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rate of climb
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rate of climb [′rāt əv ′klīm]
(aerospace engineering)
Ascent of aircraft per unit time, usually expressed as feet per minute.
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2] attitude, a finding that could indicate the pilots may have been able to maintain attitude control of the twin-engine heavy helicopter if not its vertical descent rate during the ditching attempt.
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