Ceiling (aircraft)
With respect to aircraft, a ceiling is the maximum density altitude an aircraft can reach under a set of conditions.
The word ceiling can also refer to the height of the lowest obscuring cloud layer above the ground.
Read more about Ceiling (aircraft): Service Ceiling, Absolute Ceiling, Combat Ceiling, Dynamic Ceiling
Famous quotes containing the word ceiling:
“What made the ceiling waterproof?
Landor’s tarpaulin on the roof.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)