- 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 apparent rise in the pitch, or frequency, of a sound as its source approaches the hearer, and the decrease in pitch as the source moves away.
Industry:Aviation
The apparent weight of an entire loaded aircraft. The apparent weight is the actual weight of the aircraft multiplied by the load factor, which is the increase in weight caused by acceleration.
For example, an aircraft in a properly coordinated 60° banked turn has a load factor of two. This means that if the loaded aircraft weighs 3,000 pounds, its dynamic load in a coordinated 60° banked turn is two times 3,000 pounds, or 6,000 pounds.
Industry:Aviation
The application of a layer of adhesive to each of the two surfaces being bonded together.
Industry:Aviation
The approximate geometric center of all usable runway surfaces.
Industry:Aviation
The area in a chemical cell from which electrons have migrated. When electrons leave an area, it becomes less negative, or takes on a positive charge. Electrons then try to move from an area having an excess of electrons, the cathode of the cell, to this anodic area.
Industry:Aviation
The area in an overhaul shop set aside for disassembling the equipment being overhauled. Tear-down areas are usually located near the point the equipment is received into the shop. There are facilities in the tear-down area to remove most of the grease and dirt from the equipment before it is taken into the main part of the shop.
Industry:Aviation
The area of a flat surface perpendicular to the direction of motion of the body that produces the same opposition to the airflow as the streamlined body.
Industry:Aviation
The area of an airport in which aircraft are parked while they are being prepared for flight. Flight lines are also called ramps or tarmacs.
Industry:Aviation
The area on either side of the junction in a semiconductor device in which the majority carriers have been pulled away and ionic charges left.
When the junction is forward-biased, the depletion area is very small. But when the junction is reverse-biased, the depletion area is large.
Industry:Aviation
