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air brake

flight control surface used on an aircraft to increase drag
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air brake

Summary

air brake ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (421 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • air brake is a type of flight control surface[2].
  • air brake's Commons category is recorded as Air brakes (aircraft)[3].

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Definition and Type

air brake is a type of flight control surface[2].

Why It Matters

air brake ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (421 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[4] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[5]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4HHVHo
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → flight control surface
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