- 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 ...
A frequency designated for the purpose of carrying out airport advisory practices while operating to or from an uncontrolled airport. The CTAF may be a UNICOM, MULTICOM, FSS, or tower frequency, and it is identified in the appropriate aeronautical publications.
Industry:Aviation
A friction brake used on a hoist drum. A centrifugal brake automatically applies friction to stop the hoist if the drum ever turns at a speed faster than is allowed.
Industry:Aviation
A fuel additive that ignites on contact with oxygen. It is used as a catalyst to ignite the low-flammable JP-7 used in the Lockheed SR-71 fuel during engine start and afterburner lights.
Industry:Aviation
A fuel for reciprocating engines that does not contain any tetraethyl lead (TEL).
Industry:Aviation
A fuel metering device that meters fuel to a reciprocating engine on the basis of the mass of air flowing into the engine. The pressure forcing the fuel through the metering jet is determined by the difference between two air-metering forces: the low pressure produced at the throat of a venturi, and the high pressure of the air as it rams into the carburetor. These two air pressures act on a diaphragm to control a fuel pressure regulating system that varies the pressure drop across the fuel metering jet as a function of the mass of air flowing into the engine.
Industry:Aviation
A fuel quantity indicator that gives the total amount of fuel remaining on board the aircraft on one instrument. The totalizer adds the quantities of fuel in all of the tanks.
Industry:Aviation
A fuel tank that is formed by sealing off part of the aircraft structure and using it to hold fuel. An integral wing tank is called a “wet wing” and is used because of its weight saving.
The only way to repair an integral fuel tank is by replacing damaged sealant and making riveted repairs, as is done with any other part of the aircraft structure.
Industry:Aviation
A fuel-air mixture that contains more than 15 parts of air to 1 part of fuel, by weight.
Industry:Aviation
