Climb

Climb

In aviation, the term climb refers both to the actual operation of increasing the altitude of an aircraft and to the logical phase of a typical flight (often called the climb phase or climbout) following takeoff and preceding the cruise, during which an increase in altitude to a predetermined level is effected.

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Famous quotes containing the word climb:

    “Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch does the important literary thinking.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

    “We got a right to climb out of the sewer and live like other people. We could start from scratch. Make every minute count twice for the one we lost.”
    —Samuel Fuller (b. 1911)

    “To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars.”
    —Douglass Cross (b. 1920)