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The property of an aircraft that causes it, when disturbed from straight-and-level flight, to develop forces or moments that restore the original condition of straight and level.
Industry:Aviation
System allows simultaneous, independent instrument flight rules (IFR) approaches at airports with closely spaced parallel runways.
Industry:Aviation
The height above the earth’s surface of the lowest layer of clouds, which is reported as broken or overcast, or the vertical visibility into an obscuration.
Industry:Aviation
A published altitude representing the maximum usable altitude or flight level for an airspace structure or route segment.
Industry:Aviation
The layer of the atmosphere extending from the surface to a height of 20,000 to 60,000 feet, depending on latitude.
Industry:Aviation
The decreased amplitude of oscillations by the interaction of magnetic fields. In the case of a vertical card magnetic compass, flux from the oscillating permanent magnet produces eddy currents in a damping disc or cup. The magnetic flux produced by the eddy currents opposes the flux from the permanent magnet and decreases the oscillations.
Industry:Aviation
Routes established in the major terminal and en route environments to increase system efficiency and capacity. IFR clearances are issued based on these routes, listed in the A/FD except when severe weather avoidance procedures or other factors dictate otherwise.
Industry:Aviation
The point at which an airplane would balance if it were possible to suspend it at that point. It is the mass centre of the airplane, or the theoretical point at which the entire weight of the airplane is assumed to be concentrated. It may be expressed in inches from the reference datum, or in percentage of mean aerodynamic chord (MAC). The location depends on the distribution of weight in the airplane.
Industry:Aviation
The greatest weight that an airplane normally is allowed to have at landing.
Industry:Aviation
Actual airspeed, determined by applying a correction for pressure altitude and temperature to the CAS.
Industry:Aviation
