The Spitfire's fuel was gravity fed. If you flew upside down, the engine would conk out.
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Conk
/kɒŋk/
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She came skipping to me just now, clapping her little hands and bleating about how very, very happy she was, dear Mrs Travers. The silly young geezer. I nearly conked her one with my trowel. I'd always thought her half-baked, but now I think they didn't even put her in the oven.
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The barbecue cook, wearing a dirty white apron, his conked hair reddish and metallic in the pale sun, and a cigarette between his lips, stood in the doorway, watching them.
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Therefore, have two or more engines, so that there is still some power left if one engine conks.
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