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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
A vessel used to distill a material. The material to be distilled is put into the retort and boiled. Vapors from the boiling material are picked up from the top of the retort and cooled enough for them to condense back into a liquid. The liquid is collected from the retort in a suitable container.
Industry:Aviation
A vibration having a regularly recurring waveform. Vibrations in the form of sine waves, square waves, or sawtooth waves are examples of periodic vibrations.
Industry:Aviation
A vibration whose frequency is an even multiple of another vibration. The first harmonic of a 400-Hz vibration has a frequency of 400 Hz. The frequency of the first harmonic is the same as the fundamental frequency. The second harmonic has a frequency of 800 hertz, and the third harmonic has a frequency of 1,200 hertz.
Industry:Aviation
A view of a component in which one half of it is cut away to show the inside. The other half is not cut away, and it shows the outside.
Industry:Aviation
A view of an object in which parallel lines do not appear parallel, but converge at a vanishing point off of the drawing.
Industry:Aviation
A view used on some aircraft drawings made at an angle to one of the three views of the main drawing. Auxiliary views show details that cannot be shown in the regular views used in the drawing.
Industry:Aviation
A violent tropical cyclone caused by air flowing into a low-pressure area. Winds blow in a hurricane at a speed of 74 miles per hour (64 knots) or greater. This is a Beaufort force 12 (the highest force). Hurricanes bring rain, thunder, and lightning, as well as the devastating winds. In the northern hemisphere, the air in a hurricane moves in a counterclockwise direction, while in the southern hemisphere, it moves in a clockwise direction.
Industry:Aviation
A violently rotating column of air hanging down as a funnel-shaped cloud below a cumulonimbus cloud. Tornadoes are the most destructive of all small-scale atmospheric phenomena.
Industry:Aviation
A visual aid to navigation located at lighted airports. The color of the beacon flashes indicates the type of airport. The colors and meaning of the more commonly used rotating beacons are:
Color Meaning
white and green ------------------------------------lighted land airport
green-------------------------------------------------lighted land airport
white-------------------------------------------------unlighted land airport
white and yellow-----------------------------------lighted water airport
yellow -----------------------------------------------lighted water airport
green, yellow and white--------------------------- lighted heliport
white (dual peaked) and green ------------------- military airport
Industry:Aviation
