- 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 air that flows through the combustors of a gas turbine engine and is used in the combustion process.
Industry:Aviation
The airborne radar beacon receiver/transmitter portion of the air traffic control radar beacon system (ATCRBS). The transponder automatically receives radio signals from interrogators on the ground, and it selectively replies from a specific reply pulse or pulse group only to those interrogations being received on the mode to which it is set to respond.
Industry:Aviation
The airframe component that replaces the turbine engine tail pipe. It decreases the distance sounds made by the exhaust gases can propagate by converting low-frequency vibrations into high-frequency vibrations.
Industry:Aviation
The airspace of the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska, excluding the Alaska peninsula west of Long. 160° 00' 00" W, and above 14,500 feet MSL, but not including:
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Airspace less than 1,500 feet above the surface of the earth or,
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Prohibited and restricted areas other than the restricted areas listed in 14 CFR Part 71.
Industry:Aviation
The airspeed at which an aircraft will gain the greatest amount of altitude in a given distance.
Industry:Aviation
The airspeed at which an aircraft will gain the greatest amount of altitude in a given unit of time.
Industry:Aviation
The airspeed indicator error caused by compression of the air at the forward end of the pitot tube. This compression is caused by the pitot tube moving through the air at a speed greater than the speed of sound.
Industry:Aviation
The airspeed shown on the airspeed indicator after it has been corrected for nonstandard temperature and pressure.
Industry:Aviation
The altitude above mean sea level shown on a pressure altimeter when the local altimeter setting is adjusted into the barometric scale. The altimeter setting is the barometric pressure existing at the reporting station, corrected to the value it would have if the station were located at sea level.
Indicated altitude is used by all aircraft flying below 18,000 feet. At higher altitudes, aircraft use pressure altitude, in which the barometric scale is adjusted to standard sea-level barometric pressure of
29.92 inches of mercury, or 1013.2 millibars.
Industry:Aviation
The altitude in standard air at which the density is the same as that of the existing air. Density altitude is found by using a computer or chart to correct pressure altitude for nonstandard air temperature. Density altitude is used for computing the performance of an aircraft and its engines.
Industry:Aviation
