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Provides lights that will penetrate the atmosphere far enough from touchdown to give directional, distance, and glidepath information for safe transition from instrument to visual flight.
Industry:Aviation
The maximum speed at which an airplane can be safely flown with the landing gear extended.
Industry:Aviation
A report that depicts an analysis of the current surface weather. Shows the areas of high and low pressure, fronts, temperatures, dewpoints, wind directions and speeds, local weather, and visual obstructions.
Industry:Aviation
The intended direction of flight in the horizontal plane measured in degrees from north.
Industry:Aviation
Term used with the appropriate course and altitude to denote that the procedure turn is not required.
Industry:Aviation
A designated geographical location used for route definition or progress-reporting purposes and is defined in terms of latitude/longitude coordinates.
Industry:Aviation
Part of the low-altitude en route chart series, this chart furnishes terminal data at a larger scale for congested areas.
Industry:Aviation
The maximum speed for extending or retracting the landing gear if using an airplane equipped with retractable landing gear.
Industry:Aviation
A device used to transmit indications of angular movement or position from one location to another.
Industry:Aviation
Shutter-like devices arranged around certain air-cooled engine cowlings, which may be opened or closed to regulate the flow of air around the engine.
Industry:Aviation
