Refers to a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine in which the hub and blades point away from the wind direction, the opposite of an Upwind turbine
Flying with the wind direction Flying downwind near the ground is dangerous, true airspeed is lower than groundspeed and the aircraft's lift is less
a wind system which has it's propellers facing out of the wind, (i e , the wind hits the propeller from behind)
The phase of a landing approach where the aircraft is flying parallel to the runway centerline in the direction opposite the traffic flow on the runway Described as left or right downwind, depending upon where the runway is relative to the aircraft
(1) In the direction the wind is blowing (2) A term describing the amount of curvature designed into a sail
If something moves downwind, it moves in the same direction as the wind. If something is downwind, the wind is blowing towards it. He attempted to return downwind to the airfield. upwind. in the direction that the wind is moving upwind