- Industry: 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 ...
A name commonly used for ammonium chloride. Ammonium chloride is one of the components of the moist-paste electrolyte used in carbon-zinc flashlight batteries.
Industry:Aviation
A name sometimes given to a seat belt or safety belt used to hold a person seated in an aircraft. A lap belt passes across a person’s lap.
Industry:Aviation
A name that is often used for a Y- or star-connected electrical circuit.
Industry:Aviation
A name used for inert-gas arc welding. There are two basic types of Heliarc welding: TIG (tungsten inert-gas) welding and MIG (metal inert-gas) welding.
TIG welding uses a small-diameter nonconsumable tungsten rod as the electrode from which the arc jumps to the metal being welded. MIG welding uses a consumable soft steel rod as an electrode. This rod melts and adds metal to the molten pool to reinforce the weld.
Industry:Aviation
A narrow strip of woven fabric material placed over the fabric at the points it is being attached to the aircraft structure with ribstitching cord. The reinforcing tape carries a large amount of the load and prevents the fabric from tearing at the stitches.
Industry:Aviation
A narrow walkway inside a structure that allows a person to move through an area that is otherwise inaccessible.
Industry:Aviation
A narrow, intense echo on the range-height indicator scope resulting from water-covered ice particles of high reflectivity at the melting level.
Industry:Aviation
A narrow-blade cold chisel with either a single or double bevel. Cape chisels are used to knock the head off a rivet after it has been drilled through, and to cut narrow grooves and keyways in metal components.
Industry:Aviation
