- 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 acceleration (speeding up) of a freely falling object caused by the attraction of the mass of the earth. If an object is allowed to fall freely in a vacuum, it will accelerate at a rate of 32.2 feet per second, or 980.7 centimeters per second, each second it falls.
Industry:Aviation
The acceleration of a freely falling body caused by the pull of gravity.
Acceleration caused by gravity is expressed as the rate of increase of velocity over a given unit of time. This rate, in a vacuum, near sea level at a location of 40° north latitude is 32.2 feet, or 9.8 meters, per second, per second. This acceleration decreases with an increase in altitude until it becomes zero outside of the earth’s gravitational field.
Industry:Aviation
The accuracy with which an amplifier reproduces the signal applied to its input.
Industry:Aviation
The act of clearing combustible gases from the inside of a gas turbine engine after an aborted start.
The engine is rotated with the starter so the compressor can force fresh air through the engine and carry all the dangerous vapors out the tail pipe.
Industry:Aviation
The act of measuring or computing lengths, areas, volumes, and angles of various geometric shapes or quantities.
Industry:Aviation
The act of rotating a turbine engine using the starter with the ignition system deactivated. An engine is motored to force air through it to purge it of fuel fumes.
Industry:Aviation
The action in a semiconductor device that occurs when a free electron fills a hole. The hole and the free electron disappear at the same time.
Industry:Aviation
