- Industry: Aviation
- Number of terms: 16387
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- Company Profile:
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 ...
Layers of reinforcing fabric (cords) in an aircraft tire between the casing plies and the tread rubber. Breakers protect the casing plies and strengthen the tire.
Industry:Aviation
Layers of rubberized fabric that wrap around the edges of the carcass plies and enclose the bead area of the tire. Chafers provide good chafe resistance between the tire bead and the wheel.
Industry:Aviation
Less than normal bending of a radar beam, resulting from abnormal vertical gradients of temperature and/or water vapor.
Industry:Aviation
Levers attached to aircraft control surfaces to which control cables are connected to move the surfaces.
Industry:Aviation
Lift-modifying devices on an aircraft. Flaps, slats, and slots are examples of auxiliary flight controls.
Industry:Aviation
Light in which all of the electromagnetic energy is vibrating in the same plane.
Industry:Aviation
Light that falls on an object after it has been reflected from a nonlight-producing object.
Industry:Aviation
Light that has little or no radiation in the infrared range. Cold light produces almost no heat.
Industry:Aviation
