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attack targets with a useful payload and then return
to its base.
comms Communications.
concussive With violent, if not explosive, force.
contrails Trails of condensed water vapor created in
the air by an aircraft flying at high altitude.
corner velocity (corner speed) The minimum speed at
which an aircraft can pull its maximum rated g's.
critical Mach number The Mach number of the total
airframe, as opposed to local Mach numbers which
could vary across an aircraft from wing to fuselage.
cross-deck pendant On an aircraft carrier, the portion of
the arresting cable which stretches across the deck and
engages the hook.
crosswind The wind vector component which is
perpendicular to an aircraft's course.
crosswind crab Correction of aircraft heading to
compensate for crosswind drift.
CRT azimuth The angular measure of direction in the
horizontal plane displayed with a cathode ray tube
(CRT) instrument system.