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:
“Spooky things happen in houses densely occupied by adolescent boys. When I checked out a four-inch dent in the living room ceiling one afternoon, even the kid still holding the baseball bat looked genuinely baffled about how he possibly could have done it.”
—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)