- Industry: Aviation
- Number of terms: 16387
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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 ...
Routes used by the Department of Defense and associated Reserve and Air Guard units for the purpose of conducting low-altitude navigation and tactical training in both IFR and VFR weather conditions below 10,000 feet MSL at airspeeds in excess of 250 knots IAS.
Industry:Aviation
Rubber that has been vulcanized under high temperature and pressure to make it hard. Hard rubber is used as an electrical insulator and for the handles of many different types of tools.
Industry:Aviation
Rules and regulations established by the Federal Aviation Administration to govern flight under conditions in which flight by outside visual reference is not safe. Instrument flight rules govern the flight of aircraft along the federally controlled airways and airports, and this flight is directed and controlled by operators on the ground. Flight according to instrument flight rules depends upon flying by reference to instruments in the cockpit, and navigation is done by reference to electronic signals.
Industry:Aviation
Rules applicable to flights within an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) conducted under visual flight rules as defined in 14 CFR Part 91.
Industry:Aviation
Sand picked up locally from the surface and blown about in clouds or sheets.
Industry:Aviation
Scrapes, bends, and dents in an aircraft structure that are caused by careless handling, usually when the aircraft is being moved inside the hangar.
Industry:Aviation
Seams in aircraft fabric made with a sewing machine. French fell, folded fell, and plain overlap are the seams most generally used.
Industry:Aviation
Self-ignition of a material caused by heat produced in the material as it combines with oxygen from the air. If oily rags are left in a bundle, the heat produced when oxygen in the air reacts with the oil cannot be carried away. The rags get hot enough to burst into flames. They are ignited by spontaneous combustion.
Industry:Aviation
Separate, not continuous. A discrete change is made in a number of separate steps, rather than in a continuous, smooth movement.
Industry:Aviation
Severe weather conditions characterized by low temperatures and strong winds bearing a great amount of snow, either falling or picked up from the ground.
Industry:Aviation
