step-climb

A form of step climb — 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.

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Meanings

verbstep-climb (third-person singular simple present step-climbs, present participle step-climbing, simple past and past participle step-climbed)

present singular third person step-climbs · participle present step-climbing · participle past step-climbed · past step-climbed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of step climb.
nounstep-climb (plural step-climbs)

plural step-climbs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of step climb.
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Chicago

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