is called the bow, the aft end the stern. Facing forward the right side is referred...

(configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole)...

acceleration causes liquid in the rocket's main tanks to settle towards the aft end, ensuring uninterrupted flow to the fuel and oxidizer pumps. Cryogenic-liquid-fueled...

similar but usually much larger structure, called the aftcastle, was at the aft end of the ship, often stretching all the way from the main mast to the stern...

thrusters at the same location, provided aft translation, and two 100-pound-force (440 N) thrusters located in the aft end of the adapter module provided forward...

deck of the ship. Aft (adjective): toward the stern (rear) of a ship. For example, "Able Seaman Smith; lie aft!" or "What's happening aft?". Comparative...

that would be connected to a non-penetrating electric junction at the aft end of the pressure hull, with a watertight electric motor mounted externally...

mounted at the aft end of the orbiter and provided thrust during launch.: II-170  Once in space, the crew maneuvered using the two smaller, aft-mounted Orbital...

that tapered to a point at each end. From this was suspended a long beam with a triangular, sail-like rudder at its aft end, and beneath the beam a platform...