- Industry: Government
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Department of the Government of Canada responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities (TIC) portfolio. Transport Canada is based in Ottawa, Ontario
U.S.: The common network of U.S. airspace; air navigation facilities, equipment and services, airports or landing areas; aeronautical charts, information and services; rules, regulations and procedures, technical information, and manpower and material. Included are system components shared jointly with the military.
Industry:Aviation
The ratio of the speed of an object to the local speed of sound.
Industry:Aviation
L'espacement entre les aéronefs exprimées en unités de distance verticale.
Industry:Aviation
The separation between aircraft expressed in units of vertical distance.
Industry:Aviation
A means used by controllers to separate aircraft operating in visual meteorolgical conditions (VMC).
(a) VFR—The controller, having determined that a potential conflict exists, issues clearances, instructions and/or information as necessary to aid aircraft in establishing visual contact with each other or to assist aircraft in avoiding other aircraft.
(b) IFR or CVFR—Following a pilot's report that the traffic is in sight, the controller issues the clearance and instructs the pilot to provide his or her own separation by manoeuvring the aircraft as necessary to avoid or follow the traffic.
Industry:Aviation
A means used by controllers to separate aircraft operating in visual meteorolgical conditions (VMC).
(a) VFR—The controller, having determined that a potential conflict exists, issues clearances, instructions and/or information as necessary to aid aircraft in establishing visual contact with each other or to assist aircraft in avoiding other aircraft.
(b) IFR or CVFR—Following a pilot's report that the traffic is in sight, the controller issues the clearance and instructs the pilot to provide his or her own separation by manoeuvring the aircraft as necessary to avoid or follow the traffic.
Industry:Aviation
A flight path parallel to the landing runway in the direction of landing.
Industry:Aviation
A flight path parallel to the landing runway in the direction of landing.
Industry:Aviation
(1) Un indicateur qui est sous la forme d'un cône tronqué, faite de tissu et c'est pas moins de 12 pieds de long et, à l'extrémité la plus grande, pas moins de 3 mètres de diamètre, construits de manière à donner une indication claire de la direction du vent en surface et une indication générale de la vitesse du vent.
(2) Un dispositif actionné pour indiquer visuellement aux aéronefs la direction du vent en surface.
Industry:Aviation
(1) An indicator that is in the form of a truncated cone made of fabric and that is not less than 12 ft long and, at the larger end, not less than 3 ft in diameter, so constructed as to give a clear indication of the direction of surface wind and a general indication of wind speed.
(2) An actuated device for indicating visually to aircraft the direction of surface wind.
Industry:Aviation
