How to Use angle of attack in a Sentence

angle of attack

noun phrase

• Recently, a new angle of attack has opened up.
  — Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
• SpaceX said the booster flew a higher angle of attack during its descent in May to test the limits of the rocket's performance.
  — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
• Currently, pilots contend with this weight loss by reducing the aircraft’s angle of attack, which is its angle relative to the oncoming flow of air.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2016
• The booster pulled off a clean hot-stage separation from Ship, at which point the booster navigated back toward Earth on a steeper-than-normal angle of attack.
  — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2025
• Corrective actions included thicker thermal protection on Stage 1 and reducing the angle of attack during critical phases.
  — Travis Webb, Austin American Statesman, 17 Sep. 2025