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An electromagnetic (EM ) wave with frequency characteristics useful for radio transmission.
Industry:Aviation
An aircraft with retractable landing gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller.
Industry:Aviation
The minimum altitude depicted on approach charts which provides at least 1,000 feet of obstacle clearance for emergency use within a specified distance from the listed navigation facility.
Industry:Aviation
Compass error caused by the difference in the physical locations of the magnetic north pole and the geographic north pole.
Industry:Aviation
Used by ATC to direct aircraft to intervening fixes between the en route structure and the initial approach fix.
Industry:Aviation
A weather instrument that observes and reports meteorological conditions from the upper atmosphere. This instrument is typically carried into the atmosphere by some form of weather balloon.
Industry:Aviation
The ratio of compressor discharge pressure to compressor inlet pressure.
Industry:Aviation
An IFR altitude lower than the minimum en route altitude (MEA) that provides terrain and obstacle clearance.
Industry:Aviation
A force vector is a graphic representation of a force and shows both the magnitude and direction of the force.
Industry:Aviation
Part of an instrument approach procedure in which alignment and descent for landing are accomplished.
Industry:Aviation
