- Industry: Aviation
- Number of terms: 16387
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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 gray or white fungus growth that forms on organic matter. Mildew forms on cotton and linen aircraft fabric and destroys its strength.
Industry:Aviation
A green or a greenish-blue deposit that forms on the surface of copper when it is acted on by certain acids or other contaminants.
Industry:Aviation
A groove cut into a cylindrical object. A twist drill is a type of tool having cutting edges on its end and flutes cut in the form of a spiral running the length of the drill. Lubricant can be fed to the cutting edge through the flutes, and chips move up through the flutes to keep the hole clean.
Industry:Aviation
A groove cut near the edge of a piece of wood that allows another piece to fit into it to form a joint.
Industry:Aviation
A grooved wheel around which a steel control cable passes. Pulleys are used to change the direction of movement of a control cable.
Industry:Aviation
A grooved wheel used as a pulley. A sheave can be used to change the direction a cable must be pulled to move a weight and it can also be used to increase the force applied to a weight.
If a sheave is attached to a weight, the amount of force needed to lift the weight is only one half the weight. But the cable will have to be pulled twice the distance the weight is lifted.
Industry:Aviation
A ground facility which emits a test signal to check VOR receiver accuracy. Some VOTs are available to the user while airborne, and others are limited to ground use only.
Industry:Aviation
A ground lock for aircraft controls, used to prevent the wind damaging the control surfaces by knocking them against their stops. Gust locks may either be built-in features of the control system or external locks that are slipped between the movable surface and the fixed structure.
All gust locks are required to have some kind of warning device to indicate to the pilot that they are installed or engaged.
Industry:Aviation
A ground-based surveillance radar beacon transmitter-receiver which normally scans in synchronization with a primary radar. The interrogator transmits discrete radio signals which continuously request a reply from all transponders using the selected mode. The received replies are mixed with the primary radar returns and displayed on the same PPI (plan position indicator radarscope).
Industry:Aviation
A group of binary digits (bits) operated on as a unit. A byte normally consists of eight bits.
Industry:Aviation
