- 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 runway equipped with electronic and visual navigation aids for which a precision or nonprecision approach having straight-in landing minimums has been approved.
Industry:Aviation
A runway is considered contaminated whenever standing water, ice, snow, slush, frost in any form, heavy rubber, or other substances are present.
A runway is contaminated with respect to rubber deposits or other friction-degrading substances when the average friction value for any 500-foot segment of the runway within the available landing distance falls below the recommended minimum friction level, and the average friction value in the adjacent 500-foot segment falls below the maintenance planning friction level.
Industry:Aviation
A safety plug on the outside skin of an aircraft fuselage near the installation of high-pressure oxygen or fire extinguisher agent. If, for any reason, the pressure of the gas in the cylinders rises to a dangerous level, the blowout plug will blow out and relieve the pressure.
Colored disks in the blowout plugs identify the system that has been relieved in this manner.
Industry:Aviation
A safety plug used in an aircraft wheel that mounts a tubeless tire. The plug has a hole drilled through it, and this hole is filled with a low-melting-point alloy. If a wheel is overheated by the excessive use of the brakes during an aborted takeoff, the alloy in the plug will melt and deflate the tire. This prevents the air pressure in the tire building up high enough to cause an explosion.
Industry:Aviation
A safety system installed on some airports to prevent aircraft from overrunning runways when the aircraft cannot be stopped after landing or during an aborted takeoff. These systems consist of two major components: engaging, or catching, devices and energy absorption devices. Arresting systems are called by such names as arresting gear, hook devices, and wire barrier cables.
Industry:Aviation
A satellite that reflects but does not amplify or change communications signals from the ground or other satellites.
Industry:Aviation
A saw that cuts metal as its blade moves back and forth across the work. Pressure is applied to the blade only on its forward stroke, and the blade is lifted from the work on its return stroke.
Industry:Aviation
A scale developed by the American Petroleum Institute to measure the specific gravity of a liquid.
Industry:Aviation
