Annual Inspection - An Annual Inspection is complete inspection of an aircraft and engine, required by the Code of Federal Regulations, to be accomplished every 12 calendar months on all certificated aircraft.
Annual Inspections
Unlike an automobile that drives in and out of an inspection bay in as little as five minutes, an aircraft is put through an annual inspection that can take days to complete.
AVERAGE ANNUAL DAY (AAD) -
AVIATION SAFETY AND NOISE ABATEMENT ACT OF 1979 - Public Law 96 193 enacted February 18, 1980.
ANNUAL
Mandatory inspection of airframe and power plant that occurs every 12 months.
ANNUNCIATOR
Any one of warning, caution, or advisory; Synonyms: alert; ...
1. Annual inspection-within 12 calendar months and signed off by an FAA-certificated airframe and powerplant mechanic with inspection authorization (IA).
2. 100 hour inspection-if required for the type of operation planned.
If the annual rings can be seen on the edge-grained face, simply measure the slope of the annual rings. If the annual rings cannot be distinguished, consider this face to be a flat grain surface.
Pooley's - annually-published flight guide to United Kingdom and Ireland, named after its creator and publisher Bob Pooley.
PPG - powered paraglider.
An airline with annual revenues of less than $100 million whose service generally is limited to a particular geographic region.
Revenue Passenger Mile (RPM)
One paying passenger flown one mile. It is the principal measure of airline passenger traffic.
(U.S.) NOS National Ocean Service, part of NOAA [they print aviation charts] NTSB National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.) NWS National Weather Service (U.S.) OSH Oshkosh, WI (see next entry) Oshkosh Wisconsin is the site of the annual EAA ...
5 million miles and delivering 14 million letters annually. However, the government had no intention of continuing airmail service on its own. Traditionally, the Post Office had used private companies to transport mail.
Cross-country leagues - annual leagues of the greatest distance 'XC' flying
"Comps" - competitive flying based around completing a number of tasks such as flying around set waypoints ...
I recently had an annual checkride through my aero club, and the only area that I was counseled on was my flare upon landing.
National carriers are scheduled airlines with annual operating revenues between $100 million and $1 billion. Many of the airlines in this category serve particular regions of the country, although some provide long-haul and even international service.
Rathbun instructed his clerk to send Wilbur several articles that had appeared in the Smithsonian Annual Report on flight.
The NBAA currently provides assistance to over 8,000 businesses, which produces an average annual revenue of approximately 5 trillion dollars (a number that exceeds 50 percent of the gross national product) and employs more that 19 million people ...
That's the number the FAA recently released as the average amount of time flown annually by homebuilts. But that comes as no surprise to any flight instructor whom has been in the business for any length of time.
So that means that even if you had an annual a week ago, your tire pressure doesn't count for anything today.
As fate or Cub luck would have it, Steve was asked to fly a friend's J-3 out to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, for the annual Sentimental Journey Fly-in.
The AOPA Air Safety Foundation puts out the annual Nall Report summarizing statistics from multiple sources, taking a general-aviation point of view. This is available from their web site and otherwise.
Oshkosh - A town in Wisconsin that is the site of the annual Experimental Aircraft Association fly-in. It is believed to have been named after the sound that most experimental aircraft engines make.
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100-hour inspection. An inspection identical in scope to an annual inspection. Conducted every 100 hours of flight on aircraft of under 12,500 pounds that are used to carry passengers for hire.
Noise contour map - A map representing average annual noise levels summarized by lines connecting points of equal noise exposure.
A maneuver often practiced during training for the license and usually only when the pilot is up for the biannual flight review. We touch this subject as it is intimately related to best glide speed.
McKee Trans-Canada Trophy: A trophy awarded annually to the Canadian pilot who does most towards the sound advancement of Canadian Aviation. It was presented in 1926 by the late J Dalzell McKee, who made the first aeroplane flight across Canada.
You're over the Delaware at the point where it widens to become navigable south of Trenton. This river is second only to the Mississippi in annual tonnage carried. Unpause and follow it to Runway 27 at Philadelphia International.
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