AIRCRAFT HARDWARE
What You Need To Know
By Ron Alexander
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Aircraft Management
Aircraft management is the term used to describe all of the services that are offered through an aircraft management company.
Aircraft specific energy is a form of specific energy applied to aircraft and missile trajectory analysis. It represents the combined kinetic and potential energy of the vehicle at any given time.
Aircraft-wildlife strike
A wildlife strike has occurred when:
1. A pilot reports striking 1 or more birds or other wildlife;
2. Aircraft maintenance personnel identify aircraft damage as having been caused by a wildlife strike;
3.
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Aircraft Deicing Pad
A designated area on an aircraft deicing facility intended to be used for parking an aircraft to conduct deicing or anti-icing activities, ...
Aircraft Speeds
One of the most important factors during navigation is speed. Without it the aircraft would not get anywhere. Aircraft speed is measured in relation to the air mass it flies in, airspeed.
Aircraft Ownership
Aircraft ownership is within your reach. From tips related to buying your first or a new plane to the biggest mistakes pilots make when purchasing insurance, ...
aircraft hydraulics
Aircraft Hydraulics is a means of transmitting energy or power from one place to another efficiently.
What is hydraulic technology?
Aircraft Receiver
The Royal Flying Corps was established in May 1912. Major Herbert Musgrave was placed in charge of RFC's experiments. This included research into how wireless telegraphy could be used by military aircraft.
fuselage
The central part of an aircraft, which besides being a common attachment point for other major components also contains the cockpit/cabin, avionics, and any cargo space
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gear
Landing gear, the undercarriage and wheels of an aircraft ...
AIRCRAFT ON GROUND
Commonly referred to as AOG. Grounded aircraft can happen for many reasons such as engine problems. Lessors also use the term when they have aircraft off-lease.
How Aircraft Fly
The Bernoulli Principle
Airplanes fly when the movement of air across their wings creates an upward force on the wings (and thus the rest of the plane) that is greater than the force of gravity pulling the plane toward the ...
Aircraft Index
Prototype S.E.5 with Major Goodden in the cockpit.
The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5/5a, rival of the Camel for the title of the most successful British fighter of the First World War, was designed by H. P. Folland, J.
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Purchase a kit for a giant RC aircraft. There are a wide variety of kits available. Purchase a kit with a difficulty level appropriate for your experience.
An aircraft leasing arrangement between two parties. The lessor provides the aircraft only to the lessee, who then provides the crew, fuel, maintenance, insurance, and so on required for operation. (See “ACMI' and “wet lease.') ...
Piper Aircraft Corporation, one of general aviation's Big Three airframe manufacturers (Beech and Cessna are the others), is poised to emerge from nearly four years of operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
As the aircraft gains speed, air passes faster and faster over its wings and lift is created.
Ultralight aircraft provide an easy and inexpensive way to experience STOL performance, and the popularity of ultralights and other light kit aircraft has proven the demand for ‘low and slow' flying, but ultralights, by their very definition, ...
A new type of winged aircraft was proposed recently by Dr. Vladimir Savov from Bulgarian Air Force Academy.
In the absence of induced flow and/or aircraft airspeed, angle of attack and angle of incidence are the same. Whenever relative wind is modified by induced flow or aircraft airspeed, then angle of attack is different than angle of incidence.
Aircraft Rescue and Fire-Fighting (ARFF) - The department at an airport dedicated to protecting life and property, controlling fire hazards, and performing general duties related to airport operations and aircraft safety.
Aircraft Motion
Basic Aircraft Motion The motion of an airplane through the air can be described as a combination of translation and rotation.
Aircraft Approach Category: A grouping of aircraft based on 1.3 times their stall speed in their landing configuration at their maximum certificated landing weight.
Aircraft Design Group (ADG): A grouping of airplanes based on wingspan.
Aircraft Available -- usually means that an aircraft and a crew is available to take the trip ...
Aircraft. A generic term for all types of flying machines, both heavier-than-air and lighter-than-air. The term 'aircraft' includes aeroplanes, gyroplanes, helicopters, ornithopters, kites, gliders, airships an balloons.
AIRCRAFT DELAY - The additional travel time, caused by airfield or airspace congestion, needed by an aircraft to move from point A to point B.
Aircraft Engine: An engine that is used or intended to be used for propelling aircraft. It includes turbo superchargers, appurtenances, and accessories necessary for its functioning, but does not include propellers.
Aircraft Markings
See also: International Aircraft Markings.
Airfoil ...
aircraft - A machine used for flying. Airplanes, helicopters, airships and jets are all aircraft.
airflow - The motion of air molecules as they flow around an object, such as a wing.
