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Control tower position responsible for transmitting departure clearances to IFR flights.
Industry:Aviation
An altitude depicted on an instrument approach chart with the altitude value underscored. Aircraft are required to maintain altitude at or above the depicted value.
Industry:Aviation
The range of electromagnetic frequencies between 962 MHz and 1213 MHz.
Industry:Aviation
The ratio of turbine discharge pressure divided by compressor inlet pressure, which is used as an indication of the amount of thrust being developed by a turbine engine.
Industry:Aviation
The controller provides vectors while monitoring the progress of the flight with radar, guiding the pilot through the descent to the airport/heliport or to a specific runway.
Industry:Aviation
The fix, point, or location to which an aircraft is cleared when issued an air traffic clearance.
Industry:Aviation
This is the minimum flight speed at which a light, twin-engine airplane can be satisfactorily controlled when an engine suddenly becomes inoperative and the remaining engine is at takeoff power.
Industry:Aviation
Unlocking the gimbals of a gyroscopic instrument, making it susceptible to damage by abrupt flight manoeuvres or rough handling.
Industry:Aviation
A condition that exists within a body when the sum of the moments of all of the forces acting on the body is equal to zero. In aerodynamics, equilibrium is when all opposing forces acting on an aircraft are balanced (steady, unaccelerated flight conditions).
Industry:Aviation
Radar is a method whereby radio waves are transmitted into the air and are then received when they have been reflected by an object in the path of the beam. Range is determined by measuring the time it takes (at the speed of light) for the radio wave to go out to the object and then return to the receiving antenna. The direction of a detected object from a radar site is determined by the position of the rotating antenna when the reflected portion of the radio wave is received.
Industry:Aviation
