Air brake

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Air brake may refer to:

  • Air brake (aeronautics), a type of flight control system used on aircraft to reduce speed
  • On ground vehicles, (more formally, specified as) compressed-air-actuated braking systems:
    • Air brake (road vehicle), friction-mediated type of brake used on large road vehicles in place of hydraulic brakes
    • Railway air brake (used on both locomotives, and on towed or pushed cars)
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