- 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 ...
An extensive area of the earth’s surface characterized by relatively uniform surface conditions. Large masses of air remain long enough over these surfaces to take on characteristic temperature and moisture properties from the surface.
Industry:Aviation
An extensive body of air within which the conditions of temperature and moisture in a horizontal plane are essentially uniform.
Industry:Aviation
An externally mounted fuel tank used on some military aircraft. Fuel is used from the drop tank first, and then the entire tank is dropped from the aircraft to get rid of the weight and the drag.
Industry:Aviation
An extra set of breaker points installed in aircraft magnetos equipped with the “Shower of Sparks” starting system.
When the ignition switch is moved to the START position, a second set of breaker points is connected in parallel with the normal breaker points. These points open later than the normal points, and the spark does not occur inside the cylinder until the engine has rotated far enough beyond its normal firing position for these retard points to open.
Industry:Aviation
An extremely hard, almost colorless form of pure carbon. Some diamonds reflect light so well they are used as gems, and low-grade diamonds are hard enough to be used as industrial cutting tools.
Industry:Aviation
An extremely sensitive microphone mounted at the focus of a parabolic sound reflector. The reflector is aimed at the source of sound to be picked up, and the parabolic surface reflects the sound waves, concentrating them at the microphone.
Industry:Aviation
An extremely sensitive voltmeter that can measure voltages as low as one nanovolt (one thousandth of a microvolt).
Industry:Aviation
An extremely unstable, radioactive chemical element. Francium’s symbol is Fr, and its atomic number is 87. The most stable of francium’s isotopes is Fr 223, which has a half-life of 21 minutes.
Industry:Aviation
An FAA field office serving a designated geographical area, staffed with Flight Standards personnel who have responsibility for serving the aviation industry and the general public on all matters relating to the certification and operation of general aviation aircraft. Many GADOs have been replaced by FSDOs.
Industry:Aviation
An FAA field office serving an assigned geographical area, staffed with Flight Standards personnel who serve the aviation industry and the general public on matters relating to the certification and operation of air carrier and general aviation aircraft.
FSDO activities include general surveillance of operational safety, certification of airmen and aircraft, accident prevention, investigation, enforcement, etc.
Industry:Aviation
