Cooper vane

noun

Etymology

After Dan Cooper, the false name used by an unidentified hijacker who used the rear stairway to exit a Boeing 727 in flight and escape using a parachute.

Definitions

  1. A mechanical aerodynamic wedge that prevents the ventral airstair of an aircraft from…

    A mechanical aerodynamic wedge that prevents the ventral airstair of an aircraft from being lowered during flight.

The neighborhood

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