Aircraft (ac).
A craft that flies in the air; either fixed or rotory wing.
Most aircraft are capable of flying aerobatic maneuvers. However, the airplanes you see at an air show are specifically designed for aerobatic flight.
Stage 2 aircraft - Aircraft that meet the noise levels prescribed by FAR Part 36, which is less stringent than those, established for the quieter Stage 3 designation.
Aircraft Certification
Aircraft Safety
General Aviation & Recreational Aircraft
Repair Stations ...
Aircraft Ownership Information Center
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Aircraft
Glossary
This online glossary provides a comprehensive list of all major aviation abbreviations. If the abbreviation you are looking for is not in this list, please contact us and we will be glad to assist you.
Aircraft joining the circuit
Attitude
The nose position (up or down) and wings level or bank (left or right) in relation to the visual horizon and the attitude indicator ...
Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
ACAS
Airborne Collision and Avoidance System ...
AIRCRAFT COMMANDER (AC). A pilot designated pilot-in-command of a given aircraft that is responsible for its safe operation and is in command of all personnel on board during flight.
Aircraft Landings Summary
Total number of landings of aircraft at Sea-Tac, separated by airlines for the month. Includes same month last year with difference between the years and percentage of difference.
Aircraft, motorcoach, or other mode of transportation reserved entirely for use by a group.
City Pair ...
Aircraft designers have a special word for any situation where two airfoils have different angles of incidence, namely decalage,1 from the French word for “shift” or “offset”.
Aircraft other than public aircraft.
Code of Federal Regulations
14 CFR 91 contains Federal Air Regulations Part 91.
An aircraft which is used by a specific group be it customers of a particular holiday company or an individual party.
Check-In ...
The aircraft was originally designed with a tail wheel undercarriage and the first four prototypes (Me 262 V1-V4) were built with this configuration, but it was discovered on an early test run that the engines and wings "blanked" the stabilizers, ...
The aircraft I normally fly have about 10-15 minutes of reserve power with a normal daylight load. The more equipment that gets turned off, the longer the battery will last.
The aircraft is kept in the normal attitude and the horizontal distance between the nose wheel and main wheel axle is measured. The reactions at the three wheels are noted accurately for the following three configurations : ...
The aircraft, which has a wingspan of over 15 metres and is equipped with two 20-HP steam engines and two propellers, was built between 1894 and 1897 in Paris, in the rue Jasmin workshop.
When aircraft transit controlled airspace they are usually - if the controllers can help it at all - on what is referred to as their 'own navigation', or 'own nav'.
AOPA Aircraft Owners & Pilot's Association
Apron An area of the aerodrome designed to facilitate the safe movements of aircraft on the ground ...
Many aircraft trying to taxi at once, creating congestion.
N90
New York TRACON ...
At an aircraft airspeed of 100 knots, a 200 knot blade airspeed differential exists between the advancing and retreating blades.
Light Aircraft Flyers Association (LAFA)
EAA Chapter UL 103
Miami, Florida - U.S.A.
RUDDER Aircraft control surface attached to the rear of the vertical stabilizer (fin) of the aircraft tail. Forces the tail left or right, correspondingly 'yawing' the aircraft right or left.
AA: Anti-aircraft (artillery), "Ack-ack" or Flak
AAB: Army Air Base
AAC: Army Air Corps (Proper for USAAC)
AACS: Army Airways Communications System
AAF: Army Air Forces (Proper for USAAF)
AAFIB: Army Air Force in Britain
AAFld: Army Air Field ...
AC: Aircraft. Also Heavy AC: Very large aircraft, such as the 747, 767 and 777
AC: Air Canada
ACCRUAL: The accumulation of frequent traveler program miles and points through actual travel, partner bonuses and special promotions.
On some aircraft with all-flying stabilators an anti-servo tab acts as a trimming device. In this use some manufacturers term it a “balance tab' or “anti-balance tab.' ...
A/C - Aircraft
BOARD - Emplaning of passengers
BRIEFING - A meeting of the whole crew of a flight, sometimes including the cockpit crew to review emergency procedures and service procedures ...
ACMS - aircraft condition monitoring system.
ACR - aerodrome control radar.
LAMS: Light Aircraft Maintenance Schedule (UK).
LASORS: Licensing, Administration, Standardisation, Operating Requirements and Procedures (UK).
Lexicographer: "A writer of dictionaries [or glossaries?], a harmless drudge." Samuel Johnson.
 See also: Flight, Aviation, Power, Navigation, Pilot
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