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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 ...
Temperature measured with a thermometer enclosed in a cloth wick, saturated with water. Evaporation of the water lowers the temperature measured by this thermometer.
Relative humidity of the air is found by comparing the wet-bulb temperature with the dry-bulb temperature, which is not affected by evaporation.
Industry:Aviation
Temperature of the air just above a runway, ideally at engine and/or wing height. Runway temperature is useful for determining density altitude when computing engine and aircraft performance.
Industry:Aviation
Temperature referenced from absolute zero, the temperature at which all molecular movement has ceased.
There are two absolute temperature scales, Kelvin and Rankine. The Kelvin scale uses the same size increments as the Celsius scale, and the Rankine scale uses the same size increments as the Fahrenheit scale.
Industry:Aviation
Terminals which are attached to the end of an electrical wire for the purpose of connecting the wire to a terminal strip or component, or for splicing the wires. The terminals are attached to the wire ends by squeezing the terminal into the strands of the wire. No solder is used.
Industry:Aviation
Termination of the start procedures in a gas turbine engine when it is seen that normal combustion has not taken place within the prescribed time limits.
Industry:Aviation
Terms used to assign a value or an order to something. Cardinal numbers, such as 1, 2, and 3, tell how many. They assign a value to something. One engine, 2 wrenches, 3 airplanes are examples of cardinal numbers being used to assign values.
Ordinal numbers, such as first, second, and third, tell us the order in which something occurs. The first day, the second order, or the third time are examples of the use of ordinal numbers.
Industry:Aviation
Test equipment consisting of an air pressure regulator, two pressure gages with a calibrated restrictor orifice between them, and a shutoff valve.
A regulated pressure of 80 psi is directed into the cylinder being tested, and the pressure drop across the orifice indicates the amount of air leaking past the piston rings or valves. A cylinder in good condition should hold at least 75% of the air supplied through the tester. With 80 psi on the input pressure gage, the cylinder pressure gage should indicate at least 60 psi.
Industry:Aviation
That area, in a radar environment, in which a prescribed departure route is not the only suitable route to avoid obstacles. The area in which random radar vectors below the minimum vectoring altitude/minimum IFR altitude (MVA/MIA), established in accordance with the terminal instrument procedures (TERPS) criteria for diverse departures, obstacles and terrain avoidance, may be issued to departing aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
That portion of controlled airspace in which aircraft change from one phase of flight or one flight condition to another.
Industry:Aviation
That portion of the takeoff of an airplane equipped with a tricycle landing gear in which the airplane has gained enough speed for the nose wheel to be lifted to increase the angle of attack and thus the lift. The rotation speed is identified as the VR speed.
Industry:Aviation
