- Industry: Aviation
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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 ...
An air traffic control facility which combines the function of an air route traffic control center (ARTCC) and a radar approach control facility.
Industry:Aviation
An air traffic control facility which combines the functions of an ARTCC and a radar approach control facility.
Industry:Aviation
An air traffic service facility that consists of four operational units:
Industry:Aviation
An aircraft anti-icing system that uses hot air to prevent ice forming on the leading edges of the wings and tail surfaces. Hot air from the turbine-engine compressor or from a shroud around the exhaust system of a reciprocating engine flows through ducts in the leading edges of the wings and tail surfaces to heat them so ice cannot form on them.
Industry:Aviation
An aircraft brake in which a single steel disk rotates with the wheel and rides between two or more pads, or linings. These linings are mounted in the jaws of a stationary clamp which is closed by hydraulic pressure. When the brake is applied, the disk is clamped tightly between the linings, and the resulting friction slows the aircraft and converts energy of motion of the aircraft into heat.
Industry:Aviation
An aircraft brake in which the friction is applied to the wheel by a hydraulically actuated unit. The friction is produced in a disk brake when the rotating disk is clamped tightly between friction linings held in a hydraulically operated clamp.
Industry:Aviation
An aircraft certificated under 14 CFR Part 23 that is not certificated in the utility, acrobatic, or commuter category.
Industry:Aviation
An aircraft conducting flight in accordance with instrument flight rules.
Industry:Aviation
An aircraft drawing which shows a group of parts laid out in the relationship they will have when they are assembled.
Industry:Aviation
An aircraft engine is said to be windmilling when it is turned by aerodynamic action of air flowing over the propeller or through the compressor in a gas turbine engine. If an engine fails in flight, air flowing over the propeller or through the compressor produces enough force to keep the engine turning.
When a propeller windmills, it produces so much drag it can cause difficulty in controlling the airplane. For this reason, the propellers of most multiengine airplanes are made so that they can be feathered by turning the blades parallel to the direction of flight. When a propeller is feathered, it does not windmill.
Industry:Aviation
