- Settore: 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 geographic location of an aircraft obtained by the use of one or more direction finders.
Industry:Aviation
The geographical area assigned by regional air traffic divisions to a flight service station for the purpose of search and rescue for VFR aircraft, issuance of NOTAMs, pilot briefing, in-flight services, broadcast, emergency services, flight data processing, international operations, and aviation weather services.
Three letter identifiers are assigned to every flight service station and are annotated in Airport/Facilities Directories (A/FDs) and FAA Order 7350.6 as tie-in-facilities.
Industry:Aviation
The greater-than-normal bending of a radar beam which causes echoes to be received from ground targets at greater distances than normal ground clutter.
Industry:Aviation
The greatest amount of current flowing in one alternation of alternating current. Peak current can be measured with an oscilloscope by measuring the distance between the zero-current level and the point of the greatest deviation (the greatest distance from the zero-current line).
Industry:Aviation
The greatest horizontal visibility which is equaled or exceeded throughout half of the horizon circle. The half of the horizon circle need not be a continuous half.
Industry:Aviation
The greatest weight an aircraft is allowed to have when it lands. A takeoff places much less strain on an aircraft structure than a landing, and many aircraft that fly for long distances are allowed to takeoff with a greater weight than they are allowed to have for landing.
If an aircraft leaves with its maximum takeoff weight and must return for landing before it has burned off enough fuel to get down to its allowable landing weight, it must be able to dump part of its fuel load.
Industry:Aviation
The grid in a pentode vacuum tube used to suppress secondary emission from the plate of the tube.
Industry:Aviation
The grid in an electron tube between the control grid and the plate (anode). The screen grid has a positive voltage on it slightly lower than the voltage on the plate. The steady positive voltage on the screen grid minimizes voltage feedback from the plate to the control grid through the interelectrode capacitance.
Industry:Aviation
The grid in an electron tube to which the signal to be amplified is applied. The voltage on the control grid controls the amount of electron flow allowed between the cathode and the anode, or plate, of the tube.
Industry:Aviation
