- 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 finish of an aircraft that gives the necessary tautness and fill to the fabric and the necessary protection to the metal, but does not have the glossy appearance of a show-type finish.
Industry:Aviation
The first 3,000 feet of a runway beginning at the threshold. This area is used for determining the touchdown zone elevation in the development of straight-in landing minimums for instrument approaches.
Industry:Aviation
The first time an engine is run in the process of aircraft manufacturing or major overhaul.
Industry:Aviation
The first-stage compressor in a dual-spool gas turbine engine. The low-pressure compressor is called the N1 compressor and its speed is not governed. It seeks its own best speed as the atmospheric conditions change so it can furnish the optimum mass of air to the inlet of the second-stage compressor.
Industry:Aviation
The fit of a shaft in a hole in which the hole is drilled undersize and cut with a reamer to the correct diameter. Reamed holes have smooth walls and a consistent diameter.
Industry:Aviation
The fix depicted on instrument approach procedure charts which establishes the starting point of a feeder route.
Industry:Aviation
The fix from which the final approach (IFR) to an airport is executed and which identifies the beginning of the final approach segment.
An FAF is designated on government charts by the Maltese cross symbol for nonprecision approaches and the lightning bolt symbol for precision approaches. When ATC directs a lower-than-published glideslope/path intercept altitude, it is the resultant actual point of the glideslope/path intercept.
Industry:Aviation
The fix in relation to the facilities which will hand off, transfer control of an aircraft, or coordinate flight progress data. For terminal facilities, the coordination fix may also serve as a clearance for arriving aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
The fix that identifies the beginning of the intermediate approach segment of an instrument approach procedure.
Industry:Aviation
The fix, point, or location to which an aircraft is cleared when issued an air traffic clearance.
“Clearance void if not off by (time)” (air traffic control). A phrase used by ATC to advise an aircraft that the departure clearance is automatically canceled if takeoff is not made prior to a specific time.
The pilot must obtain a new clearance or cancel his IFR flight plan if not off by the specified time.
Industry:Aviation
