- 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 ...
The ability of radar to distinguish between targets along the same azimuth, but at different ranges.
Industry:Aviation
The ability of radar to distinguish between targets at approximately the same range but along different azimuths.
Industry:Aviation
The ability of radar to show discrete targets separately. The better the resolution, the closer two targets can be to each other and still be detected as separate targets.
Industry:Aviation
The ability of the material to be reduced in volume by the application of pressure. Air is a compressible fluid, and soft rubber is a compressible solid.
Industry:Aviation
The ability of the pilot of an aircraft equipped with a vectored-thrust engine to change the direction of the exhaust gas flow while the aircraft is in forward flight. VIFF allows the pilot to accomplish flight maneuvers that are impossible with a conventional engine installation.
Industry:Aviation
The ability, as determined by atmospheric conditions and expressed in units of distance, to see and identify prominent unlighted objects by day, and prominent lighted objects by night. Visibility is reported in statute miles, hundreds of feet, or meters.
Industry:Aviation
The absolute pressure of the air inside the induction system of a reciprocating engine, measured in inches of mercury. The manifold pressure of a nonsupercharged engine can never be higher than the pressure of the surrounding air, but supercharging can increase the manifold pressure above that of the atmosphere.
Industry:Aviation
The absolute temperature which uses the same increments as the Fahrenheit scale. All molecular activity stops at 0°R; water freezes at 492°R and boils at 672°R.
Industry:Aviation
The AC voltage measured from zero voltage to the peak of either alternation.
Industry:Aviation
