- 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 ...
Digital memory devices that have several inputs and several outputs. The combination of bits at the outputs is determined by the bits on the inputs and the bits that were previously on the inputs.
Industry:Aviation
Dimensional standards for aircraft fasteners developed by the Aeronautical Standards Group. Part numbers for the fasteners described in these drawings carry the prefix AN.
Industry:Aviation
Direct current supplied to the field coils of a generator to produce the magnetic field in which the armature rotates. DC generators are normally self-excited. This means that the field excitation current comes directly from the armature.
Self-excited generators depend upon residual magnetism in the field frame to produce the initial excitation current as soon as the generator begins to turn.
Industry:Aviation
Directives issued by air traffic control for the purpose of requiring a pilot to take specific actions.
Typical instructions are “turn left heading two five zero,” “go around,” and “clear the runway.”
“ATC requests” (air traffic control). A phrase used to prefix an ATC request when it is relayed to an aircraft by other than an air traffic controller.
Industry:Aviation
Discharge of a battery at the highest rate it is likely to encounter in service. This is also called the cold-cranking discharge rate.
Industry:Aviation
Documentation of the flight time and the maintenance that has been performed on an aircraft, its engines, or its components.
Industry:Aviation
Documentation that includes the pertinent specifications for aircraft certificated under the Civil Air Regulations (CARs). Specifications are also available for Engines and Propellers.
The information in Aircraft Specifications that is pertinent to aircraft certificated under Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR) is contained in the Type Certificate Data Sheets.
Industry:Aviation
Documents furnished by the FAA to technicians alerting them of problems that have been found in specific models of aircraft, and reported on Malfunction and Defect Reports. Airworthiness Alerts suggest corrective action, but compliance with the suggestion is not mandatory. Alerts include items that have been reported to be significant, but which have not been fully evaluated at the time the material went to press. See Malfunction and Defect Report.
Industry:Aviation
Documents relating to hazardous materials that contain information on health precautions, flammability, ventilation requirements, and information for health professionals in case of an accident. MSDS are furnished with all hazardous materials and are required by law to be available to all personnel working with the material.
Industry:Aviation
Dope that contains tiny aluminum flakes or some other pigment that blocks the passage of ultraviolet rays from the sun. This coat of dope protects the organic fabrics and the clear dope from deterioration by these rays.
Industry:Aviation
