- Industry: Government
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Omnidirectional lights that outline the edges of the taxiway and are blue in color.
Industry:Aviation
An ATC clearance issued to allow a pilot to conduct flight at any altitude from the minimum IFR altitude up to and including the altitude specified in the clearance. Also authorises a pilot to proceed to and make an approach at the destination airport.
Industry:Aviation
The failure to anticipate significant instrument indications following attitude changes; for example, concentrating on pitch control while forgetting about heading or roll information, resulting in erratic control of heading and bank.
Industry:Aviation
A twice daily forecast that provides wind and temperature forecasts for specific locations in the contiguous united states.
Industry:Aviation
A system composed of three-axis sensors that provide heading, attitude, and yaw information for aircraft. AHRS are designed to replace traditional mechanical gyroscopic flight instruments and provide superior reliability and accuracy.
Industry:Aviation
A portion of the leading edge of an airplane wing that folds downward to increase the camber, lift, and drag of the wing. The leading-edge flaps are extended for takeoffs and landings to increase the amount of aerodynamic lift that is produced at any given airspeed.
Industry:Aviation
Lights that are flush with the runway which emit a steady green color.
Industry:Aviation
An electrical current being induced into, or generated in, any conductor that is crossed by lines of flux from any magnet.
Industry:Aviation
A misleading visual image. For the purpose of this handbook, the term refers to the brain’s misinterpretation of features on the ground associated with landing, which causes a pilot to misread the spatial relationships between the aircraft and the runway.
Industry:Aviation
The total surface of the wing (in square feet), which includes control surfaces and may include wing area covered by the fuselage (main body of the airplane), and engine nacelles.
Industry:Aviation
