MAD - Magnetic anomaly detector carried, for example, by maritime reconnaissance aircraft to locate a submarine beneath the surface of the sea.
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An autogyro was heavily featured in the second Mad Max (The Road Warrior) film, released in 1981, appearing in several scenes with its pilot, the Gyro Captain, as a major character.
I was mad at myself for making such a dumb mistake but figured it was something I could learn from. I'm instrument rated with 1,500 hours. As I entered the clouds I went on the gauges. No problem, right? Wrong.
He is well known as a prankster and prototypical mad scientist. Some of his exploits were featured in the films “Real Genius” and “The Age Seeking for Genius”, as well as in publications such as “Time” ...
Am I shocking you? Am I making you mad? Are you saying I shouldn't be saying such negative things about something we all love so much? Why, may you ask, am I being such a worry-wart and playing on the horrible aspects of aviation?
It seems almost impossible to get the airplane mad at you. Stalls with those big flaps fully extended don't happen until 45 knots, and if you have the ball anywhere near centered, the 'hawk will merely mush up and down before its gentle, ...
In the previous issue we compared a typical road mad to the aeronautical sectional chart. Then, we reviewed many of the chart symbols, icons and abbreviations to learn what each was telling us.
BSE
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (or: mad cow disease)
BSU
Beam steering unit.
A number of these aircraft were later fitted with a large magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) boom on the rear left side of the fuselage and were redesignated AS 3M.
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