bank indicator

noun

, Aeronautics.

1. a flight instrument that measures the angle of roll about an aircraft's horizontal axis, thereby indicating whether or not the aircraft is skidding or slipping.

Example Sentences

From his compass his eyes darted to his turn-and-bank indicator, then to his air speed indicator.

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The turn and bank indicator also reads from zero, and deviates from zero when the plane dips.

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The steel ball in the centre of the turn-and-bank indicator had to be kept right in the centre.

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The turn and bank indicator was performing a kind of tango round the dial.

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