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Air brake (aircraft) — In aeronautics these are a type of flight control system used on aircraft to reduce speed. A related type, sometimes called "spoilers" or "lift dumpers", combine a braking action with a disruption of wing airflow and are used to reduce speed and lift after landing touchdown.

Air brake (rail) — On larger road vehicles and railways this is a type of brake operated by compressed air.

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Air brake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (184 words)
	Air brake (aircraft) — In aeronautics these are a type of flight control system used on aircraft to reduce speed.
	Air brake (rail) — On larger road vehicles and railways this is a type of brake operated by compressed air.
	Air brake (cartoon) — In cartoons these are a type of flight control system used on aircraft to halt the aircraft in mid-descent, usually mere inches above the ground.

Air brake (rail) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (746 words)
	On railways an air brake is a brake operated by compressed air.
	A safer air brake was patented by George Westinghouse on March 5, 1872.
	In the air brake's simplest form, compressed air pushes on a piston in a cylinder.

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