- Industria: 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 warning system similar in many ways to a fire warning system, but differing in that it initiates the warning signal at a lower temperature than needed for a fire warning. A high temperature in a small area initiates a fire warning, but a lower temperature over a larger area indicates an overtemperature condition.
Industry:Aviation
A warning system used in an aircraft with retractable landing gear, to warn the pilot of an unsafe landing gear condition. A red light indicates that any of the wheels are in an unsafe condition, and an aural warning system sounds a horn if any of the wheels are not down and locked when the throttles are retarded for landing.
Industry:Aviation
A water-based paint that contains vinyl or acrylic resins. When the water evaporates, it leaves a waterproof film of the plastic resin.
Industry:Aviation
A watercraft with a conventional hull which supports it when it is still or moving at a slow speed, but when traveling at a high speed, hydrodynamic lift produced by hydrofoils below the hull lifts the vessel out of the water, greatly decreasing the drag and allowing the vessel to travel at a higher speed.
Industry:Aviation
A water-soluble powder that changes its color when acted on by an acid or a base (alkali). Litmus turns red when it is acted on by an acid and blue when acted on by a base.
Industry:Aviation
A wave in the atmosphere that remains stationary in a moving fluid. The standing waves most commonly encountered in flight are mountain waves, or lee waves.
Industry:Aviation
A wavy line or a line containing a series of zig-zags, used to show that a part of the component has been left off the drawing.
Industry:Aviation
A weather advisory concerning convective weather significant to the safety of all aircraft. Convective SIGMETs are issued for:
# Severe thunderstorms with surface winds of 50 knots or greater or hail at the surface with a diameter of 3/4-inch or greater
# Tornadoes
# Embedded thunderstorms
# Line of thunderstorms
# Thunderstorms with very heavy precipitation and severe turbulence affecting 40% or more of an area of at least 3,000 square miles.
Industry:Aviation
A weather advisory issued concerning weather significant to the safety of all aircraft. SIGMET advisories cover severe and extreme turbulence, severe icing, and widespread dust or sandstorms that reduce visibility to less than three miles.
Industry:Aviation
A weather chart showing a constant-pressure surface. It may contain analysis of height, wind, temperature, humidity, and/or other elements.
Industry:Aviation
