- 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 ...
The meteorological visibility along an identified runway, determined from a specified point on the runway. Runway visibility may be determined by a transmissometer or by an observer.
Industry:Aviation
The method of construction used on most modern gas turbine engines. The engine is made up of several modules, or units, that can be removed and replaced or serviced independent of the rest of the engine.
Industry:Aviation
The method of detection in which a beam of infrared rays is transmitted toward a suspected target. Reflected rays from the target are used to detect and identify it.
Industry:Aviation
The method of fueling an aircraft in which fuel is pumped into the aircraft tanks through a single-point fueling port located below the wing. Underwing fueling differs from overwing fueling, in which the fuel is pumped directly into the tanks through openings in the tops of the tanks.
Industry:Aviation
The method of fueling used by almost all transport aircraft. The fuel is put into the aircraft through a single underwing fueling port. The fuel tanks are filled to the desired quantity and in the sequence selected by the person conducting the fueling operation.
Pressure fueling saves servicing time by using a single point to fuel the entire aircraft, and it reduces the chances for fuel contamination.
Industry:Aviation
The method of installing fabric on an aircraft structure in which the fabric is applied in the form of a sheet, or blanket, wrapped around the structure and fastened by sewing or cementing it in place.
The other method of installing fabric is the envelope method, in which the fabric is sewed into the form of an envelope and slipped over the structure. The ends are then secured by sewing or cementing.
Industry:Aviation
The method of radio communications in which information is transmitted by long and short spurts of radio-frequency energy. Radio telegraphy normally uses the International Morse Code.
Industry:Aviation
The method of soldering component leads to a printed circuit board. The ends of the component leads pass through holes in the printed circuit board and stick out through the bottom. The board is floated on the top of a bath of molten solder, and the solder joins the component leads to the printed conductors.
Industry:Aviation
The method specified by the aircraft manufacturer to determine the level-flight attitude of an aircraft. The leveling means may require the use of a spirit level or a plumb bob.
Industry:Aviation
