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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 blade of a helicopter rotor moving in the direction opposite to that in which the helicopter is flying. The blade on the opposite side of the helicopter is called the advancing blade.
Industry:Aviation
The blade of a helicopter rotor that is in track when checked on the ground or in a hover, but rises above the other blade in forward flight.
Industry:Aviation
The body of information available on any particular subject.
All Airworthiness Directives issued by the Federal Aviation Administration are contained in a data base. This allows a person performing an inspection on an aircraft to access, or tap into, this data base and get a list of all of the ADs that pertain to the particular aircraft, its engines, and components.
Industry:Aviation
The body, or central structural component of an airplane. The passengers and flight crew are housed in the fuselage, and the wings and tail attach to it. In most single-engine airplanes, the engine and landing gear attach to the fuselage.
Industry:Aviation
The bottom ring on a piston of a reciprocating engine. The scraper ring, also called a wiper ring, scrapes the oil from the cylinder wall and pumps it into the space between the piston and the cylinder.
Industry:Aviation
The boundary zone between the trade wind system of the northern and southern hemispheres. It is characterized in maritime climates by showery precipitation, with cumulonimbus clouds sometimes extending to great heights.
Industry:Aviation
The branch of aerodynamics that deals with flight at a speed greater than the speed of sound.
Industry:Aviation
The branch of chemistry dealing with chemical compounds and processes involved with living organisms.
Industry:Aviation
The branch of chemistry that deals with the effects of light on chemical reactions.
Industry:Aviation
The branch of electronics that deals with the relationships between electrical current and light. Optoelectronics makes use of light-emitting and light-sensitive devices.
Industry:Aviation
