- 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 closed, plane, three-sided figure. The sum of the three angles in a triangle is always 180°.
Industry:Aviation
A closed, three-sided, plane (flat) figure that has no two sides of the same length, nor are any of the angles the same.
Industry:Aviation
A cloud in the form of individual detached, dense, and well-defined domes or towers. Cumulus clouds develop vertically in the form of rising mounds whose bulging upper parts often resemble a cauliflower. The sunlit parts of these clouds are mostly a brilliant white, while their bases, which are nearly always horizontal, are relatively dark.
Industry:Aviation
A cloud layer of ten-tenths (1.0) coverage, as viewed from an observation point above the layer.
Industry:Aviation
A cloud-height measuring system. A ceilometer projects a beam of light on the cloud base, detects the reflection by a photoelectric cell, and determines the cloud-base height by triangulation.
Industry:Aviation
A coal tar derivative used as an additive in certain reciprocating engine fuels. Aromatic naphtha should not be used for cleaning aircraft parts.
Industry:Aviation
A coarse file with one flat face and one convex, or rounded, face. A cabinet file, also called a half-round file, is used for both metalworking and woodworking.
Industry:Aviation
A coarse-mesh, small-diameter screen made in the shape of a finger. A finger screen is installed in the end of the outlet line inside a fuel tank to prevent large contaminants from restricting the flow of fuel from the tank.
Small contaminants and water that pass through the finger screen are trapped in finer screens and filters further along in the fuel system.
Industry:Aviation
A coarse-toothed tool, similar to a file used for cutting wood. A rasp has individual cutting points, rather than lines of teeth, as on a file.
Industry:Aviation
