simple past tense and past participle of step-climb

simple past tense and past participle of step climb

(aviation, usually intransitive, of an aircraft) To periodically climb to higher and higher altitudes during cruise flight, as the aircraft becomes lighter from fuel burnoff, to take advantage of the reduced drag at higher altitudes; like cruise-climbing, but with the aircraft climbing in discrete steps instead of continuously.

(aviation) An instance of step climbing.

present participle of step climb

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of step-climb

plural of step-climb

present participle of step-climb

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of step climb

plural of step climb