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A demand oxygen system that supplies 100 percent oxygen at sufficient pressure above the altitude where normal breathing is adequate. Also referred to as a pressure breathing system.
Industry:Aviation
A point along the wing chord line where lift is considered to be concentrated. For this reason, the centre of pressure is commonly referred to as the centre of lift.
Industry:Aviation
An aircraft with the horizontal stabiliser mounted on the top of the vertical stabilizer, forming a T.
Industry:Aviation
The sensation of being in a climb or descent, caused by the kind of abrupt vertical accelerations that result from up- or downdrafts.
Industry:Aviation
The greatest horizontal visibility equaled or exceeded throughout at least half the horizon circle (which is not necessarily continuous).
Industry:Aviation
An impeller-shaped device that receives air at its centre and slings the air outward at high velocity into a diffuser for increased pressure. Also referred to as a radial outflow compressor.
Industry:Aviation
The maximum authorised weight of the aircraft and all of its equipment as specified in the Type Certificate Data Sheets (TCDS) for the aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
The total pressure at the discharge of the low-pressure turbine in a dual-turbine axial-flow engine.
Industry:Aviation
Simple or minor preservative operations and the replacement of small standard parts not involving complex assembly operation as listed in 14 CFR part 43, appendix A. Certificated pilots may perform preventive maintenance on any aircraft that is owned or operated by them provided that the aircraft is not used in air carrier service.
Industry:Aviation
An outward force, that opposes centripetal force, resulting from the effect of inertia during a turn.
Industry:Aviation
